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Update a variant option

Update a variant option using Shopently API. Check required JSON fields, permissions and write requirements. Examples in cURL, PHP and Python.

PATCH/api/v1/variant-options/{identity}

Authentication
Bearer
Available from
STANDARD
Required permissions
catalog.variant_option:update

Code examples

Request example

cURL

: "${SHOPENTLY_SHOP_URL:?}"

curl --disable --globoff --fail-with-body --silent --show-error \
  --proto '=https' --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 30 \
  --request PATCH \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${SHOPENTLY_ACCESS_TOKEN:?}" \
  --header 'Idempotency-Key: example-update_variant_option_api_v1_variant_options__identity__patch' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "expected_version": 1,
  "name": "Example"
}' \
  --url "${SHOPENTLY_SHOP_URL%/}"/api/v1/variant-options/example

PHP

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

$baseUrl = rtrim(getenv('SHOPENTLY_SHOP_URL') ?: '', '/');
$origin = parse_url($baseUrl);
if (!$origin || ($origin['scheme'] ?? '') !== 'https' || empty($origin['host']) ||
    isset($origin['user'], $origin['pass']) || isset($origin['user']) || isset($origin['path']) ||
    isset($origin['query']) || isset($origin['fragment'])) {
    throw new RuntimeException('SHOPENTLY_SHOP_URL must be an HTTPS origin');
}
$credential = getenv('SHOPENTLY_ACCESS_TOKEN') ?: '';
if ($credential === '' || strpbrk($credential, "\r\n") !== false) {
    throw new RuntimeException('Invalid credential');
}
$headers = ['Idempotency-Key: example-update_variant_option_api_v1_variant_options__identity__patch', 'Content-Type: application/json'];
$headers[] = 'Authorization: Bearer ' . $credential;
$responseHeaders = [];
$handle = curl_init($baseUrl . '/api/v1/variant-options/example');
curl_setopt_array($handle, [
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'PATCH',
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => $headers,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => false,
    CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS => CURLPROTO_HTTPS,
    CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => true,
    CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => 2,
    CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 5,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION => static function ($handle, string $line) use (&$responseHeaders): int {
        if (str_contains($line, ':')) {
            [$name, $value] = explode(':', $line, 2);
            $responseHeaders[strtolower(trim($name))] = trim($value);
        }
        return strlen($line);
    },
]);
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, '{
  "expected_version": 1,
  "name": "Example"
}');
$raw = curl_exec($handle);
$status = curl_getinfo($handle, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
$error = curl_error($handle);
curl_close($handle);
if ($raw === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException('Transport error: ' . $error);
}
if ($status < 200 || $status >= 300) {
    throw new RuntimeException('HTTP ' . $status . '; request_id=' .
        ($responseHeaders['x-request-id'] ?? '') . '; retry_after=' . ($responseHeaders['retry-after'] ?? ''));
}
$result = $raw === '' ? null : json_decode($raw, true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR | JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING);
echo json_encode($result, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR | JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE), PHP_EOL;

Python

from contextlib import ExitStack
import json
import os
from urllib.parse import urlsplit

import requests  # python -m pip install requests

base_url = os.environ["SHOPENTLY_SHOP_URL"].rstrip("/")
origin = urlsplit(base_url)
if origin.scheme != "https" or not origin.hostname or origin.username or origin.password or origin.path or origin.query or origin.fragment:
    raise ValueError("SHOPENTLY_SHOP_URL must be an HTTPS origin")
credential = os.environ['SHOPENTLY_ACCESS_TOKEN']
if not credential or "\r" in credential or "\n" in credential:
    raise ValueError("Invalid credential")
headers = {'Idempotency-Key': 'example-update_variant_option_api_v1_variant_options__identity__patch'}
headers["Authorization"] = 'Bearer' + " " + credential
body = '{\n  "expected_version": 1,\n  "name": "Example"\n}'
if body is not None:
    headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"

with ExitStack() as stack:
    session = stack.enter_context(requests.Session())
    files = None
    if False:
        image = stack.enter_context(open(os.environ["SHOPENTLY_IMAGE_FILE"], "rb"))
        if os.fstat(image.fileno()).st_size > 5242880:
            raise ValueError("Image exceeds 5 MiB")
        files = {"file": ("article.png", image, "image/png")}
    response = session.request(
        'PATCH', base_url + '/api/v1/variant-options/example', headers=headers,
        data=body.encode("utf-8") if body is not None else None, files=files,
        timeout=(5, 30), allow_redirects=False,
    )
    if not 200 <= response.status_code < 300:
        raise RuntimeError(f"HTTP {response.status_code}; request_id={response.headers.get('X-Request-ID', '')}; retry_after={response.headers.get('Retry-After', '')}")
    if False:
        if response.headers.get("Content-Type") != "image/webp" or len(response.content) > 5242880:
            raise ValueError("Unexpected image response")
        with open(os.environ["SHOPENTLY_OUTPUT_FILE"], "xb") as output:
            output.write(response.content)
    else:
        result = response.json() if response.content else None
        print(json.dumps(result, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))

Response example 200

JSON
{
  "data": {
    "deleted": false,
    "id": "example",
    "version": 1
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "example"
  }
}

How it works

  • A variant belongs to a product and uses values from the variant-option dictionaries.
  • The reference includes option and value CRUD as well as product-variant reads and writes.
  • Variant price changes use the explicit pricing kind, amount, currency and required versions.
  • Distinguish a base adjustment from a fixed market price.
  • Read current product and price state before submitting a dependent update.

Parameters

Path parameters

identityStringRequired

Identifier used in this resource path.

Constraints
pattern
"^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]{0,62}$"
Example: "example"

Query parameters

localeString nullOptional

Language selected for this request.

String:minLength: 2maxLength: 20
market_idString nullOptional

Market identifier returned by the context endpoint.

Constraints · String 1
pattern
"^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]{0,62}$"
market_codeString nullOptional

Market code returned by the context endpoint.

String:minLength: 1maxLength: 16

Request headers

Idempotency-KeyStringRequired

Unique identifier for one logical write operation.

minLength: 1maxLength: 128
Constraints
pattern
"^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._:-]{0,127}$"
Example: "example-update_variant_option_api_v1_variant_options__identity__patch"

Request body

application/json · Required

VariantOptionUpdate
expected_versionIntegerRequired

Version read before the write; a mismatch rejects the update.

minimum: 1maximum: 9223372036854775807
Example: 1
nameString nullOptional

Resource name in the relevant context.

String:minLength: 1maxLength: 120
Constraints · String 1
pattern
"^[^\\x00]*$"
Example: "Example"
selection_typeStringOptional

Allowed feature-value selection mode.

Constraints
enum
["button", "dropdown"]
value_presentation_typeStringOptional

How dictionary values are presented.

Constraints
enum
["text", "color", "image"]

Responses

Response 200

dataMutationData Required

Successful response payload.

Fields · data
deletedBooleanRequired

Whether the deletion was applied.

idStringRequired

Resource identifier; preserve it as returned.

versionInteger nullRequired

Resource version used for concurrency control.

metaContextPageMeta ContextMeta PageMeta RequestMeta Required

Response metadata.

Fields · meta

ContextPageMeta

localeStringRequired

Language selected for this request.

market_codeStringRequired

Market code returned by the context endpoint.

market_idStringRequired

Market identifier returned by the context endpoint.

paginationPagination Required

Cursor pagination metadata.

request_idStringRequired

Request identifier; in response metadata this identifies the HTTP request.

minLength: 1maxLength: 100

ContextMeta

localeStringRequired

Language selected for this request.

market_codeStringRequired

Market code returned by the context endpoint.

market_idStringRequired

Market identifier returned by the context endpoint.

request_idStringRequired

Request identifier; in response metadata this identifies the HTTP request.

minLength: 1maxLength: 100

PageMeta

paginationPagination Required

Cursor pagination metadata.

request_idStringRequired

Request identifier; in response metadata this identifies the HTTP request.

minLength: 1maxLength: 100

RequestMeta

request_idStringRequired

Request identifier; in response metadata this identifies the HTTP request.

minLength: 1maxLength: 100
Response example

HTTP status

200
Successful response Schema
400
Invalid request
401
Authentication required
403
Permission denied
404
Resource not found
409
Version conflict
422
Validation failed
429
Rate limit exceeded
Other HTTP statuses (7)
405
Method not allowed
413
Request too large
415
Unsupported media type
500
Server error
502
API gateway error
503
Service unavailable
504
Gateway timeout

Error catalog: ErrorResponse

Headers

401

WWW-AuthenticateStringOptional

Authentication scheme required by the server.

405

AllowStringOptional

HTTP methods supported by this resource.

429, 503

Retry-AfterIntegerOptional

Minimum delay before retrying, in seconds.

minimum: 0