Method: publishers.items.publish

Submit the item to be published in the store.

The item will be submitted for review unless skipReview is set to true, or the item is staged from a previous submission with publishType set to STAGED_PUBLISH.

HTTP request

POST https://chromewebstore.googleapis.com/v2/{name=publishers/*/items/*}:publish

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
name

string

Required. Name of the item in the form publishers/{publisherId}/items/{itemId}

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "publishType": enum (PublishType),
  "deployInfos": [
    {
      object (DeployInfo)
    }
  ],
  "skipReview": boolean
}
Fields
publishType

enum (PublishType)

Optional. Use this to control if the item is published immediately on approval or staged for publishing in the future. Defaults to DEFAULT_PUBLISH if unset.
deployInfos[]

object (DeployInfo)

Optional. Additional deploy information including the desired initial percentage rollout. Defaults to the current value saved in the developer dashboard if unset.
skipReview

boolean

Optional. Whether to attempt to skip item review. The API will validate if the item qualifies and return a validation error if the item requires review. Defaults to false if unset.

Response body

Response message for items.publish.

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "name": string,
  "itemId": string,
  "state": enum (ItemState)
}
Fields
name

string

The name of the item that was submitted
itemId

string

Output only. The ID of the item.
state

enum (ItemState)

Output only. The current state of the submission.

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chromewebstore

PublishType

The type of publishing this item will follow if it passes review.

Enums
PUBLISH_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED Default value. This is the same as DEFAULT_PUBLISH.
DEFAULT_PUBLISH The submission will be published immediately after being approved.
STAGED_PUBLISH After approval the submission will be staged and can then be published by the developer.

DeployInfo

Deployment information for a specific release channel. Used in requests to update deployment parameters.

JSON representation 
{
  "deployPercentage": integer
}
Fields
deployPercentage

integer

Required. The current deploy percentage for the release channel (nonnegative number between 0 and 100).