The way you retrieve aggregated product statistics and issues has changed. The
functionality previously available in the accountstatuses
resource in the
Content API for Shopping is now split into dedicated resources in the Merchant
API. This guide explains how to migrate your integration to use the new aggregateProductStatuses
resource.
Note: In Merchant API, account-level issues and aggregate product statuses
are split. Also review our guide to migrate from accountstatuses
to account issues
.
Key differences
Here are the key differences between the product status features in Content API for Shopping and Merchant API:
- Dedicated resources: The
accountstatusesresource from Content API for Shopping is now split. In Merchant API, account-level issues are available through theaccountissuesresource, while aggregated product statistics and item-level issues are available through the newaggregateProductStatusesresource. - New resource structure:
AggregateProductStatusis a new resource that represents the statistics and issues for a specific combination of a reporting context and a country. - Filtering mechanism: Instead of using query parameters like
destinationsto select data, Merchant API uses alistmethod with afilterstring to query for specific reporting contexts and countries. - Channel field removal: The
channelfield is no longer used. This information is now implicitly part of thereportingContext.
Requests
Merchant API uses a GET
request with a filter
parameter to retrieve
aggregated product statuses.
GET
https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/issueresolution/v1/{parent=accounts/*}/aggregateProductStatuses
Request URL format
| Request description | Content API for Shopping | Merchant API |
|---|---|---|
|
Get product statistics and issues
|
GET /content/v2.1/{merchantId}/accountstatuses/{accountId}
|
GET /issueresolution/v1/accounts/{accountId}/aggregateProductStatuses
|
Identifiers
The way resources are identified has changed to support the new structure.
Identifier format
| Identifier description | Content API for Shopping | Merchant API |
|---|---|---|
|
Resource Identifier
|
The resource was identified by accountId
. Specific data slices were selected with query parameters. |
The resource name uniquely identifies the data for a specific reporting context and country: accounts/{account}/aggregateProductStatuses/{reportingContext}~{country}
. |
Methods
The method for retrieving product statuses has been updated to a list
method
that supports filtering.
| Content API for Shopping method | Merchant API method | Availability & notes |
|---|---|---|
accountstatuses.get
|
aggregateProductStatuses.list
|
The accountstatuses.get
method returned a single resource containing all product statistics. The new aggregateProductStatuses.list
method returns a list of resources, one for each reporting context and country combination. Use the filter
parameter to retrieve specific data. For account-level issues, use accountissues.list
. |
Detailed field changes
The fields for product statistics and issues have been updated and restructured
in the new AggregateProductStatus
resource.
| Content API for Shopping | Merchant API | Description |
|---|---|---|
products
|
aggregate_product_statuses
|
The products
array is replaced by the aggregate_product_statuses
repeated field in the list response. |
destination
|
reporting_context
|
The destination
field is replaced by reporting_context
, which specifies the program context for the stats. |
channel
|
(no equivalent field) | The channel
field is removed. This information is now part of the reporting_context
. |
statistics
|
stats
|
The statistics
object is renamed to stats
. Field names within are converted to snake_case, for example, activeCount
is now active_count
. |
itemLevelIssues.servability
|
item_level_issues.severity
|
The servability
enum is replaced by the severity
enum to describe the impact of an issue. |
itemLevelIssues.attributeName
|
item_level_issues.attribute
|
The field attributeName
is renamed to attribute
. |
itemLevelIssues.documentation
|
item_level_issues.documentation_uri
|
The field documentation
is renamed to documentation_uri
. |
itemLevelIssues.numItems
|
item_level_issues.product_count
|
The field numItems
is renamed to product_count
. |

