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productUpdate

mutation

Requires write_products access scope. Also: The user must have a permission to update products.

Updates a product.

For versions 2024-01 and older: If you update a product and only include some variants in the update, then any variants not included will be deleted.

To safely manage variants without the risk of deleting excluded variants, use productVariantsBulkUpdate.

If you want to update a single variant, then use productVariantUpdate.

Arguments

Anchor to mediamedia •[CreateMediaInput!]: List of new media to be added to the product.
Anchor to productproduct •ProductUpdateInput: The updated properties for a product.
Anchor to productPreferencesproductPreferences •ProductPreferencesInput: User product configuration settings.
Anchor to inputinput •ProductInputDeprecated

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Anchor to ProductUpdatePayload returnsProductUpdatePayload returns

Anchor to productproduct •Product: The updated product object.
Anchor to userErrorsuserErrors •[UserError!]!non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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Add new media to an existing product
Create a new metafield and update another on an existing product
Update a product's title and return the product ID
Updates a product
productUpdate reference

Examples

Open in GraphiQL

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

const response = await admin.graphql(

`#graphql

mutation UpdateProductWithNewMedia($input: ProductInput!, $media: [CreateMediaInput!]) {

productUpdate(input: $input, media: $media) {

product {

media(first: 10) {

nodes {

alt

mediaContentType

preview {

status

}

userErrors {

field

message

}

}`,

{

variables: {

"input": {

"id": "gid://shopify/Product/912855135"

"media": [

{

"originalSource": "https://cdn.shopify.com/shopifycloud/brochure/assets/sell/image/image-@artdirection-large-1ba8d5de56c361cec6bc487b747c8774b9ec8203f392a99f53c028df8d0fb3fc.png",

"alt": "Gray helmet for bikers",

"mediaContentType": "IMAGE"

{

"originalSource": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L8VbGRibj8&list=PLlMkWQ65HlcEoPyG9QayqEaAu0ftj0MMz",

"alt": "Testing helmet resistance against impacts",

"mediaContentType": "EXTERNAL_VIDEO"

}

]

);

const data = await response.json();

mutation UpdateProductWithNewMedia($input: ProductInput!, $media: [CreateMediaInput!]) {
  productUpdate(input: $input, media: $media) {
    product {
      id
      media(first: 10) {
        nodes {
          alt
          mediaContentType
          preview {
            status
          }
        }
      }
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/unstable/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation UpdateProductWithNewMedia($input: ProductInput!, $media: [CreateMediaInput!]) { productUpdate(input: $input, media: $media) { product { id media(first: 10) { nodes { alt mediaContentType preview { status } } } } userErrors { field message } } }",
 "variables": {
    "input": {
      "id": "gid://shopify/Product/912855135"
    },
    "media": [
      {
        "originalSource": "https://cdn.shopify.com/shopifycloud/brochure/assets/sell/image/image-@artdirection-large-1ba8d5de56c361cec6bc487b747c8774b9ec8203f392a99f53c028df8d0fb3fc.png",
        "alt": "Gray helmet for bikers",
        "mediaContentType": "IMAGE"
      },
      {
        "originalSource": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L8VbGRibj8&list=PLlMkWQ65HlcEoPyG9QayqEaAu0ftj0MMz",
        "alt": "Testing helmet resistance against impacts",
        "mediaContentType": "EXTERNAL_VIDEO"
      }
    ]
  }
}'

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

const response = await admin.graphql(
  `#graphql
  mutation UpdateProductWithNewMedia($input: ProductInput!, $media: [CreateMediaInput!]) {
    productUpdate(input: $input, media: $media) {
      product {
        id
        media(first: 10) {
          nodes {
            alt
            mediaContentType
            preview {
              status
            }
          }
        }
      }
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
      "input": {
        "id": "gid://shopify/Product/912855135"
      },
      "media": [
        {
          "originalSource": "https://cdn.shopify.com/shopifycloud/brochure/assets/sell/image/image-@artdirection-large-1ba8d5de56c361cec6bc487b747c8774b9ec8203f392a99f53c028df8d0fb3fc.png",
          "alt": "Gray helmet for bikers",
          "mediaContentType": "IMAGE"
        },
        {
          "originalSource": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L8VbGRibj8&list=PLlMkWQ65HlcEoPyG9QayqEaAu0ftj0MMz",
          "alt": "Testing helmet resistance against impacts",
          "mediaContentType": "EXTERNAL_VIDEO"
        }
      ]
    },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation UpdateProductWithNewMedia($input: ProductInput!, $media: [CreateMediaInput!]) {
      productUpdate(input: $input, media: $media) {
        product {
          id
          media(first: 10) {
            nodes {
              alt
              mediaContentType
              preview {
                status
              }
            }
          }
        }
        userErrors {
          field
          message
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
      "input": {
        "id": "gid://shopify/Product/912855135"
      },
      "media": [
        {
          "originalSource": "https://cdn.shopify.com/shopifycloud/brochure/assets/sell/image/image-@artdirection-large-1ba8d5de56c361cec6bc487b747c8774b9ec8203f392a99f53c028df8d0fb3fc.png",
          "alt": "Gray helmet for bikers",
          "mediaContentType": "IMAGE"
        },
        {
          "originalSource": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L8VbGRibj8&list=PLlMkWQ65HlcEoPyG9QayqEaAu0ftj0MMz",
          "alt": "Testing helmet resistance against impacts",
          "mediaContentType": "EXTERNAL_VIDEO"
        }
      ]
    },
  },
});

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 UpdateProductWithNewMedia($input: ProductInput!, $media: [CreateMediaInput!]) {
    productUpdate(input: $input, media: $media) {
      product {
        id
        media(first: 10) {
          nodes {
            alt
            mediaContentType
            preview {
              status
            }
          }
        }
      }
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "input": {
    "id": "gid://shopify/Product/912855135"
  },
  "media": [{"originalSource"=>"https://cdn.shopify.com/shopifycloud/brochure/assets/sell/image/image-@artdirection-large-1ba8d5de56c361cec6bc487b747c8774b9ec8203f392a99f53c028df8d0fb3fc.png", "alt"=>"Gray helmet for bikers", "mediaContentType"=>"IMAGE"}, {"originalSource"=>"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L8VbGRibj8&list=PLlMkWQ65HlcEoPyG9QayqEaAu0ftj0MMz", "alt"=>"Testing helmet resistance against impacts", "mediaContentType"=>"EXTERNAL_VIDEO"}]
}

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

Input variables

JSON

{

"input": {

"id": "gid://shopify/Product/912855135"

"media": [

{

"originalSource": "https://cdn.shopify.com/shopifycloud/brochure/assets/sell/image/image-@artdirection-large-1ba8d5de56c361cec6bc487b747c8774b9ec8203f392a99f53c028df8d0fb3fc.png",

"alt": "Gray helmet for bikers",

"mediaContentType": "IMAGE"

{

"originalSource": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L8VbGRibj8&list=PLlMkWQ65HlcEoPyG9QayqEaAu0ftj0MMz",

"alt": "Testing helmet resistance against impacts",

"mediaContentType": "EXTERNAL_VIDEO"

}

]

}

Response

JSON

{

"productUpdate": {

"product": {

"id": "gid://shopify/Product/912855135",

"media": {

"nodes": [

{

"alt": "Gray helmet for bikers",

"mediaContentType": "IMAGE",

"preview": {

"status": "UPLOADED"

}

{

"alt": "Testing helmet resistance against impacts",

"mediaContentType": "EXTERNAL_VIDEO",

"preview": {

"status": "UPLOADED"

}

]

}

"userErrors": []

}