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Method: datafeeds.fetchnow
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Invokes a fetch for the datafeed in your Merchant Center account. If you need to call this method more than once per day, we recommend you use the Products service to update your product data.
HTTP request
POST https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{merchantId}/datafeeds/{datafeedId}/fetchNow
Path parameters
| Parameters |
merchantId |
string
The ID of the account that manages the datafeed. This account cannot be a multi-client account.
|
datafeedId |
string
The ID of the datafeed to be fetched.
|
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
{
"kind": string
} |
| Fields |
kind |
string
Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "content#datafeedsFetchNowResponse".
|
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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