BigCommerce
Catalog API
Images

Catalog - Product variants

Create a Product Variant Image

POST /catalog/products/{product_id}/variants/{variant_id}/image

Request

Creates a Variant Image.

Only one image can be explicitly associated with a Variant. If the Variant already has an associated image, overwrites the existing Variant Image.

The image displays on the storefront when the Variant is selected.

Required Fields

  • image_file: Form posts. Files larger than 1 MB are not accepted
  • image_url: Any publicly available URL

Authentication

  • X-Auth-Token in header
    required

Parameters

  • store_hash in path - string
  • Content-Type in header with default of application/json - string
    required

    The MIME type of the request body.

Body

object | application/json

An object containing a publicly accessible image URL, or a form post that contains an image file.

  • image_url
    string

    A public URL for a GIF, JPEG, or PNG image. Limit of 8MB per file.

example

Response

image_url is returned for both image_file and image_url.

Body

object | application/json

Image Response returns for:

  • Create Variant Image
  • Create Modifier Image
  • Create Category Image
  • Create Brand Image
  • data
    object

    An object containing a publicly accessible image URL, or a form post that contains an image file.

  • meta
    object

    Response metadata.

example

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