Migrate a Shopping product feed integration from the Content API for Shopping to the new Google Merchant API before the shutdown deadline
domain: developers.google.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Confirm the timeline: Content API for Shopping access ends August 18, 2026, and the Merchant API's own v1beta version sunsets February 28, 2026
Enable the Merchant API in Google Cloud Console and generate credentials scoped to the new merchantapi.googleapis.com services
Re-map existing Content API resources (products, productstatuses) to the split Merchant API sub-APIs (e.g. Products, Reports, Accounts), since functionality is no longer one monolithic API
Update product submission calls to the new endpoint paths and schemas, since field names and structure changed beyond just the host
Test against a limited account before cutting production feeds over, then monitor the Reports sub-API for post-migration issues
Known gotchas
Migrating to v1beta is not a safe long-term stop — v1beta itself sunsets February 28, 2026, so target the stable Merchant API version
One Content API integration may need to call several new Merchant API sub-services instead of a single endpoint
Scheduled feed/fetch configurations set up under Content API do not automatically carry over; verify feed processing still runs post-migration
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