# The Content API for Shopping stops working

Calls to /content/* on Google Content API for Shopping stopped working on September 1, 2026.

Google Content API for Shopping endpoints stopped working on September 1, 2026. Calls to /content/* now fail, returning HTTP 410 Gone status codes intermittently for clients lacking an active extension.

## What to use instead

Migrate to the Merchant API v1 (merchantapi.googleapis.com) following the Merchant API migration guide. Because the Merchant API is a different API with its own resources and sub-APIs, moving over requires rewriting the integration or requesting an extension from Google.

The Merchant API is a different API with its own resources and sub-APIs: moving over is a rewrite of the integration, or an extension request to Google.

- API: Google Content API for Shopping (shoppingcontent.googleapis.com)
- Kind: Removal
- Takes effect: September 1, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `/content/*`
- Source: [Announcement](https://developers.google.com/shopping-content/guides/deprecation-and-sunset)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Google Content API for Shopping's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/google-content-api-for-shopping/breaking-changes/the-content-api-for-shopping-stops-working/

## Google Content API for Shopping's words

> Starting September 1, 2026 , requests sent to Google Content API for Shopping endpoints by clients without an active extension will intermittently fail with an HTTP 410 Gone status code.

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