Importing Products

Create and update Products without Product Variant or Embedded Price data.

The data to import is represented by ProductImport and included in a ProductImportRequest, which is imported using Import Products.

If you need to import Products with Product Variant and Embedded Price data, use ProductDraft Import. For more information, see Choosing the right Product import endpoint.

When importing Product data to update an existing Product, you must include existing values for fields (for example categories and taxCategory) or they will be removed when the Product is imported.

Representations

ProductImportRequest

ProductImport

ProductImportRequest

The request body to import Products. Contains data for Products to be created or updated in a Project.

`type` ImportResourceType	`"product"` The Product import resource type.
`resources` Array of ProductImport	The product import resources of this request. MaxItems: `20`

Example: json

{
  "type": "product",
  "resources": [
    {
      "key": "t-shirt",
      "name": {
        "en": "t-shirt"
      },
      "productType": {
        "typeId": "product-type",
        "key": "sample"
      },
      "slug": {
        "en": "t-shirt-slug"
      },
      "description": {
        "en": "t-shirt-description"
      },
      "categories": [
        {
          "typeId": "category",
          "key": "greatTestCat"
        }
      ],
      "metaTitle": {
        "en": "title"
      },
      "metaDescription": {
        "en": "description"
      },
      "metaKeywords": {
        "en": "Keywords"
      },
      "taxCategory": {
        "typeId": "tax-category",
        "key": "tax-category-key"
      },
      "state": {
        "typeId": "state",
        "key": "state-key"
      }
    }
  ]
}

ProductImport

The data representation for a Product to be imported that is persisted as a Product in the Project.

This is the minimal representation required for creating a Product in commercetools.

`key` String	User-defined unique identifier. If a Product with this `key` exists, it will be updated with the imported data. MinLength: `2`MaxLength: `256`Pattern: `^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$`
`name` LocalizedString	Maps to `Product.name`.
`productType` ProductTypeKeyReference	The `productType` of a Product. Maps to `Product.productType`. The Reference to the ProductType with which the Product is associated. If referenced ProductType does not exist, the `state` of the ImportOperation will be set to `unresolved` until the necessary ProductType is created.
`slug` LocalizedString	Human-readable identifiers usually used as deep-link URL to the related product. Each slug must be unique across a Project, but a product can have the same slug for different languages. Allowed are alphabetic, numeric, underscore (_) and hyphen (-) characters.
`description` LocalizedString	Maps to `Product.description`.
`categories` Array of CategoryKeyReference	Maps to `Product.categories`. The References to the Categories with which the Product is associated. If referenced Categories do not exist, the `state` of the ImportOperation will be set to `unresolved` until the necessary Categories are created.
`metaTitle` LocalizedString
`metaDescription` LocalizedString
`metaKeywords` LocalizedString
`taxCategory` TaxCategoryKeyReference	The Reference to the TaxCategory with which the Product is associated. If referenced TaxCategory does not exist, the `state` of the ImportOperation will be set to `unresolved` until the necessary TaxCategory is created.
`searchKeywords` SearchKeywords
`state` StateKeyReference	The Reference to the State with which the Product is associated. If referenced State does not exist, the `state` of the ImportOperation will be set to `unresolved` until the necessary State is created.
`publish` Boolean	Determines the published status and current/staged projection of the Product. For more information, see Managing the published state of Products. Default: `false`
`priceMode` ProductPriceModeEnum	Determines the type of Prices the API uses. See ProductPriceMode for more details. If not provided, the existing `Product.priceMode` is not changed.

Import Products

POST

https://import.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/products/import-containers/{importContainerKey}

Creates a request for creating new Products or updating existing ones.

OAuth 2.0 Scopes:

manage_products:{projectKey}

Path parameters:

`region` String	The Region in which the Project is hosted.
`projectKey` String	The Project key.
`importContainerKey` String	The ImportContainer used to create the new resource

Request Body:ProductImportRequestasapplication/json

Response:

201ImportResponseasapplication/json