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Getting Started

Create a workflow to Update Product with the Printful API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

  1. Configure the Update Product action
    1. Connect your Printful account
    2. Select a Store ID
    3. Select a Product ID
    4. Configure alert
    5. Optional- Configure Sync Product
    6. Optional- Configure Sync Variants
  2. Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
  3. Deploy the workflow
  4. Send a test event to validate your setup
  5. Turn on the trigger

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Details

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Update Product on Printful
Description:Updates an existing product in your Printful store. [See the documentation](https://developers.printful.com/docs/#tag/Products-API/operation/updateSyncProduct)
Version:0.0.1
Key:printful-update-product

Code

import { parseObject } from "../../common/utils.mjs";
import printful from "../../printful.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "printful-update-product",
  name: "Update Product",
  description: "Updates an existing product in your Printful store. [See the documentation](https://developers.printful.com/docs/#tag/Products-API/operation/updateSyncProduct)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    printful,
    storeId: {
      propDefinition: [
        printful,
        "storeId",
      ],
    },
    productId: {
      propDefinition: [
        printful,
        "productId",
        ({ storeId }) => ({
          storeId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    alert: {
      type: "alert",
      alertType: "warning",
      content: `Please note that in the request body you only need to specify the fields that need to be changed.
      \nFurthermore, if you want to update existing sync variants, then in the sync variants array you must specify the IDs of all existing sync variants.
      \nAll omitted existing sync variants will be deleted. All new sync variants without an ID will be created.`,
    },
    syncProduct: {
      type: "object",
      label: "Sync Product",
      description: "Information about the SyncProduct. **Example: {\"external_id\": \"4235234213\", \"name\": \"T-shirt\", \"thumbnail\": \"http://your-domain.com/path/to/thumbnail.png\", \"is_ignored\": true}**",
      optional: true,
    },
    syncVariants: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Sync Variants",
      description: "Information about the Sync Variants. **Example: [{\"external_id\": \"12312414\", \"variant_id\": 3001, \"retail_price\": \"29.99\", \"is_ignored\": true, \"sku\": \"SKU1234\", \"files\": [{ \"type\": \"default\", \"url\": \"​https://www.example.com/files/tshirts/example.png\", \"options\": [{ \"id\": \"template_type\", \"value\": \"native\" }], \"filename\": \"shirt1.png\", \"visible\": true }], \"options\": [{ \"id\": \"embroidery_type\", \"value\": \"flat\" }], \"availability_status\": \"active\" }]**",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {

    const response = await this.printful.updateProduct({
      $,
      headers: {
        "X-PF-Store-Id": this.storeId,
      },
      productId: this.productId,
      data: {
        sync_product: parseObject(this.syncProduct),
        sync_variants: parseObject(this.syncVariants),
      },
    });
    $.export("$summary", `Updated product ${this.productId}`);
    return response;
  },
};

Configuration

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.
LabelPropTypeDescription
PrintfulprintfulappThis component uses the Printful app.
Store IDstoreIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Product IDproductIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Sync ProductsyncProductobject

Information about the SyncProduct. Example: {"external_id": "4235234213", "name": "T-shirt", "thumbnail": "http://your-domain.com/path/to/thumbnail.png", "is_ignored": true}

Sync VariantssyncVariantsstring[]

Information about the Sync Variants. Example: [{"external_id": "12312414", "variant_id": 3001, "retail_price": "29.99", "is_ignored": true, "sku": "SKU1234", "files": [{ "type": "default", "url": "​https://www.example.com/files/tshirts/example.png", "options": [{ "id": "template_type", "value": "native" }], "filename": "shirt1.png", "visible": true }], "options": [{ "id": "embroidery_type", "value": "flat" }], "availability_status": "active" }]

Authentication

Printful uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your Printful account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to Printful APIs in both code and no-code steps.

Generate Printful API Token by on Printful Developer Page > Tokens > Add new Token.
Required scopes for the API Token:

  1. View and manage orders of the authorized store
  2. View and manage store products
  3. View and manage store webhooks

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