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        Retrieves a collection from your Merchant Center account.
      
      
        
          HTTP request
          GET https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{merchantId}/collections/{collectionId}
        
        
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                | Parameters | 
            
            
              
                | merchantId | string (int64 format)
 Required. The ID of the account that contains the collection. This account cannot be a multi-client account. | 
              
                | collectionId | string
 Required. The REST ID of the collection. | 
            
          
        
        
          Request body
          The request body must be empty.
        
        
          Response body
          If successful, the response body contains an instance of Collection.
        
        
          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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      [null,null,["Last updated 2025-02-25 UTC."],[],["This document outlines how to retrieve a collection from a Merchant Center account using a `GET` HTTP request. The endpoint requires the `merchantId` (account ID) and `collectionId` as path parameters. The request body must be empty. A successful response returns a `Collection` instance.  Authorization requires the `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content` OAuth scope. A \"Try it!\" feature, HTTP request template, and information about Response/Request bodies and authorization scopes are available.\n"]]