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Product Update

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Module: Mage_Catalog

Resource: catalog_product

Aliases:

Method:

Allows you to update the required product. Note that you should specify only those parameters which you want to be updated.

Aliases:

Note:

Although the API accepts up to four digits of precision for all price arguments, Magento strongly recommends you pass in two digits to reduce inaccuracy in the tax calculation process. (That is, use a price like 12.35 and not 12.3487).

Arguments:

Type Name Description
string sessionId Session ID
string product\productId
Product ID
array productData
Array of catalogProductCreateEntity
string storeView
Store view ID or code (optional)
string identifierType
Defines whether the product ID or SKU is passed in the 'product' parameter

Returns:

Type Description
boolean True if the product is updated

The catalogProductCreateEntity content is as follows:

Type Name Description
ArrayOfString categories
Array of categories
ArrayOfString
websites
Array of websites
string name
Product name
string
description
Product description
string
short_description
Product short description
string
weight
Product weight
string
status
Product status
string
url_key
A relative URL path that can be entered in place of the target path
string
url_path
URL path
string
visibility
Product visibility on the frontend
ArrayOfString
category_ids
Array of category IDs
ArrayOfString
website_ids
Array of website IDs
string
has_options
Defines whether the product has options
string
gift_message_available
Defines whether the gift message is available for the product
string
price
Product price
string
special_price
Product special price
string
special_from_date
Date starting from which the special price will be applied to the product
string
special_to_date
Date till which the special price will be applied to the product
string
tax_class_id
Tax class ID
array tier_price
Array of catalogProductTierPriceEntity
string
meta_title
Meta title
string
meta_keyword
Meta keyword
string
meta_description
Meta description
string
custom_design
Custom design
string
custom_layout_update
Custom layout update
string
options_container
Options container
associativeArray
additional_attributes
Array of catalogProductAdditionalAttributesEntity
array stock_data
Array of catalogInventoryStockItemUpdateEntity

Notes: The "websites" and "website_ids" or "categories" and "category_ids" parameters are interchangeable. In other words, you can specify an array of website IDs (int) and then you don't need to specify the array of website codes (string) and vice versa.

The catalogProductTierPriceEntity content is as follows:

Type Name Description
string customer_group_id
Customer group ID
string website
Website
int qty
Quantity of items to which the price will be applied
double price
Price that each item will cost

The catalogInventoryStockItemUpdateEntity content is as follows:

Type Name Description
string qty
Quantity of items
int is_in_stock
Defines whether the item is in stock
int
manage_stock
Manage stock
int
use_config_manage_stock
Use config manage stock
int
min_qty
Minimum quantity for items to be in stock
int
use_config_min_qty
Use config settings flag (value defined in the Inventory System Configuration)
int
min_sale_qty
Minimum quantity allowed in the shopping cart
int
use_config_min_sale_qty
Use config settings flag
int
max_sale_qty
Maximum quantity allowed in the shopping cart
int
use_config_max_sale_qty
Use config settings flag
int
is_qty_decimal
Defines whether the quantity is decimal
int
backorders
Backorders status
int
use_config_backorders
Use config settings flag (for backorders)
int
notify_stock_qty
Stock quantity below which a notification will appear
int
use_config_notify_stock_qty
Use config settings flag (for stock quantity)

The catalogProductAdditionalAttributesEntity content is as follows:

Type Name
associativeMultiArray multi_data
associativeArray single_data

Single Data: array of attributes with only single value
Multi Data: array of attributes which could contain several values

Faults:

Fault Code Fault Message
100 Requested store view not found.
101 Product not exists.
102 Invalid data given. Details in error message.

Examples

Request Example SOAP V1
$client = new SoapClient('http://magentohost/api/soap/?wsdl');

// If some stuff requires API authentication,
// then get a session token
$session = $client->login('apiUser', 'apiKey');
$result = $client->call($session, 'catalog_product.update', array('product_sku', array(
    'categories' => array(2),
    'websites' => array(1),
    'name' => 'Product name new 2',
    'description' => 'Product description',
    'short_description' => 'Product short description',
    'weight' => '10',
    'status' => '1',
    'url_key' => 'product-url-key',
    'url_path' => 'product-url-path',
    'visibility' => '4',
    'price' => '100',
    'tax_class_id' => 1,
    'meta_title' => 'Product meta title',
    'meta_keyword' => 'Product meta keyword',
    'meta_description' => 'Product meta description'
)));

var_dump ($result);
Request Example SOAP V2
$client = new SoapClient('http://magentohost/api/v2_soap/?wsdl');

// If some stuff requires API authentication,
// then get a session token
$session = $client->login('apiUser', 'apiKey');
$result = $client->catalogProductUpdate($session, 'product_sku', array(
    'categories' => array(2),
    'websites' => array(1),
    'name' => 'Product name new',
    'description' => 'Product description',
    'short_description' => 'Product short description',
    'weight' => '10',
    'status' => '1',
    'url_key' => 'product-url-key',
    'url_path' => 'product-url-path',
    'visibility' => '4',
    'price' => '100',
    'tax_class_id' => 1,
    'meta_title' => 'Product meta title',
    'meta_keyword' => 'Product meta keyword',
    'meta_description' => 'Product meta description'
));

var_dump ($result);
Request Example SOAP V2 (WS-I Compliance Mode)
$proxy = new SoapClient('http://magentohost/api/v2_soap/?wsdl');

$sessionId = $proxy->login((object)array('username' => 'apiUser', 'apiKey' => 'apiKey'));

$result = $proxy->catalogProductUpdate((object)array('sessionId' => $sessionId->result, 'productId' => '1',
'productData' => ((object)array(
    'name' => 'Product name updated',
    'status' => '1',
))));

var_dump($result->result);