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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
        
        
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                | Parameters | 
              
            
            
              
                merchantId | 
                
                   string 
                  The ID of the account that contains the product. This account cannot be a multi-client account. 
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                productId | 
                
                   string 
                  The REST ID of the product for which to update local inventory. 
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          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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      [null,null,["Last updated 2025-02-25 UTC."],[],["This API allows updating a product's local inventory within a Merchant Center account.  It utilizes a `POST` request to a specific URL, requiring the `merchantId` and `productId` as path parameters. The request body includes details from the `LocalInventory` instance. A successful update returns a new `LocalInventory` instance in the response. Authorization requires the `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content` OAuth scope. The account used cannot be a multi-client account.\n"]]