Product POST Method is returning status 200 but don't create a product

Technical Q&A

Topic summary

A user encounters an issue where POST requests to create products via Shopify’s API return a 200 status code but fail to actually create products. All other HTTP methods (GET, PUT, DELETE) work correctly.

Key Details:

  • The endpoint being used: https://{domain}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2023-07/products.json
  • Status 200 returns even with empty request bodies or missing required fields (like title)
  • Authentication token is valid and other operations succeed
  • Cookie clearing did not resolve the issue

Attempted Solutions:

  • One commenter suggested using the .myshopify.com domain instead of custom domains, which resolved their similar issue
  • The original poster confirmed already using the correct .myshopify.com format
  • Another user noted the problem occurs specifically with recently created API keys (less than a week old), while older keys work fine

Current Status:
Multiple users report experiencing the same problem. No definitive solution has been confirmed, and the discussion remains open with users seeking answers.

Summarized with AI on November 1. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi everyone, how are going? I’m trying to create a product using the POST request method, but every time I send a request I receive a status 200, but the product that I sent wasn’t created. I already created an authentication token and all routes (DELETE, GET, PUT) except POST are working. I tried to force an error by sending a product without a title, but I have the response status 200.

I searched and saw that the cookies could be the problem, but I cleaned all my cookies in insomnia and I am having the same problem.

I really don’t know what I can do to continue with my script. Someone already faced this kind of problem and could help me? Thanks

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2

Having the same issue on only some sites. Seems to work fine on admin keys that are over a week old but not on any recently made keys. Always seems to just return code 200 and some other stuff with it but never successfully POSTs.

3

After some experimenting, you need to send the POST request to https://{site}.myshopify.com and not to the custom domain if that’s what is being used. Solved my issue right away.

4

Yeah, I’m sending to this path → https://{nameOfMyDomain}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2023-07/products.json
However, the information that I’m passing by body in a POST request:

{
  "product": {
    "title": "Burton Custom Freestyle 151",
    "body_html": "**Good snowboard!**",
    "vendor": "Burton",
    "product_type": "Snowboard",
    "variants": [
      { "option1": "First", "price": "10.00", "sku": "123" },
      { "option1": "Second", "price": "20.00", "sku": "123" }
    ]
  }
}

it’s not being added… It’s quite fuzzy cuz I’m receiving 200 status code and all the products are being returned too. (It’ll return 200 even when I don’t send any body)

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Empty body :down_arrow:

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5

I’m also facing the same error any solutions to this problem.

6

Facing the same issue.
If someone finds a solution please email
Your efforts will be appreciated.
Thanks!

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did you find a solution for this?