Set variant title with GraphQL

[CuriousShopper]

How can one set a variant title with GraphQL? In the docs it says that it is deprecated and the field is not writable, but its value is instead generated from the options. In the web interface, however, the title is writable.

We have to set the titles for thousands of variants. Having to do that through the web interface seems silly. Is there a better way to do this?

[Liam · Accepted solution]

Hi CuriousShopper,

This productVariantUpdate mutation will set the variant title: 

mutation {
  productVariantUpdate(input: {
    id: "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/12345678",
    options: ["New Title"]
  }) {
    productVariant {
      id
      title
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}