Create a Product

Creates a product in a merchant's store. A Rutter product must contain at least one variant, which is a specific configuration of the product & has an associated SKU. See Variants Array below for more information.

Variants Array

The variants array specifies different configurations of a new product. Each object in the variant array must have an sku value and contain an option_values array.

If the product does not have multiple configurations, leave the option_values array empty.

If a product has multiple configurations, the option_values array for each variant will determine the differences. For example, a T-Shirt product might have several variants that differ by Color.

See the code sample below for 2 example POST bodies:

// A product with no variants
{
  "product": {
    // ... other Product fields
    "variants": [
      {
        "sku": "my-product",
        "option_values": [], // Leave option_values empty
        "price": 123.45
      }
    ]
  }
}

// A product with two variants
{
  "product": {
    // ... other Product fields
    "variants": [
      {
        "sku": "blue-shirt",
        "option_values": [
          {
            "name": "Color",
            "value": "Blue"
          }
        ],
        "price": 123.45,
        "inventory": {
          "total_count": 30
        }
      },
      {
        "sku": "red-shirt",
        "option_values": [
          {
            "name": "Color", // Must be spelled exactly the same as above
            "value": "Red"
          }
        ],
        "price": 100,
        "inventory": {
          "total_count": 90
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

It is important that inside option_values the name property values (e.g. Color) stays the same across the different variants, otherwise Rutter will be unable to group these values together.

Platform Differences

Due to differences across Ecommerce platforms, Rutter enforces a set of standards to ensure that products will be successfully created with the same input. Calling the API with an invalid input will return an error. The standards are listed below, and please reach out to [email protected] if you have any special requirements:

• The product name allows for a max of 80 characters.
• A max of 20 tags are allowed per product.
• Images must have a minimum resolution of 500x500 pixels.
• Image files must be no larger than 10mb.
• The price value inside of variants must be greater than 0.
• The option_values array must contain less than or equal to 2 unique name values. For example, a valid product could have name values of Color and Size, but attempting to add another value would return an error.
• Each product can have between 1 and 100 variants.
• Each variant can have a maximum of 1 image.
• Each product can have a maximum of 6 images.

Magento

Due to limitations of the Magento API, variants are created asynchronously after the Create API call succeeds. You will be notified via a webhook of PRODUCT_UPDATED if images are created successfully, or a PRODUCT_FINISH_FAILED webhook indicating with reasons why the product create fails.

PrestaShop

Due to limitations of the PrestaShop API, variants are created asynchronously after the Create API call succeeds. You will be notified via a webhook of PRODUCT_UPDATED if images are created successfully, or a PRODUCT_FINISH_FAILED webhook indicating with reasons why the product create fails.

Async Image Create

Because images takes much longer for platforms to process than the rest of the platforms, all images are created asynchronously after the Create API call succeeds. You will be notified via a webhook of PRODUCT_UPDATED if images are created successfully, or a PRODUCT_FINISH_FAILED webhook indicating with reasons why the product create fails.