Product Create

Module: Mage_Catalog

Resource: catalog_product

Aliases:

product

Method:

catalog_product.create (SOAP V1)
catalogProductCreate (SOAP V2)

Allows you to create a new product and return ID of the created product.

Aliases:

product.create

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	type	Product type
string	set	ID of the product attribute set
string	sku	Product SKU
array	productData	Array of catalogProductCreateEntity
string	storeView	Store view ID or code

Returns:

Type	Name	Description
int	result	ID of the created product

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	URL key
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
array	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
double	price	Tier price

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.
102	Invalid data given. Details in error message.
104	Product type is not in allowed types.
105	Product attribute set is not existed
106	Product attribute set is not belong catalog product entity type

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');

// get attribute set
$attributeSets = $client->call($session, 'product_attribute_set.list');
$attributeSet = current($attributeSets);


$result = $client->call($session, 'catalog_product.create', array('simple', $attributeSet['set_id'], 'product_sku', array(
    'categories' => array(2),
    'websites' => array(1),
    'name' => 'Product name',
    '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');

// get attribute set
$attributeSets = $client->catalogProductAttributeSetList($session);
$attributeSet = current($attributeSets);

$result = $client->catalogProductCreate($session, 'simple', $attributeSet->set_id, 'product_sku', array(
    'categories' => array(2),
    'websites' => array(1),
    'name' => 'Product name',
    '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->catalogProductCreate((object)array('sessionId' => $sessionId->result, 'type' => 'simple', 'set' => '4', 'sku' => 'simple_sku',
'productData' => ((object)array(
    'name' => 'Product name',
    'description' => 'Product description',
    'short_description' => 'Product short description',
    'weight' => '10',
    'status' => '1',
    'visibility' => '4',
    'price' => '100',
    'tax_class_id' => 1,
))));

var_dump($result->result);