GA API - Getting Product Info Associated to Sku - google-analytics

Question

I'm running into an issue that I'm hoping someone might know how to resolve. In the reporting api, I can get information based on a sku. Something like so:
{
'reportRequests': [{
'viewId': VIEW_ID,
'dateRanges': [{'startDate': '7daysAgo', 'endDate': 'today'}],
'metrics': [
{"expression": "ga:productDetailViews"},
{"expression": "ga:itemQuantity"},
{"expression": "ga:uniquePurchases"},
{"expression": "ga:itemRevenue"}
],
'dimensions': [{'name':'ga:productSku'}]
}
]
}
This is great for getting the data tied to a sku, but I was wondering if there is a way to get additional product information for each sku rather than metric information. For example, given a set of skus, I'd like to see the category hierarchy (section, category, subcategory) as well as the product name:
SKU, Name, Section,Category, Subcategory
1, Blah, Shoes, Basketball,
2, Another,Shoes, Soccer, Mens
...
Given that information like this is all correlated on a page when sent from a website, I don't see why this shouldn't be possible.
ga('ec:addProduct', {
'id': '1',
'name': 'Blah',
'category': 'Shoes/Basketball',
});
Adobe has something similar with their Saint Classifications and I was hoping it would be something possible to get out of GA. I can't seem to find anything like this across any of the apis, so am hoping someone can point me in the right direction!

Answer 1

As you look to have specified categories with the correct '/' delimiter you can use the dimension ga:productCategoryLevelXX, you do need to have at least one metric in your request but you could do something like
{
'reportRequests': [{
'viewId': VIEW_ID,
'dateRanges': [{'startDate': '7daysAgo', 'endDate': 'today'}],
'metrics': [{"expression": "ga:productDetailViews"}],
'dimensions': [
{"expression": "ga:productSku"},
{"expression": "ga:productCategoryLevel1"},
{"expression": "ga:productCategoryLevel2"},
{"expression": "ga:productCategoryLevel3"}
]
]
}