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This code sample demonstrates how to delete a product review using the Merchant API's
ProductReviewsServiceClientin Java. -
It utilizes the
DeleteProductReviewRequestto specify the product review to be removed, based on the account ID and product review ID. -
The sample authenticates using Google Credentials and creates a
ProductReviewsServiceClientinstance to interact with the API. -
The
deleteProductReviewfunction sends a request to the Merchant Center API to delete a specific product review. -
The main method is there to set the configuration and run the method to delete a particular product review.
Merchant API code sample to delete a product review.
Java
// Copyright 2023 Google LLC
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
package
shopping.merchant.samples.reviews.v1beta
;
import
com.google.api.gax.core.FixedCredentialsProvider
;
import
com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials
;
import
com.google.shopping.merchant.reviews.v1beta.DeleteProductReviewRequest
;
import
com.google.shopping.merchant.reviews.v1beta.ProductReviewsServiceClient
;
import
com.google.shopping.merchant.reviews.v1beta.ProductReviewsServiceSettings
;
import
shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Authenticator
;
import
shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Config
;
/** This class demonstrates how to delete a product review. */
public
class
DeleteProductReviewSample
{
public
static
void
deleteProductReview
(
String
accountId
,
String
productReviewId
)
throws
Exception
{
GoogleCredentials
credential
=
new
Authenticator
().
authenticate
();
ProductReviewsServiceSettings
productReviewsServiceSettings
=
ProductReviewsServiceSettings
.
newBuilder
()
.
setCredentialsProvider
(
FixedCredentialsProvider
.
create
(
credential
))
.
build
();
try
(
ProductReviewsServiceClient
productReviewsServiceClient
=
ProductReviewsServiceClient
.
create
(
productReviewsServiceSettings
))
{
DeleteProductReviewRequest
request
=
DeleteProductReviewRequest
.
newBuilder
()
.
setName
(
String
.
format
(
"accounts/%s/productReviews/%s"
,
accountId
,
productReviewId
))
.
build
();
System
.
out
.
println
(
"Sending delete product review request:"
);
productReviewsServiceClient
.
deleteProductReview
(
request
);
System
.
out
.
println
(
"Product review deleted successfully"
);
}
catch
(
Exception
e
)
{
System
.
out
.
println
(
e
);
}
}
public
static
void
main
(
String
[]
args
)
throws
Exception
{
Config
config
=
Config
.
load
();
String
productReviewId
=
"YOUR_PRODUCT_REVIEW_ID"
;
deleteProductReview
(
config
.
getAccountId
().
toString
(),
productReviewId
);
}
}
PHP
< ?php
/**
* Copyright 2025 Google LLC
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../vendor/autoload.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/../../Authentication/Authentication.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/../../Authentication/Config.php';
use Google\ApiCore\ApiException;
use Google\Shopping\Merchant\Reviews\V1beta\Client\ProductReviewsServiceClient;
use Google\Shopping\Merchant\Reviews\V1beta\DeleteProductReviewRequest;
/**
* This class demonstrates how to delete a product review.
*/
class DeleteProductReviewSample
{
private const PRODUCT_REVIEW_ID = 'YOUR_PRODUCT_REVIEW_ID';
/**
* Deletes a product review from your Merchant Center account.
*
* @param array $config The configuration data for authentication and account ID.
* @param string $productReviewId The ID of the product review to delete.
*/
public static function deleteProductReviewSample(array $config, string $productReviewId): void
{
// Gets the OAuth credentials to make the request.
$credentials = Authentication::useServiceAccountOrTokenFile();
// Creates options config containing credentials for the client to use.
$options = ['credentials' => $credentials];
// Creates a client.
$productReviewsServiceClient = new ProductReviewsServiceClient($options);
// The name of the product review to delete.
// Format: accounts/{account}/productReviews/{product_review}
$name = sprintf(
'accounts/%s/productReviews/%s',
$config['accountId'],
$productReviewId
);
// Creates the request message.
$request = (new DeleteProductReviewRequest())
->setName($name);
// Calls the API and catches and prints any network failures/errors.
try {
printf("Sending delete product review request:%s", PHP_EOL);
$productReviewsServiceClient->deleteProductReview($request);
printf("Product review deleted successfully%s", PHP_EOL);
} catch (ApiException $e) {
print $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL;
}
}
/**
* Helper to execute the sample.
*/
public function callSample(): void
{
$config = Config::generateConfig();
self::deleteProductReviewSample($config, self::PRODUCT_REVIEW_ID);
}
}
// Run the script.
$sample = new DeleteProductReviewSample();
$sample->callSample();
Python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright 2025 Google LLC
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
"""This class demonstrates how to delete a product review."""
from
examples.authentication
import
configuration
from
examples.authentication
import
generate_user_credentials
from
google.shopping.merchant_reviews_v1beta
import
DeleteProductReviewRequest
from
google.shopping.merchant_reviews_v1beta
import
ProductReviewsServiceClient
def
delete_product_review
(
account_id
:
str
,
product_review_id
:
str
)
-
> None
:
"""Deletes a product review from the given account.
Args:
account_id: The ID of the Merchant Center account.
product_review_id: The ID of the product review to delete.
"""
# Gets OAuth credentials.
credentials
=
generate_user_credentials
.
main
()
# Creates a client.
client
=
ProductReviewsServiceClient
(
credentials
=
credentials
)
# The name of the review to delete.
# Format: accounts/{account}/productReviews/{product_review}
name
=
f
"accounts/
{
account_id
}
/productReviews/
{
product_review_id
}
"
# Creates the request.
request
=
DeleteProductReviewRequest
(
name
=
name
)
# Makes the request and catches and prints any error messages.
try
:
print
(
"Sending delete product review request:"
)
client
.
delete_product_review
(
request
=
request
)
print
(
"Product review deleted successfully"
)
except
RuntimeError
as
e
:
print
(
e
)
if
__name__
==
"__main__"
:
# Gets the merchant account ID from the user.
merchant_account_id
=
configuration
.
Configuration
()
.
read_merchant_info
()
# The review ID is the last segment of the `name` field of the `ProductReview`
# resource. For example, if the `name` is
# `accounts/12345/productReviews/67890`, the review ID is `67890`.
review_id
=
"YOUR_PRODUCT_REVIEW_ID"
delete_product_review
(
merchant_account_id
,
review_id
)

