Create a test account

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 package 
  
 shopping.merchant.samples.accounts.accounts.v1 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.api.gax.core.FixedCredentialsProvider 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.Account 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.AccountsServiceClient 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.AccountsServiceSettings 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.CreateTestAccountRequest 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.type.TimeZone 
 ; 
 import 
  
 shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Authenticator 
 ; 
 import 
  
 shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Config 
 ; 
 /** 
 * This class demonstrates how to create a new Merchant Center test account. 
 * 
 * <p>For more information refer to: 
 * https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/accounts/test-accounts 
 */ 
 public 
  
 class 
 CreateTestAccountSample 
  
 { 
  
 // Method to create a test account. 
  
 public 
  
 static 
  
 void 
  
 createTestAccount 
 ( 
 Config 
  
 config 
 , 
  
 String 
  
 newAccountName 
 ) 
  
 throws 
  
 Exception 
  
 { 
  
 // Obtains OAuth token based on the user's configuration. 
  
 GoogleCredentials 
  
 credential 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 Authenticator 
 (). 
 authenticate 
 (); 
  
 // Creates service settings using the credentials retrieved above. 
  
 AccountsServiceSettings 
  
 accountsServiceSettings 
  
 = 
  
 AccountsServiceSettings 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 () 
  
 . 
 setCredentialsProvider 
 ( 
 FixedCredentialsProvider 
 . 
 create 
 ( 
 credential 
 )) 
  
 . 
 build 
 (); 
  
 // Calls the API and catches and prints any network failures/errors. 
  
 try 
  
 ( 
 AccountsServiceClient 
  
 accountsServiceClient 
  
 = 
  
 AccountsServiceClient 
 . 
 create 
 ( 
 accountsServiceSettings 
 )) 
  
 { 
  
 // The test account to be created. 
  
 Account 
  
 account 
  
 = 
  
 Account 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 () 
  
 . 
 setAccountName 
 ( 
 newAccountName 
 ) 
  
 . 
 setTimeZone 
 ( 
 TimeZone 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 (). 
 setId 
 ( 
 "Europe/Zurich" 
 )) 
  
 . 
 setLanguageCode 
 ( 
 "en-US" 
 ) 
  
 . 
 build 
 (); 
  
 // Creates parent to identify where to insert the account. 
  
 String 
  
 parent 
  
 = 
  
 String 
 . 
 format 
 ( 
 "accounts/%s" 
 , 
  
 config 
 . 
 getAccountId 
 ()); 
  
 // Create the request message. 
  
 CreateTestAccountRequest 
  
 request 
  
 = 
  
 CreateTestAccountRequest 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 (). 
 setParent 
 ( 
 parent 
 ). 
 setAccount 
 ( 
 account 
 ). 
 build 
 (); 
  
 System 
 . 
 out 
 . 
 println 
 ( 
 "Sending Create Test Account request:" 
 ); 
  
 Account 
  
 response 
  
 = 
  
 accountsServiceClient 
 . 
 createTestAccount 
 ( 
 request 
 ); 
  
 System 
 . 
 out 
 . 
 println 
 ( 
 "Created Test Account below:" 
 ); 
  
 System 
 . 
 out 
 . 
 println 
 ( 
 response 
 ); 
  
 } 
  
 catch 
  
 ( 
 Exception 
  
 e 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 System 
 . 
 err 
 . 
 println 
 ( 
 "Error during test account creation:" 
 ); 
  
 e 
 . 
 printStackTrace 
 (); 
  
 } 
  
 } 
  
 // Main method to run the sample. 
  
 public 
  
 static 
  
 void 
  
 main 
 ( 
 String 
 [] 
  
 args 
 ) 
  
 throws 
  
 Exception 
  
 { 
  
 Config 
  
 config 
  
 = 
  
 Config 
 . 
 load 
 (); 
  
 // This is the name of the new test account to be created. 
  
 String 
  
 newAccountName 
  
 = 
  
 "MyNewTestShop" 
 ; 
  
 createTestAccount 
 ( 
 config 
 , 
  
 newAccountName 
 ); 
  
 } 
 } 
 
  CreateTestAccountSample 
 . 
 java