Create a product

post /api/products

Creates a Product resource.

Creates a single product in the current organization. The product is returned with all read-only fields (id, timestamps, derived state) populated. You can also create initial channel assignments, collections and variants in the same call.

Default status

New products are created in their default status (typically draft). Promote them to active with a PATCH once they’re ready to surface to your channels.

Headers

Name	Type	Required	Description
Flowkiwi-Locale	string	-	Specifies the locale for properties that support localization. If not provided, the default locale will be used.

Request body

Property	Type	Required	Description
category	string | null	-	Category IRI this product is attached to. Categories drive the attribute set. Requires the categories:read scope. Returned null when the scope is missing.
channels	string[]	-	A list of Channel IRIs the product is assigned to. Requires the channels:read scope. Returned empty when the scope is missing.
collections	string[]	-	A list of Collection IRIs the product is attached to. Requires the collections:read scope. Returned empty when the scope is missing.
description	string | null	-	Long-form description. Markdown is not parsed by the API.
medias	string[]	-	A list of Media IRIs (ordered). Only images are accepted. Position determines display order. Requires the medias:read scope. Returned empty when the scope is missing.
status	"/api/statuses/DRAFT" | "/api/statuses/ACTIVE" | "/api/statuses/ARCHIVED"	-	Status IRI controlling visibility. Optional - defaults to a draft status when omitted.
tags	string | null	-	Comma-separated list of free-form tags. Used for storefront filtering.
title	string | null	-	Customer-facing product title. Translatable - set the active locale with Flowkiwi-Locale.

Response

201 - Product resource created

Property	Type	Required	Description
@context	string | object	-
@id	string	required
@type	string	required
category	string | Category | null	-	The category to which this product belongs. Serialized as IRI string by default; pass ?expand=category to embed the full CategoryResource. Requires the categories:read scope. Returned null when the scope is missing.
channels	array	-	A list of Channel, each one representing a channel associated with the product. Serialized as IRI strings by default; pass ?expand=channels to embed full ChannelResource objects. Requires the channels:read scope. Returned empty when the scope is missing.
collections	array	-	A list of Collection, each one representing a collection associated with the product. Serialized as IRI strings by default; pass ?expand=collections to embed full CollectionResource objects. Requires the collections:read scope. Returned empty when the scope is missing.
createdAt	string	-	The date and time when the resource was created (ISO 8601 format).
description	string | null	-	This property supports translations. A description of the product.
id	string	-	Stable UUID of the product.
medias	array	-	A list of Media, ordered by position. Only media of type "image" can be associated with a product. Returned as IRI strings by default; pass ?expand=medias to embed full Media objects. Requires the medias:read scope. Returned empty when the scope is missing.
metafields	array	-	Metafields owned by this product. Serialized as IRI strings by default; pass ?expand=metafields to embed full MetafieldResource objects. Requires the metafields:read scope. Returned empty when the scope is missing.
options	array	-	A list of Product Option, each one representing an option associated with the product. Serialized as IRI strings by default; pass ?expand=options to embed the full Product Option objects. Requires the products:read scope. Returned empty when the scope is missing.
status	"/api/statuses/DRAFT" | "/api/statuses/ACTIVE" | "/api/statuses/ARCHIVED"	-	The status of the product.
tags	string | null	-	A string of comma-separated tags.
title	string | null	-	This property supports translations. The name of the product.
updatedAt	string	-	The date and time when the resource was last modified (ISO 8601 format).
variants	array	-	A list of Variant, each one representing a variant associated with the product. Serialized as IRI strings by default; pass ?expand=variants to embed the full Variant objects (including resolvedPrice, lowestPriceLast30Days, medias, and metafields when composed with ?expand=metafields). Requires the products:read scope. Returned empty when the scope is missing.

Errors

400 - Invalid input

Property	Type	Required	Description
@context	string | object	-
@id	string	required
@type	string	required
code	string	-	Stable identifier of the error in the error code catalogue (see /api/error-codes). Present on catalogued errors only.
description	string | null	-
detail	string | null	-	A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
instance	string | null	-	A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may or may not yield further information if dereferenced.
message	string	-	End-user message localized in the request locale, with this occurrence's values substituted. Present on catalogued errors only.
slug	string	-	Stable, readable key of the error in the error code catalogue. Present on catalogued errors only.
status	integer | null	-
title	string | null	-	A short, human-readable summary of the problem. For a catalogued error it repeats the slug.
type	string	-	A URI reference that identifies the problem type. For a catalogued error it is the error code resource, /api/error-codes/{code}.

403 - Access denied. The caller is missing one or more permissions required for this operation.

Content-Type: application/problem+json

Property	Type	Required	Description
@context	string | object	-
@id	string	required
@type	string	required
detail	string	-
missingPermissions	string[]	-	Permissions that the caller is missing for this operation. Present only when the 403 is caused by a denied permission.
status	integer	-
title	string	-
type	string	-

422 - An error occurred

Property	Type	Required	Description
@context	string | object	-
@id	string	required
@type	string	required
description	string	-
detail	string	-
instance	string | null	-
status	integer	-
title	string | null	-
type	string	-
violations	object[]	-
Show violations fields Property Type Required Description code string - The code of the violation hint string - An extra hint to understand the violation message string required The message associated with the violation parameters object - Dynamic placeholder values for the violation message template (substitute into the code catalogue message). payload object - The serialized payload of the violation propertyPath string required The property path of the violation slug string - Stable centralized error-code slug for this violation (see /api/error-codes).