Method: purchases.products.consume
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Consumes a purchase for an inapp item.
HTTP request
POST https://androidpublisher.googleapis.com/androidpublisher/v3/applications/{packageName}/purchases/products/{productId}/tokens/{token}:consume
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding
syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
packageName
|
string
The package name of the application the inapp product was sold in (for example, 'com.some.thing').
|
productId
|
string
The inapp product SKU (for example, 'com.some.thing.inapp1').
|
token
|
string
The token provided to the user's device when the inapp product was purchased.
|
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body is empty.
Sample
The following is a sample request:
curl
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Bearer
[
YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
]
'
Authorization scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
-
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/androidpublisher
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Last updated 2025-06-02 UTC.
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