Hi Everyone, I am facing issue for adding thumbnail to the custom item created using draft order API and while searching for the solution I got following topic by @Ben_Hart : https://community.shopify.com/c/Shopify-APIs-SDKs/How-to-attach-Image-thumbnails-to-Draft-Order-w-custom-line/m-p/466109#M2…

At this time we do not support images being added to custom line items. Sorry we evidently didn’t get to the prior thread at the time this was posted, otherwise your question might have been answered by now. Cheers.

Thanks Alex for replying. I would like to know if there any way to set thumbnail image on checkout page for Gold plan.

Please fix this! When making custom orders, it helps a lot. Sometimes I have to use Etsy just so I can add the photo to the order / picklist, etc.

Hi Alex, and still shopify doesn’t support it. There is a question, is it hard to make, or there is an issue? in this case there might be such an option in the future. or there is no intention to have it?

Hi Alex, Just adding my 2-cents that I ran into this today and it’s lame. Hoping you will all fix this. Shane

We would also like to request this feature. It does seem very strange to display the default product thumbnail for a custom line item when it is impossible to ever replace it with a real product thumbnail.

It is possible. Need to attach image to product (ProductImage API), create product variant with image_id (ProductVariant API), and then create draft order (DraftOrder API) based on variant_id (option1 is mandatory) and not product_id. Otherwise if draft order is being created directly from product w…

This appears to be directions on how to assign a thumbnail to a real product that is then attached to a draft order. What we’re lacking is the ability to assign the thumbnail to a custom line item.

If my observations are right, that will never work due to how Shopify is designed. Images need to be uploaded separately to product (max 250 images), and from there they can be linked. Line item seems to be just a variant - so either you create variant manually where you have full control, or you tr…

weidox, Shopify allows a custom line item that is not associated with a variant or product, so they could just as easily figure out a way to associate an image with that line item. There are many reasons why someone might not want to create a new product for every custom line item.

How to attach Image thumbnails to Draft Order w/ custom line items?

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Thank you for the quick reply Charlie.

I was hoping to be able to do that in the checkout line item.

For the moment I am creating the variant with a custom image and price just prior to the checkout.

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