commercetools Product Variants API

Import product variant resources into the project.

Operations 1

POST /{projectKey}/product-variants/import-containers/{importContainerKey} Import product variants #

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OpenAPI Specification

commercetools-product-variants-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: commercetools Import Product Variants API
  description: The commercetools Import API enables bulk importing of commerce data into a Composable Commerce project.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: commercetools Support
    url: https://support.commercetools.com
  termsOfService: https://commercetools.com/terms-conditions
servers:
- url: https://import.{region}.commercetools.com
  description: Production Import Server
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-central1.gcp
      enum:
      - us-central1.gcp
      - us-east-2.aws
      - europe-west1.gcp
      - eu-central-1.aws
      - australia-southeast1.gcp
      description: The deployment region.
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Product Variants
  description: Import product variant resources into the project.
paths:
  /{projectKey}/product-variants/import-containers/{importContainerKey}:
    post:
      operationId: importProductVariants
      summary: Import product variants
      description: Submits a batch of product variant import requests for asynchronous processing. Variants are matched to products by the product key reference. Each request accepts up to 20 variant resources.
      tags:
      - Product Variants
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/projectKey'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/importContainerKey'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProductVariantImportRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The import request was accepted for processing.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
components:
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: The request was malformed or contained invalid parameters.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              statusCode:
                type: integer
              message:
                type: string
  schemas:
    ImportOperationStatus:
      type: object
      description: The initial status of a single resource submission in an import batch.
      required:
      - resourceKey
      - state
      properties:
        resourceKey:
          type: string
          description: User-defined key of the resource submitted.
        state:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Accepted
          - ValidationFailed
          description: Initial state of the operation after submission.
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorObject'
          description: Immediate validation errors if the resource failed submission.
    ProductVariantImport:
      type: object
      description: A single product variant resource for import.
      required:
      - key
      - product
      properties:
        key:
          type: string
          description: User-defined key for matching against existing variants.
        sku:
          type: string
          description: SKU identifier for the variant.
        product:
          type: object
          description: Reference to the parent product by key.
        isMasterVariant:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this variant is the master (first) variant.
        attributes:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
          description: Attribute values for the variant.
        images:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
          description: Images for the variant.
        prices:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
          description: Prices for the variant.
    ErrorObject:
      type: object
      description: An error object describing a validation or processing failure.
      required:
      - code
      - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code.
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable description of the error.
    ImportResponse:
      type: object
      description: The response returned after submitting an import request batch.
      required:
      - operationStatus
      properties:
        operationStatus:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportOperationStatus'
          description: Status records for each resource in the submitted batch.
    ProductVariantImportRequest:
      type: object
      description: A batch of product variant resources to import.
      required:
      - type
      - resources
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - product-variant
          description: The resource type identifier.
        resources:
          type: array
          maxItems: 20
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProductVariantImport'
          description: Up to 20 product variant resources.
  parameters:
    projectKey:
      name: projectKey
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: The unique key of the commercetools project.
    importContainerKey:
      name: importContainerKey
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: The user-defined key of the import container.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: OAuth 2.0 Bearer token obtained from the commercetools authentication service using client credentials flow.
externalDocs:
  description: commercetools Import API Documentation
  url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/import-export/overview