productVariantsBulkCreate

mutation

Requires write_products access scope. Also: The user must have a permission to create product variants.

Creates multiple variants in a single product. This mutation can be called directly or via the bulkOperation.

Arguments

Anchor to mediamedia • [CreateMediaInput!]: List of new media to be added to the product.
Anchor to productIdproductId • ID!required: The ID of the product on which to create the variants.
Anchor to strategystrategy • ProductVariantsBulkCreateStrategyDefault:DEFAULT: The strategy defines which behavior the mutation should observe, such as whether to keep or delete the standalone variant (when product has only a single or default variant) when creating new variants in bulk.
Anchor to variantsvariants • [ProductVariantsBulkInput!]!required: An array of product variants to be created.

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Anchor to ProductVariantsBulkCreatePayload returnsProductVariantsBulkCreatePayload returns

Anchor to productproduct • Product: The updated product object.
Anchor to productVariantsproductVariants • [ProductVariant!]: The newly created variants.
Anchor to userErrorsuserErrors • [ProductVariantsBulkCreateUserError!]!non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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Create a new Product Variant
Create product variants using existing and new option values
productVariantsBulkCreate reference

Examples

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = await admin.graphql(

`#graphql

mutation ProductVariantsCreate($productId: ID!, $variants: [ProductVariantsBulkInput!]!) {

productVariantsBulkCreate(productId: $productId, variants: $variants) {

productVariants {

title

selectedOptions {

name

value

}

userErrors {

field

message

}

}`,

{

variables: {

"productId": "gid://shopify/Product/20995642",

"variants": [

{

"price": 15.99,

"compareAtPrice": 19.99,

mutation ProductVariantsCreate($productId: ID!, $variants: [ProductVariantsBulkInput!]!) {
  productVariantsBulkCreate(productId: $productId, variants: $variants) {
    productVariants {
      id
      title
      selectedOptions {
        name
        value
      }
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-01/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation ProductVariantsCreate($productId: ID!, $variants: [ProductVariantsBulkInput!]!) { productVariantsBulkCreate(productId: $productId, variants: $variants) { productVariants { id title selectedOptions { name value } } userErrors { field message } } }",
 "variables": {
    "productId": "gid://shopify/Product/20995642",
    "variants": [
      {
        "price": 15.99,
        "compareAtPrice": 19.99,
        "optionValues": [
          {
            "name": "Golden",
            "optionId": "gid://shopify/ProductOption/328272167"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}'

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = await admin.graphql(
  `#graphql
  mutation ProductVariantsCreate($productId: ID!, $variants: [ProductVariantsBulkInput!]!) {
    productVariantsBulkCreate(productId: $productId, variants: $variants) {
      productVariants {
        id
        title
        selectedOptions {
          name
          value
        }
      }
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
      "productId": "gid://shopify/Product/20995642",
      "variants": [
        {
          "price": 15.99,
          "compareAtPrice": 19.99,
          "optionValues": [
            {
              "name": "Golden",
              "optionId": "gid://shopify/ProductOption/328272167"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation ProductVariantsCreate($productId: ID!, $variants: [ProductVariantsBulkInput!]!) {
      productVariantsBulkCreate(productId: $productId, variants: $variants) {
        productVariants {
          id
          title
          selectedOptions {
            name
            value
          }
        }
        userErrors {
          field
          message
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
      "productId": "gid://shopify/Product/20995642",
      "variants": [
        {
          "price": 15.99,
          "compareAtPrice": 19.99,
          "optionValues": [
            {
              "name": "Golden",
              "optionId": "gid://shopify/ProductOption/328272167"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
  },
});

session = ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session.new(
  shop: "your-development-store.myshopify.com",
  access_token: access_token
)
client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Graphql::Admin.new(
  session: session
)

query = <<~QUERY
  mutation ProductVariantsCreate($productId: ID!, $variants: [ProductVariantsBulkInput!]!) {
    productVariantsBulkCreate(productId: $productId, variants: $variants) {
      productVariants {
        id
        title
        selectedOptions {
          name
          value
        }
      }
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "productId": "gid://shopify/Product/20995642",
  "variants": [{"price"=>15.99, "compareAtPrice"=>19.99, "optionValues"=>[{"name"=>"Golden", "optionId"=>"gid://shopify/ProductOption/328272167"}]}]
}

response = client.query(query: query, variables: variables)

Input variables

JSON

{

"productId": "gid://shopify/Product/20995642",

"variants": [

{

"price": 15.99,

"compareAtPrice": 19.99,

"optionValues": [

{

"name": "Golden",

"optionId": "gid://shopify/ProductOption/328272167"

}

]

}

]

}

Response

JSON

{

"productVariantsBulkCreate": {

"productVariants": [

{

"id": "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/1070325177",

"title": "Golden",

"selectedOptions": [

{

"name": "Title",

"value": "Golden"

}

]

}

"userErrors": []

}