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Overview
You can use this Snap to create a new product.
Prerequisites
None.
Support for Ultra Pipelines
Works in Ultra Pipelines.
Limitations
- API versions: Shopify releases new API versions every quarter. Each stable version is supported only for a minimum of 12 months. Part of a Shopify API is deprecated if it becomes unnecessary, unsafe, or outdated. The API’s are marked as deprecated when they are removed in a newer version of the API. The deprecation is then retroactively applied to previous stable versions of the API.
API Rate Limit: All Shopify APIs are rate-limited. Shopify uses various strategies to enforce rate limits, such as Calculated query cost, Request-based limit, and Time-based limit.
Shopify Snap Pack uses admin APIs, which are applicable for Request-based limit. If the APIs cross the rate limit, the Snap fails.
Known Issues
None.
Snap Input and Output
| Input/Output | Type of View | Number of Views | Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input | Binary |
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| The description of the product. |
| Output | Binary |
|
| Returns a meta field found by namespace and key. |
Snap Settings
Field Name | Field Description | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Label* | N/A | Specify the name for the Snap. You can modify the default name to be specific and meaningful, especially if you have more than one of the same Snaps in your Pipeline. Default Value: Create Product |
| Version* | N/A | Specify the Shopify API version. Alternatively, click the Suggestion Default Value: 2021-07 |
| Number Of Retries | N/A | Specify an integer value to set the maximum number of reconnection attempts that the Snap must perform, in case of connection failure or timeout. Default Value: 1 |
| Retry Interval (Seconds) | N/A | Specify the duration in seconds for which the Snap must wait between two reconnection attempts, until the number of retries is reached. Default Value: 1 |
| Snap Execution | N/A | Select one of the three modes in which the Snap executes. Available options are:
Default Value: Execute only |
Troubleshooting
| Error | Reason | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
"402 Payment Required" | The requested shop is currently frozen. | You need to log in as admin user and pay the outstanding balance to unfreeze the shop. |
"404 Not Found" | The requested resource is not found. | The resource could be available again in the future. |
| The requested resource is only capable of generating content, but not acceptable according to the Accept headers sent in the request. | N/A |
"409 error" | This is an intermittent error that you can encounter when there is a conflict in your orders, products, or customer data. For example, when you use unsupported characters. | Check for the conflicts in your metadata and rerun the Pipeline. |
"422 Unprocessable Entity" | The request body was well-formed but contains semantic errors. You can encounter a
| The response body provides details in the errors or error parameters. Fix the error parameters as given in the error description. |
"422 empty entity error" | You might be sending null or empty or unsupported data. | Check the data and fix the null or empty data. |
| The requested shop is currently locked. Shops are locked if they repeatedly exceed their API request limit, or if there is an issue with the account, such as a detected compromise or fraud risk. | Wait for Shopify to unlock your account after the specified amount of time, after which you should be able to continue working on your Pipeline, or contact support if your shop is locked. |
"429 Too Many Requests" | Shopify APIs use different API rate-limiting methods. If the APIs exceeds the rate limit, the Snap fails. | See the API Call Limit documentation for a breakdown of Shopify's rate-limiting mechanism. |
"500 Internal Server Error" | An internal error in Shopify application causes this error. | Post the error details to the API and Technology forum so that Shopify staff can investigate the issue. |
| The requested endpoint is not available on that particular shop, for example, requesting access to a Plus-specific API on a non-Plus shop. This response may also indicate that this endpoint is reserved for future use. | N/A |
"504 Gateway Timeout" | The request could not complete in time. Shopify waits up to 10 seconds for a response. | Break down the request in multiple smaller requests. |
Example
Managing Products And Their Variants
This basic Use Case demonstrates how we can manage products and their variants—right from creating a product, product variant, updating it, and finally deleting the product variant when it runs out of inventory.
This Pipeline includes the following steps:
- Creating Product
- Creating Product Variant
- Updating Product Variant
- Deleting Product Variant
First, we configure the Mapper Snap to pass details of the product that we want to create.
Upon validation, this Snap generates product data as follows.
Next, we create the product using the Create Product Snap.
Upon validation, the Snap generates the following product data in the output preview.
We now configure the second Mapper Snap to pass the product variant details (as highlighted below) for the product we have just created.
Upon validation, the Snap generates output data as follows.
We configure the Create Product Variant Snap—we specify $id in the Product Id field to create a variant for the product.
Upon validation, the Snap generates the output with the product variant id and the other variant details of the product.
Next, we configure the third Mapper Snap to map specific product details (as highlighted below) against the target columns.
Upon validation, the Snap generates the following output.
We configure the Update Product Variant Snap to update the details of the product variant.
Upon validation, the Snap generates the following product variant data.
Finally, we configure the Delete Product Variant Snap to delete the variant—we specify the Product Id and Resource Id to accomplish this task.
Upon validation, we see the status of the delete operation as Success, which indicates the product variant record is deleted.
