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To flag a relationship with a merchant account, a Shopping partner must first
use the accounts.link
method to send a linking request.
The link request contains a linkedAccountId
that identifies the merchant receiving the request and has an action
type of request. Each link should also specificy a set of services
that enumerates which features the partner provides to the merchant. The following
services values
are supported.
Service
Description
shoppingAdsProductManagement
Product data management for Shopping ads
shoppingActionsProductManagement
Product data management for Buy on Google (formerly known as Shopping Actions)
shoppingActionsOrderManagement
Order management for Buy on Google (formerly known as Shopping Actions)
Additionally, a request must also contain a valid linkType
that describes the type of Shopping partner making the request. Shopping
partners are assigned one of the following labels and should use their designated
label in the linkType field when calling the API.
Valid linkTypes
channelPartner
eCommercePlatform
Example
The following API call sends a link request from a partner's account
123456789 to a merchant with linkedAccountId of "98765".
The "eCommercePlatform"linkType identifies the partner as an e-commerce
platform. The services list indicates that the partner provides
"shoppingAdsProductManagement" (product data management for Shopping ads) and
"shoppingActionsOrderManagement" (order management for Buy on Google, formerly
known as Shopping Actions) features.
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