commercetools ProductVariants API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: commercetools Change History Carts ProductVariants API
  description: The commercetools Change History API provides a queryable audit log of all changes made to resources within a Composable Commerce project. It records mutations applied to resources such as products, orders, customers, discounts, and carts, along with metadata about who made the change and when. The API is hosted on separate regional endpoints from the main HTTP API and supports filtering by resource type, date range, user, and API client. It is useful for compliance workflows, debugging unexpected state changes, and building audit trails for regulated industries.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: commercetools Support
    url: https://support.commercetools.com
  termsOfService: https://commercetools.com/terms-conditions
servers:
- url: https://history.{region}.commercetools.com
  description: Production Change History 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: ProductVariants
  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:
      - ProductVariants
      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:
  schemas:
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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.
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: The request was malformed or contained invalid parameters.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              statusCode:
                type: integer
              message:
                type: string
  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. Requires the view_audit_log scope.
externalDocs:
  description: commercetools Change History API Documentation
  url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/history/overview