Add a new Product

POST /api/v2/products.json

Add a product to your product catalogue.

Scope

Requires the products OAuth scope.

Request body

Your request body must contain an object including:

data required
Containing a Product object.


Example JSON request

To add a Product you must POST JSON to this resource within a data object. The minimum requirements for a product is a title. However, to avoid URL conflicts you should supply a unique alias.

{
    "data": {
        "sku": "EX-D1",
        "title": "Unicorn Tears Gin Liqueur",
        "alias": "/product/unicorn-tears-gin-liqueur",
        "fullDescription": "...",
        "description": "The sweet tears of unicorns, bottled - juicy passion-fruit and tropical mango flavoured"
    }
}


Success responses

If the Product was created successfully you should receive a response with a 201 status code:

success
A boolean where a value of true means the Product was created successfully.
status
The HTTP status code e.g. 201 means the Product was created successfully.
data
Contains the Product object you created including its new id.


Error responses

If the Product could not be created you will encounter a response with a 422 status code:

success
A boolean where a value of false means the Product could not be created.
status
A response code of 422 means the Product could not be created and you should check the errors property for further information.
context
The context property indicates where the error occurred. For a 422 error this will typically contain a value of data, indicating that there was an error with the data object supplied.
errors

Contains an array of error objects, each will have the following properties:

  • name - The property name that encountered an error.
  • message - A human readable error message.
  • ref - An error reference string (e.g. error.not-unique if the alias supplied is already in use).