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Shopify Images API

The Images API from Shopify — 18 operation(s) for images.

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Product Content Authoring Management BC-2370.20

Operations 6

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

PUT /admin/api/2020-01/products/{product_id}.json Update a product, its variants and images (2020-01) · Shopify Updates A Product And Its Variants And Images #
Ask an LLM
“How do I update a product along with its variants and images on API 2020-01?”
“Can one January 2020 product update change the product's images too?”
Tell an agent
Update product {product_id} and its variants and images via 2020-01.
Save changes to product {product_id} using the January 2020 release.
PUT /admin/api/2020-04/products/{product_id}.json Update a product, its variants and images (2020-04) · Shopify Updates A Product And Its Variants And Images #
Ask an LLM
“Which April 2020 call edits a product together with its variants?”
“Is the 2020-04 product update a PUT on the product ID?”
Tell an agent
Edit product {product_id}, including images and variants, on 2020-04.
April 2020 API: apply my updates to product {product_id}.
PUT /admin/api/2020-07/products/{product_id}.json Update a product, its variants and images (2020-07) · Shopify Updates A Product And Its Variants And Images #
Ask an LLM
“Where do I change a product's details and images on the July 2020 API?”
“Can the 2020-07 product update touch variants in the same call?”
Tell an agent
Modify product {product_id} with version 2020-07.
Using July 2020, update the images and variants of product {product_id}.
PUT /admin/api/2020-10/products/{product_id}.json Update a product, its variants and images (2020-10) · Shopify Updates A Product And Its Variants And Images #
Ask an LLM
“What's the current 2020-10 way to update a product and its images?”
“Does the October 2020 product update also cover variants?”
Tell an agent
Update product {product_id} on API 2020-10.
October 2020 release: change the variants and images on product {product_id}.
PUT /admin/api/2021-01/products/{product_id}.json Update a product, its variants and images (2021-01) · Shopify Updates A Product And Its Variants And Images #
Ask an LLM
“How can I revise a product with its variants and images on the 2021-01 release?”
“Will a January 2021 product update replace images as well?”
Tell an agent
Revise product {product_id} via 2021-01.
January 2021 API: push new images and variant changes to product {product_id}.
PUT /admin/api/unstable/products/{product_id}.json Update a product, its variants and images (unstable) · Shopify Updates A Product And Its Variants And Images #
Ask an LLM
“Can I update a product and its images through the unstable Admin API?”
“Does the unstable product update also change variants?”
Tell an agent
Update product {product_id} on the unstable channel.
Via unstable, change product {product_id}'s variants and images.

Documentation

📖
Documentation
https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-rest
📖
Documentation
https://shopify.dev/docs/api/ajax

Specifications

⚙
OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/shopify/openapi/shopify-images-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

📊
JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/shopify/json-schema/shopify-product-schema.json
📊
JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/shopify/json-schema/shopify-customer-schema.json
📊
JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/shopify/json-schema/shopify-order-schema.json
📊
JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/shopify/json-schema/shopify-collection-schema.json
📊
JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/shopify/json-schema/shopify-inventory-item-schema.json
📊
JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/shopify/json-schema/shopify-fulfillment-schema.json
📊
JSONStructure
https://artifacts.apis.io/shopify/json-structure/shopify-product-structure.json
📊
JSONStructure
https://artifacts.apis.io/shopify/json-structure/shopify-order-structure.json

Other Resources

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JSONLD
https://artifacts.apis.io/shopify/json-ld/shopify-context.jsonld
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Examples
https://artifacts.apis.io/shopify/examples/shopify-create-product-example.json
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Examples
https://artifacts.apis.io/shopify/examples/shopify-list-orders-example.json
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Vocabulary
https://artifacts.apis.io/shopify/vocabulary/shopify-vocabulary.yml
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SpectralRules
https://artifacts.apis.io/shopify/rules/shopify-rules.yml
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Reference
https://shopify.dev/docs/api/ajax/reference

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OpenAPI Specification

shopify-images-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Shopify Images API
  description: Explore Shopify's API reference and templating documentation. Shopify provides a range of software tools, app templates, example apps, and libraries to accelerate your development process. The Admin API lets you build apps and integrations that extend and enhance the Shopify admin.
  version: 2020-10
tags:
- name: Images
paths:
  /admin/api/2020-01/products/{product_id}.json:
    put:
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema: {}
            examples:
              example1:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    title: New product title
                summary: Update a product's title
              example2:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    status: draft
                summary: Update a product's status
              example3:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    tags: Barnes & Noble, John's Fav
                summary: Update a product's tags
              example4:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images: []
                summary: Update a product by clearing product images
              example5:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images:
                    - id: 850703190
                    - id: 562641783
                    - src: http://example.com/rails_logo.gif
                summary: Update a product by adding a new product image
              example6:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images:
                    - id: 850703190
                      position: 2
                    - id: 562641783
                      position: 1
                summary: Update a product by reordering product image
              example7:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    variants:
                    - id: 457924702
                    - id: 39072856
                    - id: 49148385
                    - id: 808950810
                summary: Update a product by reordering the product variants
              example8:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    title: Updated Product Title
                    variants:
                    - id: 808950810
                      price: '2000.00'
                      sku: Updating the Product SKU
                    - id: 49148385
                    - id: 39072856
                    - id: 457924702
                summary: Update a product and one of its variants
              example9:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    metafields_global_title_tag: Brand new title
                    metafields_global_description_tag: Brand new description
                summary: Update a product's SEO title and description
              example10:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    published: true
                summary: Show a hidden product by changing the published attribute to true
              example11:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    published: false
                summary: Hide a published product by changing the published attribute to false
              example12:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    metafields:
                    - key: new
                      value: newvalue
                      value_type: string
                      namespace: global
                summary: Add a metafield to an existing product
      summary: Shopify Updates A Product And Its Variants And Images
      description: https://shopify.dev/docs/admin-api/rest/reference/products/product#update-2020-01
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: product_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: product_id
      tags:
      - Images
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
      operationId: deprecated_202001_update_products_param_product_id
      x-api-evangelist-processing:
        PascalCaseOperationSummaries: true
        ChooseTags: true
  /admin/api/2020-04/products/{product_id}.json:
    put:
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema: {}
            examples:
              example1:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    title: New product title
                summary: Update a product's title
              example2:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    status: draft
                summary: Update a product's status
              example3:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    tags: Barnes & Noble, John's Fav
                summary: Update a product's tags
              example4:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images: []
                summary: Update a product by clearing product images
              example5:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images:
                    - id: 850703190
                    - id: 562641783
                    - src: http://example.com/rails_logo.gif
                summary: Update a product by adding a new product image
              example6:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images:
                    - id: 850703190
                      position: 2
                    - id: 562641783
                      position: 1
                summary: Update a product by reordering product image
              example7:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    variants:
                    - id: 457924702
                    - id: 39072856
                    - id: 49148385
                    - id: 808950810
                summary: Update a product by reordering the product variants
              example8:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    title: Updated Product Title
                    variants:
                    - id: 808950810
                      price: '2000.00'
                      sku: Updating the Product SKU
                    - id: 49148385
                    - id: 39072856
                    - id: 457924702
                summary: Update a product and one of its variants
              example9:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    metafields_global_title_tag: Brand new title
                    metafields_global_description_tag: Brand new description
                summary: Update a product's SEO title and description
              example10:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    published: true
                summary: Show a hidden product by changing the published attribute to true
              example11:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    published: false
                summary: Hide a published product by changing the published attribute to false
              example12:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    metafields:
                    - key: new
                      value: newvalue
                      value_type: string
                      namespace: global
                summary: Add a metafield to an existing product
      summary: Shopify Updates A Product And Its Variants And Images
      description: https://shopify.dev/docs/admin-api/rest/reference/products/product#update-2020-04
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: product_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: product_id
      tags:
      - Images
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
      operationId: deprecated_202004_update_products_param_product_id
      x-api-evangelist-processing:
        PascalCaseOperationSummaries: true
        ChooseTags: true
  /admin/api/2020-07/products/{product_id}.json:
    put:
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema: {}
            examples:
              example1:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    title: New product title
                summary: Update a product's title
              example2:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    status: draft
                summary: Update a product's status
              example3:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    tags: Barnes & Noble, John's Fav
                summary: Update a product's tags
              example4:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images: []
                summary: Update a product by clearing product images
              example5:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images:
                    - id: 850703190
                    - id: 562641783
                    - src: http://example.com/rails_logo.gif
                summary: Update a product by adding a new product image
              example6:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images:
                    - id: 850703190
                      position: 2
                    - id: 562641783
                      position: 1
                summary: Update a product by reordering product image
              example7:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    variants:
                    - id: 457924702
                    - id: 39072856
                    - id: 49148385
                    - id: 808950810
                summary: Update a product by reordering the product variants
              example8:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    title: Updated Product Title
                    variants:
                    - id: 808950810
                      price: '2000.00'
                      sku: Updating the Product SKU
                    - id: 49148385
                    - id: 39072856
                    - id: 457924702
                summary: Update a product and one of its variants
              example9:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    metafields_global_title_tag: Brand new title
                    metafields_global_description_tag: Brand new description
                summary: Update a product's SEO title and description
              example10:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    published: true
                summary: Show a hidden product by changing the published attribute to true
              example11:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    published: false
                summary: Hide a published product by changing the published attribute to false
              example12:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    metafields:
                    - key: new
                      value: newvalue
                      value_type: string
                      namespace: global
                summary: Add a metafield to an existing product
      summary: Shopify Updates A Product And Its Variants And Images
      description: https://shopify.dev/docs/admin-api/rest/reference/products/product#update-2020-07
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: product_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: product_id
      tags:
      - Images
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
      operationId: deprecated_202007_update_products_param_product_id
      x-api-evangelist-processing:
        PascalCaseOperationSummaries: true
        ChooseTags: true
  /admin/api/2020-10/products/{product_id}.json:
    put:
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema: {}
            examples:
              example1:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    title: New product title
                summary: Update a product's title
              example2:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    status: draft
                summary: Update a product's status
              example3:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    tags: Barnes & Noble, John's Fav
                summary: Update a product's tags
              example4:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images: []
                summary: Update a product by clearing product images
              example5:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images:
                    - id: 850703190
                    - id: 562641783
                    - src: http://example.com/rails_logo.gif
                summary: Update a product by adding a new product image
              example6:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images:
                    - id: 850703190
                      position: 2
                    - id: 562641783
                      position: 1
                summary: Update a product by reordering product image
              example7:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    variants:
                    - id: 457924702
                    - id: 39072856
                    - id: 49148385
                    - id: 808950810
                summary: Update a product by reordering the product variants
              example8:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    title: Updated Product Title
                    variants:
                    - id: 808950810
                      price: '2000.00'
                      sku: Updating the Product SKU
                    - id: 49148385
                    - id: 39072856
                    - id: 457924702
                summary: Update a product and one of its variants
              example9:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    metafields_global_title_tag: Brand new title
                    metafields_global_description_tag: Brand new description
                summary: Update a product's SEO title and description
              example10:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    published: true
                summary: Show a hidden product by changing the published attribute to true
              example11:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    published: false
                summary: Hide a published product by changing the published attribute to false
              example12:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    metafields:
                    - key: new
                      value: newvalue
                      value_type: string
                      namespace: global
                summary: Add a metafield to an existing product
      summary: Shopify Updates A Product And Its Variants And Images
      description: https://shopify.dev/docs/admin-api/rest/reference/products/product#update-2020-10
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: product_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: product_id
      tags:
      - Images
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
      operationId: update_products_param_product_id
      x-api-evangelist-processing:
        PascalCaseOperationSummaries: true
        ChooseTags: true
  /admin/api/2021-01/products/{product_id}.json:
    put:
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema: {}
            examples:
              example1:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    title: New product title
                summary: Update a product's title
              example2:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    status: draft
                summary: Update a product's status
              example3:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    tags: Barnes & Noble, John's Fav
                summary: Update a product's tags
              example4:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images: []
                summary: Update a product by clearing product images
              example5:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images:
                    - id: 850703190
                    - id: 562641783
                    - src: http://example.com/rails_logo.gif
                summary: Update a product by adding a new product image
              example6:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images:
                    - id: 850703190
                      position: 2
                    - id: 562641783
                      position: 1
                summary: Update a product by reordering product image
              example7:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    variants:
                    - id: 457924702
                    - id: 39072856
                    - id: 49148385
                    - id: 808950810
                summary: Update a product by reordering the product variants
              example8:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    title: Updated Product Title
                    variants:
                    - id: 808950810
                      price: '2000.00'
                      sku: Updating the Product SKU
                    - id: 49148385
                    - id: 39072856
                    - id: 457924702
                summary: Update a product and one of its variants
              example9:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    metafields_global_title_tag: Brand new title
                    metafields_global_description_tag: Brand new description
                summary: Update a product's SEO title and description
              example10:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    published: true
                summary: Show a hidden product by changing the published attribute to true
              example11:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    published: false
                summary: Hide a published product by changing the published attribute to false
              example12:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    metafields:
                    - key: new
                      value: newvalue
                      value_type: string
                      namespace: global
                summary: Add a metafield to an existing product
      summary: Shopify Updates A Product And Its Variants And Images
      description: https://shopify.dev/docs/admin-api/rest/reference/products/product#update-2021-01
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: product_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: product_id
      tags:
      - Images
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
      operationId: deprecated_202101_update_products_param_product_id
      x-api-evangelist-processing:
        PascalCaseOperationSummaries: true
        ChooseTags: true
  /admin/api/unstable/products/{product_id}.json:
    put:
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema: {}
            examples:
              example1:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    title: New product title
                summary: Update a product's title
              example2:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    status: draft
                summary: Update a product's status
              example3:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    tags: Barnes & Noble, John's Fav
                summary: Update a product's tags
              example4:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images: []
                summary: Update a product by clearing product images
              example5:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images:
                    - id: 850703190
                    - id: 562641783
                    - src: http://example.com/rails_logo.gif
                summary: Update a product by adding a new product image
              example6:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    images:
                    - id: 850703190
                      position: 2
                    - id: 562641783
                      position: 1
                summary: Update a product by reordering product image
              example7:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    variants:
                    - id: 457924702
                    - id: 39072856
                    - id: 49148385
                    - id: 808950810
                summary: Update a product by reordering the product variants
              example8:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    title: Updated Product Title
                    variants:
                    - id: 808950810
                      price: '2000.00'
                      sku: Updating the Product SKU
                    - id: 49148385
                    - id: 39072856
                    - id: 457924702
                summary: Update a product and one of its variants
              example9:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    metafields_global_title_tag: Brand new title
                    metafields_global_description_tag: Brand new description
                summary: Update a product's SEO title and description
              example10:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    published: true
                summary: Show a hidden product by changing the published attribute to true
              example11:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    published: false
                summary: Hide a published product by changing the published attribute to false
              example12:
                value:
                  product:
                    id: 632910392
                    metafields:
                    - key: new
                      value: newvalue
                      value_type: string
                      namespace: global
                summary: Add a metafield to an existing product
      summary: Shopify Updates A Product And Its Variants And Images
      description: https://shopify.dev/docs/admin-api/rest/reference/products/product#update-unstable
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: product_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: product_id
      tags:
      - Images
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
      operationId: deprecated_unstable_update_products_param_product_id
      x-api-evangelist-processing:
        PascalCaseOperationSummaries: true
        ChooseTags: true