REST API: Create New Product with Variants and Variant Images in One API Call

[ReneK]

Is it possible to upload Product with Images and assign those images to Variants in just one REST API request, please?

At this moment, the fastest way we know is this:

1. Create new product with multiple variants and multiple images using (here, images will not be assigned to variants): 

   POST /admin/api/2021-07/products.json

2. After processing the above, we get a Variant IDs and Image IDs. We assign Image IDs to Variant IDs using another REST API call:

   PUT /admin/api/2021-07/products/632910392/images/850703190.json

We have several thousand of products on Shopify. Because of Shopify API Rate limits ( https://shopify.dev/api/usage/rate-limits ), we can have two REST API calls / second.  Accomplishing the above in only one call, would help us reduce processing time by 50%, which would be significant.  

Thank you.

[PaulNewton · Accepted solution]

For REST with existing variants

 Each product_image should have a variants_ids 

https://community.shopify.com/c/Shopify-APIs-and-SDKs/Product-Variant-Image-and-Option-Update-via-AP... 

Otherwise look into doing this with GraphQL as REST is inherently not designed for a situation of creation>creation>creation<reference<reference<reference.

[ReneK]

Thank you Paul. I will check GraphQL. I am closing this question now.

[markus12]

Hi @PaulNewton 

How could one do this with GraphQL?

https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/2022-01/mutations/productImageUpdate doesn't have variant id

https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/2022-04/mutations/productappendimages has no variant ids

https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/2022-04/mutations/productVariantUpdate doesn't work: errors with `Field 'imageId' doesn't exist on type 'ProductVariant'`