建议您使用 Google API 客户端库来设置 Content API for Shopping。本指南以 Python Content API 客户端库为例，但这些库适用于许多常用的编程语言，可简化常见的 API 任务，例如身份验证、发送请求和解析响应。如需有关为其他语言设置客户端库的帮助，请参阅 GitHub 上 googleads/googleads-shopping-samples 代码库中相应语言的 README.md。
[null,null,["最后更新时间 (UTC)：2025-08-13。"],[[["\u003cp\u003eThe Merchant API is the new version of the Content API for Shopping and represents the future of product data integration.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eTo use the Merchant API, you need to set up the Google API client libraries, which are available for various programming languages and simplify API interactions.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eSetup involves creating necessary directories, downloading service account credentials, configuring a \u003ccode\u003emerchant-info.json\u003c/code\u003e file, and adding the service account to your Merchant Center account.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eYou'll need to clone the \u003ccode\u003egoogleads/googleads-shopping-samples\u003c/code\u003e GitHub repo and install the required dependencies using \u003ccode\u003epip install -r requirements.txt\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["The content details the setup for using the Google API client library with the new Merchant API beta, an evolution of the Content API for Shopping. Key steps include: creating directories for configuration and authentication files; downloading service account credentials (including generating a JSON private key); setting up `merchant-info.json` with Merchant Center ID and email; adding the service account as a Merchant Center user with Admin access; cloning or downloading the `googleads-shopping-samples` repository; and installing required Python dependencies via `pip`.\n"],null,["# Set up a client library\n\nWe recommend using the\n[Google API client libraries](/api-client-library) to set\nup the Content API for Shopping. This guide uses the Python Content API client\nlibraries as an example, but they're available for many popular programming\nlanguages and simplify common API tasks like authentication, sending requests,\nand parsing responses. For help setting up client libraries for\nother languages, see the **README.md** for the language within the\n[googleads/googleads-shopping-samples](//github.com/googleads/googleads-shopping-samples)\nrepo on GitHub.\n| **Note:** You need to install several required libraries to use the sample code in Python. For this reason, we recommend creating a Python virtual environment before you proceed. For more information, see [Installing packages using pip and virtual environments](//packaging.python.org/guides/installing-using-pip-and-virtual-environments/).\n\nTo set up the Google API client library for Python, complete the following steps:\n\n1. Create a directory for the client library's configuration and authentication\n files. Within your home directory, create the following directories:\n\n **\\~/shopping-samples/content/**\n | **Note:** This path, as well as the filename for the **merchant-info.json** file created in step 5, are defined in the **python/shopping/content/common.py** file within the Content API samples directory downloaded in step 7.\n2. To download your service account credentials, complete the following steps:\n\n 1. Go to the [Google API library](//console.cloud.google.com/apis/library).\n 2. Select a project in the menu at the top of the page. If you don't have one yet, create one by clicking **New project**.\n 3. If you haven't already enabled the Content API for Shopping for this project, then search for it in the list of Google APIs and enable it.\n 4. In the sidebar on the left, select **Credentials**. You may need to click the left-pointing arrow at the top left to see this.\n 5. To set up a service account, select **Create credentials** , and then **Service account**.\n 6. Name the new service account. This also serves as the default username for the service account ID. Record the service account ID, including the part after the '@' character, for later use. Click **Create** , then go through the optional steps of granting access to project and users, and click **Done**.\n 7. You will be directed to the Service Accounts page where your new service account can be accessed.\n3. To obtain a JSON private key, click the service account, then the **Keys**\n tab. Click **Add key** \\\u003e **Create new key** , and then select JSON as the\n key type. Click **Create** to download the private key to your computer.\n The new key downloads automatically.\n\n4. Rename the downloaded credentials file to **service-account.json**.\n\n | **Note:** This filename is defined in the **_constants.py** file, which is located in **python/shopping/content/** within the Content API samples directory downloaded in step 7.\n5. Move the **service-account.json** file to your\n **\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003ehome directory\u003c/var\u003e/shopping-samples/content/**.\n\n6. In your **\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003ehome directory\u003c/var\u003e/shopping-samples/content/** , create an\n empty **merchant-info.json** file.\n\n7. In **merchant-info.json**, add the following text:\n\n {\n \"merchantId\": \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-err\"\u003eyour\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-w\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-err\"\u003eMercha\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-kc\"\u003ent\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-w\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-err\"\u003eCe\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-kc\"\u003enter\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-w\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-err\"\u003emercha\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-kc\"\u003ent\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-w\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-err\"\u003eID\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/var\u003e,\n \"accountSampleUser\": \"\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003ethe email address associated with your Merchant Center account\u003c/var\u003e\"\n }\n\n8. Add the new service account as a user to your Merchant Center account. If you\n are a third-party developer, you will need to have your client do this step\n for you.\n\n 1. Go to your [Merchant Center account](//merchants.google.com).\n 2. In the settings of your Merchant Center account, select **People and\n access**.\n 3. Click **+ Add person** and use the service account ID as the email address\n for the new user.\n\n | **Note:** If you did not take note of the service account ID earlier, go to the [Service Accounts administration\n | page](//console.developers.google.com/iam-admin/serviceaccounts) and select the project you created.\n 4. The use of the `Accounts` service requires Admin access, so select\n **Admin**.\n\n 5. Click **Add user** to save preferences and be returned to the list of\n users. The service account ID is listed with the chosen user role.\n\n 6. Repeat the process for all other service accounts you want to add.\n\n9. Clone (or download and unzip) the\n [googleads/googleads-shopping-samples](//github.com/googleads/googleads-shopping-samples)\n GitHub repo to any location on your computer; it does not have to be in your\n home directory or in **\\~/shopping-samples/content/**.\n\n10. If you downloaded and unzipped the repo, instead of cloning it, rename the\n unzipped directory to **googleads-shopping-samples**.\n\n11. To install the required sample dependencies, in a terminal window,\n navigate to **googleads-shopping-samples/python/** and run:\n\n pip install -r requirements.txt\n\nYou now have the Google API client library for Python configured and ready to use with the Content API. In the next section, you'll create and send a request to insert a new product."]]
