Migrate inventory management

You can use the Merchant API to manage local (in-store) and regional inventory.

Requests

Use the following request URL format for the Merchant Inventories API :

  POST https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/inventories/v1/ {PARENT} 
/regionalInventories

  POST https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/inventories/v1/ {PARENT} 
/localInventories

{PARENT} will have the format: accounts/ {ACCOUNT_ID} /products/ {PRODUCT_ID} .

Here's a sample comparison for local inventory requests:

Item	Content API for Shopping	Merchant API
URL	https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/ `{MERCHANT_ID}` /products/ `{PRODUCT_ID}` /localinventory	https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/inventories/v1/ `{PARENT}` /localInventories
Identifiers	`{MERCHANT_ID}/products/{PRODUCT_ID}`	`{NAME}`

The Merchant API introduces two new methods for inventory management:

Here's a comparison of the available methods to manage inventories:

Here's what's changed for local and regional inventories:

Content API for Shopping	Merchant API	Description
Not supported	`name:string`	The field differentiates `LocalInventory` and `RegionalInventory` resources within a `product` . The Content API for Shopping identifies local inventory by `storeCode` and `productId` , and regional inventory by `regionId` and `productId` .
Not supported	`account:string`	Added new field to identify the Merchant Center account the `product` and `LocalInventory` belong to.
`price: { object (Price) }`	`price: {` `object (Price)` `}`	`Price` definition has changed.
`salePrice: {` `object (Price)` `}`	`salePrice: {` `object (Price)` `}`	`Price` definition has changed.
`salePriceEffectiveDate: string`	`salePriceEffectiveDate: {` `object (TimePeriod)` `}`	`salePriceEffectiveDate` uses the new `TimePeriod` object in the Merchant Inventories API.
`kind:string`	Not supported	The API doesn't support `kind` .
`quantity:string`	`quantity:integer`	`quantity` takes an integer instead of string in the local inventory.
Not supported	`localShippingLabel:string`	Added new field to identify the merchant center account the `product` and `regionalInventory` belong to.
`"regionId": string`	`"region": string`	`regionID` is now called `region` for the regional inventory.
`string` type fields with defined set of values	`enum` type fields with defined set of values	Fields within inventory attributes with defined set of values (for example `availability` , `pickupMethod` ) are now `enum` type.