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Method: accounts.insert
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Creates a Merchant Center sub-account.
HTTP request
POST https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{merchantId}/accounts
Path parameters
| Parameters |
merchantId |
string
The ID of the managing account. This must be a multi-client account.
|
Request body
The request body contains an instance of Account.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of Account.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content
For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview.
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Last updated 2025-02-25 UTC.
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