Category: webmarketing

1. Create a Meta business portfolio
2. Under Data sources, add a catalogue (click on the Add+ button)
   

3. Create a Facebook application

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/development/create-an-app

You will need to give it the Manage products with Catalog API use case.

4. Add this application to your Business portfolio

5. Create a system users and give the system users access to both the application and the catalogue. This user will be required to get the access token for your app.

6. generate a token https://developers.facebook.com/docs/news-indexing/guides/access-tokens/

7. Install the SDK

8. use the token and the app id to make query to you application

How to manage your product feed for google adds through API.

Google ads account -> test account
Google Merchant account -> test account

Set Google API access

Navigate to console.cloud.google.com and create a new project

Click on API & Services

In library, look for Merchant API

Click on the Merchant API result and then click on the Enable button

Create Credentials

Click on Credentials > create credentials

Click on Help me choose

Select Merchant API and User Data

Click on Next

Add A scope: search for Merchant API and tick the box

Click on save and continue
in OAuth choose Web application

Add Authorized redirect URI for the postman application: https://oauth.pstmn.io/v1/callback

(you can add serveral URI)

Click on Create
On the next sceen click on Download your credentials and then click on done.

Add test users in google cloud API

in google cloud, navigate to audience and then scroll down to add users.

Add developers in Merchant Account

in Merchant Center, add a user in Setting > Access and services > add person (or manage an existing user) untick admin and make sure to to tick API developer.

Alternatively you can do that though API call

Set up postman

You can follow the steps here https://quickstarts.postman.com/guide/google-oauth-in-postman/index.html?#3 but you’ll need to change the scope for the appropriate scope for the Merchant API. Scopes can be found here:

https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/scopes

Look for merchant API