PUT /catalog/variants

Updates a batch of variant objects. Currently the limit is 50 variants however this is subject to change.

Required Fields

To update an existing variant:

id (variant ID)

To create a new variant:

product_id
sku
option_values
- id (option_value ID - Example: 146)
- option_id (Option ID - Example: 151)

Servers

https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/{store_hash}/v3

Request headers

Name Type Required Description

Name	Type	Required	Description
`Accept`	String	Yes	The MIME type of the response body. Default value: "application/json"
`Content-Type`	String	Yes	The MIME type of the request body. Default value: "application/json"

Accept

String

Yes

The MIME type of the response body.

Default value: "application/json"

Content-Type

String

Yes

The MIME type of the request body.

Default value: "application/json"

Request body fields

Name	Type	Required	Description
`[]`	Array	Yes
`[].price`	Number	No	This variant’s base price on the storefront. If a Price List ID is used, the Price List value will be used. If a Price List ID is not used, and this value is `null`, the product’s default price (set in the Product resource’s `price` field) will be used as the base price.
`[].retail_price`	Number	No	This variant’s retail price on the storefront. If a Price List ID is used, the Price List value will be used. If a Price List ID is not used, and this value is null, the product’s retail price (set in the Product resource’s `price` field) will be used as the retail price.
`[].inventory_level`	Integer	No	Inventory level for the variant, which is used when the product’s inventory_tracking is set to `variant`. The Catalog API returns the inventory for only the default location. The inventory for a variant cannot exceed 2,147,483,647 in the catalog. The sum of the variant inventories, or the total inventory for a product, cannot exceed 2,147,483,647. If you exceed the limit, the store sets the variant inventory to the limit if no other variant inventories are set. If other variant inventories are set, the store does not save the variant inventory rather than setting the variant inventory to the remaining limit. The Catalog API handles limits in a different way than the Inventory API. For more information, see Limit handling.
`[].bin_picking_number`	String	No	Identifies where in a warehouse the variant is located.
`[].cost_price`	Number	No	The cost price of the variant. It is not affected by Price List prices. This value displays as null in the control panel when `cost_price` equals zero.
`[].height`	Number	No	Height of the variant, which can be used when calculating shipping costs. If this value is `null`, the productʼs default height (set in the Product resourceʼs `height` field) will be used as the base height.
`[].width`	Number	No	Width of the variant, which can be used when calculating shipping costs. If this value is `null`, the productʼs default width (set in the Product resourceʼs `width` field) will be used as the base width.
`[].depth`	Number	No	Depth of the variant, which can be used when calculating shipping costs. If this value is `null`, the productʼs default depth (set in the Product resourceʼs `depth` field) will be used as the base depth.
`[].id`	Integer	No
`[].fixed_cost_shipping_price`	Number	No	A fixed shipping cost for the variant. If defined, this value will be used during checkout instead of normal shipping-cost calculation.
`[].purchasing_disabled`	Boolean	No	If `true`, this variant will not be purchasable on the storefront.
`[].purchasing_disabled_message`	String	No	If `purchasing_disabled` is `true`, this message should show on the storefront when the variant is selected.
`[].is_free_shipping`	Boolean	No	Flag used to indicate whether the variant has free shipping. If `true`, the shipping cost for the variant will be zero.
`[].sale_price`	Number	No	This variant’s sale price on the storefront. If a Price List ID is used, the Price List value will be used. If a Price List ID is not used, and this value is null, the product’s sale price (set in the Product resource’s `price` field) will be used as the sale price.
`[].inventory_warning_level`	Integer	No	When the variant hits this inventory level, it is considered low stock.
`[].weight`	Number	No	This variant’s base weight on the storefront. If this value is null, the product’s default weight (set in the Product resource’s weight field) will be used as the base weight.
`[].upc`	String	No	The UPC code used in feeds for shopping comparison sites and external channel integrations.

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