Method: accounts.productInputs.insert
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Last updated 2025-07-31 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-07-31 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Method: accounts.productInputs.insert\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\n[Uploads a product input to your Merchant Center account](/merchant/api/guides/products/overview#upload-product-input). You must have a products [data source](/merchant/api/guides/data-sources/overview) to be able to insert a product. The unique identifier of the data source is passed as a query parameter in the request URL.\n\nIf a product input with the same contentLanguage, offerId, and dataSource already exists, then the product input inserted by this method replaces that entry.\n\nAfter inserting, updating, or deleting a product input, it may take several minutes before the processed product can be retrieved.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`POST https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/products/v1/{parent=accounts/*}/productInputs:insert`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `parent` | `string` Required. The account where this product will be inserted. Format: `accounts/{account}` |\n\n### Query parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `dataSource` | `string` Required. The primary or supplemental product data source name. If the product already exists and data source provided is different, then the product will be moved to a new data source. For more information, see [Overview of Data sources sub-API](/merchant/api/guides/data-sources/overview). Only API data sources are supported. Format: `accounts/{account}/dataSources/{datasource}`. For example, `accounts/123456/dataSources/104628`. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains an instance of [ProductInput](/merchant/api/reference/rest/products_v1/accounts.productInputs#ProductInput).\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [ProductInput](/merchant/api/reference/rest/products_v1/accounts.productInputs#ProductInput).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content`\n\nFor more information, see the [OAuth 2.0 Overview](/identity/protocols/OAuth2)."]]
