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Method: localinventory.insert
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Updates the local inventory of a product in your Merchant Center account.
HTTP request
POST https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{merchantId}/products/{productId}/localinventory
Path parameters
| Parameters |
merchantId |
string
The ID of the account that contains the product. This account cannot be a multi-client account.
|
productId |
string
The REST ID of the product for which to update local inventory.
|
Request body
The request body contains an instance of LocalInventory.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of LocalInventory.
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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