v4 APIs are deprecated

[mzohaibnaz]

hey i'm wondering when we will have new version for this package which will support new google my business apis.

[Coding-007]

waiting for it :)

[mzohaibnaz]

this package will no longer work after 30 April, I'm just wondering how long should I wait :)

[Coding-007]

I have updated my all APIs with new GMB PHP API Clients v1. As well there are some endpoints that are still using v4.9, so for them, I am still using this class.

[basi]

@Coding-007

Currently in the process of being replaced. I could not call listLocationsQuestions with a new endpoint. I am having trouble with the read_mask in the error response because the argument does not exist.

If you know how to solve this problem, please let me know :)

• composer require "google/apiclient": "2.12.4",

/**
 * Service definition for MyBusinessQA (v1).
 *
 * <p>
 * The My Business Q API allows questions and answers to be posted for specific
 * listings.</p>
 *
 * <p>
 * For more information about this service, see the API
 * <a href="https://developers.google.com/my-business/" target="_blank">Documentation</a>
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Google, Inc.
 */
class MyBusinessQA extends \Google\Service {}

• sample request

private function _getClient() {
    $config = static::getConfig();

    $client = new \Google\Client();
    $client->setClientId($config['clientId']);
    $client->setClientSecret($config['clientSecret']);
    $client->setRedirectUri($config['redirectUri']);
    $client->addScope($config['scopes']);
    $client->setAccessType('offline');
    $client->setApprovalPrompt('force');
    $client->setState(uuid());
    $client->setApiFormatV2(true);
    $client->setApplicationName('xxx');

    return $client;
}

// My Business Q&A API
// https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/mybusinessqanda.googleapis.com/metrics?project=xxx
// https://developers.google.com/my-business/content/qanda/change-log
$service = new MyBusinessQA($this->_getClient());
$locationName = 'xxx/xxx';
return $service->locations_questions->listLocationsQuestions($locationName)->getQuestions();

• response

2022-05-10 13:54:46 Error: {
  "error": {
    "code": 400,
    "message": "Request contains an invalid argument.",
    "status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
    "details": [
      {
        "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.BadRequest",
        "fieldViolations": [
          {
            "field": "read_mask",
            "description": "Field is required"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

[Coding-007]

Read_mask field needs to be sent while fetching resources. Field read_mask is a list of properties against a specific API you want to get. Suppose a listing has a name, title, and address and I have to get the name and title, so I have to send read_mask in which I will mention my desired properties. Here is a code section from my code.

// import your required class like this, like questions, etc
use Google\Service\MyBusinessBusinessInformation;

$account_name = $account['name'];
$optional_params = [];
$optional_params['pageSize'] = 100;
$optional_params['readMask'] = ['name', 'title', 'storefrontAddress', 'latlng', 'phoneNumbers', 'Metadata'];

$this->gmb_info_service = new MyBusinessBusinessInformation($this->client);
$locations = $this->gmb_info_service->accounts_locations->listAccountsLocations($account_name,$optional_params);

[basi]

thanks!

MyBusinessBusinessInformation can be called in the same way. Cannot call My Business Q&A API. Is it possible to retrieve questions and answers?

Also, where can I find a list of readMasks required for each api?

// My Business Q&A API
// https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/mybusinessqanda.googleapis.com/metrics?project=xxx
// https://developers.google.com/my-business/content/qanda/change-log

use Google\Service\MyBusinessQA;

$service = new MyBusinessQA($this->_getClient());
$locationName = 'xxx/xxx';
return $service->locations_questions->listLocationsQuestions($locationName)->getQuestions();

[Coding-007]

Here are a few links, so you can get the idea of read mask.

1. https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/reference/google.protobuf#google.protobuf.FieldMask
2. https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/businessinformation/rpc/google.mybusiness.businessinformation.v1?hl=en

[basi]

thanks!

The conclusion was a bug in google-api-php-client-services. https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-php-client-services/pull/1010/files https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-php-client-services/issues/956

[mbrodala]

Notice that not all MyBusiness APIs have counterparts in the new MyBusinessInformation API, e.g. location reviews. For these this package is still necessary and works.