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This webpage provides code samples in Java, PHP, and Python demonstrating how to retrieve the latest Terms of Service using the Merchant API.
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The code examples show how to authenticate and use the
TermsOfServiceServiceClientto send aRetrieveLatestTermsOfServiceRequest. -
Each sample code showcases how to specify a
region_code(e.g., "US") andkind(e.g.,MERCHANT_CENTER) to get the relevant Terms of Service. -
The code samples display the successful response after the API call, including the retrieved Terms of Service information.
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The code examples are found in the google merchant-api-samples github.
Merchant API code sample to retrieve latest terms of service.
Java
// Copyright 2024 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.accounts.termsofservices.v1
;
import
com.google.api.gax.core.FixedCredentialsProvider
;
import
com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials
;
import
com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.RetrieveLatestTermsOfServiceRequest
;
import
com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.TermsOfService
;
import
com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.TermsOfServiceKind
;
import
com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.TermsOfServiceServiceClient
;
import
com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.TermsOfServiceServiceSettings
;
import
shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Authenticator
;
import
shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Config
;
/** This class demonstrates how to retrieve the latest TermsOfService a specific region and kind. */
public
class
RetrieveLatestTermsOfServiceSample
{
public
static
void
retrieveLatestTermsOfService
(
Config
config
)
throws
Exception
{
// Obtains OAuth token based on the user's configuration.
GoogleCredentials
credential
=
new
Authenticator
().
authenticate
();
// Creates service settings using the credentials retrieved above.
TermsOfServiceServiceSettings
termsOfServiceServiceSettings
=
TermsOfServiceServiceSettings
.
newBuilder
()
.
setCredentialsProvider
(
FixedCredentialsProvider
.
create
(
credential
))
.
build
();
// Calls the API and catches and prints any network failures/errors.
try
(
TermsOfServiceServiceClient
termsOfServiceServiceClient
=
TermsOfServiceServiceClient
.
create
(
termsOfServiceServiceSettings
))
{
RetrieveLatestTermsOfServiceRequest
request
=
RetrieveLatestTermsOfServiceRequest
.
newBuilder
()
.
setRegionCode
(
"US"
)
.
setKind
(
TermsOfServiceKind
.
MERCHANT_CENTER
)
.
build
();
System
.
out
.
println
(
"Sending Retrieve Latest TermsOfService request:"
);
TermsOfService
response
=
termsOfServiceServiceClient
.
retrieveLatestTermsOfService
(
request
);
System
.
out
.
println
(
"Retrieved TermsOfService below"
);
System
.
out
.
println
(
response
);
}
catch
(
Exception
e
)
{
System
.
out
.
println
(
e
);
}
}
public
static
void
main
(
String
[]
args
)
throws
Exception
{
Config
config
=
Config
.
load
();
retrieveLatestTermsOfService
(
config
);
}
}
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\Accounts\V1\Client\TermsOfServiceServiceClient;
use Google\Shopping\Merchant\Accounts\V1\RetrieveLatestTermsOfServiceRequest;
use Google\Shopping\Merchant\Accounts\V1\TermsOfServiceKind;
/**
* Demonstrates how to retrieve the latest TermsOfService.
*/
class RetrieveLatestTermsOfService
{
/**
* Retrieves the latest TermsOfService.
*
* @param array $config The configuration data.
* @return void
*/
public static function retrieveLatestTermsOfService($config): void
{
// Get OAuth credentials.
$credentials = Authentication::useServiceAccountOrTokenFile();
// Create client options.
$options = ['credentials' => $credentials];
// Create a TermsOfServiceServiceClient.
$termsOfServiceServiceClient = new TermsOfServiceServiceClient($options);
try {
// Prepare the request.
$request = new RetrieveLatestTermsOfServiceRequest([
'region_code' => "US",
'kind' => TermsOfServiceKind::MERCHANT_CENTER,
]);
print "Sending Retrieve Latest TermsOfService request:\n";
$response = $termsOfServiceServiceClient->retrieveLatestTermsOfService($request);
print "Retrieved TermsOfService below\n";
print $response->serializeToJsonString() . PHP_EOL;
} catch (ApiException $e) {
print $e->getMessage();
}
}
/**
* Helper to execute the sample.
*
* @return void
*/
public function callSample(): void
{
$config = Config::generateConfig();
self::retrieveLatestTermsOfService($config);
}
}
// Run the script
$sample = new RetrieveLatestTermsOfService();
$sample->callSample();
