Shopify Product API 2024 – Create A New Product With The Default Product Variant

Step 2: Create A New Product With The Default Product Variant

• • Log in to your Postman and create a new workspace

• • Create a new POST with this URL:

https://{username}:{password}@{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/api/{api-version}/{resource}.json

1. 1. {username} – The API key that you generated.

1. 1. {password} – The API password that you generated.

1. 1. {shop} – The name of your development store.

1. 1. {api-version} – The supported API version that you want to use.

1. 1. {resource} – A resource endpoint from the REST Admin API.

Or you can copy this example in the Shopify Admin, remember to change {resource} to {products}:

https://33a72f01e02987636e1c1a9a4e95c840:[email protected]/admin/api/2021-10/products.json

• • Paste the URL above.

In the body section, enter this code, then click Send.

{
    "product": {
        "title": "Burton Custom Freestyle 151",
        "body_html": "\u003cstrong\u003eGood snowboard!\u003c\/strong\u003e",
        "vendor": "Burton",
        "product_type": "Snowboard",
        "tags": ["Barnes \u0026 Noble", "Big Air", "John's Fav"]
    }
}

Response:

API will return all information about newly created products.

{
    "product": {
        "id": 6821639782463,
        "title": "Burton Custom Freestyle 151",
        "body_html": "<strong>Good snowboard!</strong>",
        "vendor": "Burton",
        "product_type": "Snowboard",
        "created_at": "2021-12-01T12:37:05+09:00",
        "handle": "burton-custom-freestyle-151",
        "updated_at": "2021-12-01T12:37:05+09:00",
        "published_at": "2021-12-01T12:37:05+09:00",
        "template_suffix": null,
        "status": "active",
        "published_scope": "global",
        "tags": "Barnes & Noble, Big Air, John's Fav",
        "admin_graphql_api_id": "gid://shopify/Product/6821639782463",
        "variants": [
            {
                "id": 39531684790335,
                "product_id": 6821639782463,
                "title": "Default Title",
                "price": "0.00",
                "sku": "",
                "position": 1,
                "inventory_policy": "deny",
                "compare_at_price": null,
                "fulfillment_service": "manual",
                "inventory_management": null,
                "option1": "Default Title",
                "option2": null,
                "option3": null,
                "created_at": "2021-12-01T12:37:05+09:00",
                "updated_at": "2021-12-01T12:37:05+09:00",
                "taxable": true,
                "barcode": null,
                "grams": 0,
                "image_id": null,
                "weight": 0.0,
                "weight_unit": "kg",
                "inventory_item_id": 41626340786239,
                "inventory_quantity": 0,
                "old_inventory_quantity": 0,
                "requires_shipping": true,
                "admin_graphql_api_id": "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/39531684790335"
            }
        ],
        "options": [
            {
                "id": 8821139767359,
                "product_id": 6821639782463,
                "name": "Title",
                "position": 1,
                "values": [
                    "Default Title"
                ]
            }
        ],
        "images": [],
        "image": null
    }
}

Step 3: Verify the result

In the admin, choose products, click all products, then search product by product name.

As you can see, the new product with the default product variant has been created.

I have shown you all steps to create a new product with the default product variant with Shopify API using Postman. If you have any questions, please comment below or refer to our Blog: What is an API? Besides, you can see more Shopify API documentation in the developer docs.

If you still do not understand the tutorial’s content, you can watch the video below for a more overview.

Hopefully, you can do it!