updateProductsWorkflow - Medusa Core Workflows Reference

This documentation provides a reference to the updateProductsWorkflow. It belongs to the @medusajs/medusa/core-flows package.

This workflow updates one or more products. It's used by the Update Product Admin API Route.

This workflow has a hook that allows you to perform custom actions on the updated products. For example, you can pass under additional_data custom data that allows you to update custom data models linked to the products.

You can also use this workflow within your customizations or your own custom workflows, allowing you to wrap custom logic around product update.

Source Code

Examples#

To update products by their IDs:

You can also update products by a selector:

Steps#

Input#

UpdateProductWorkflowInputUpdateProductWorkflowInput
The data to update one or more products, along with custom data that's passed to the workflow's hooks.
The filters to find products to update.
updateOmit<UpdateProductDTO, "variants"> & object
The data to update the products with.
productsOmit<UpsertProductDTO, "variants"> & object[]
The products to update.
additional_dataRecord<string, unknown>Optional
Additional data that can be passed through the additional_data property in HTTP requests. Learn more in this documentation.

Output#

ProductDTO[]ProductDTO[]
idstring
The ID of the product.
titlestring
The title of the product.
handlestring
The handle of the product. The handle can be used to create slug URL paths.
subtitlenull | string
The subttle of the product.
descriptionnull | string
The description of the product.
is_giftcardboolean
Whether the product is a gift card.
The status of the product.
thumbnailnull | string
The URL of the product's thumbnail.
widthnull | number
The width of the product.
weightnull | number
The weight of the product.
lengthnull | number
The length of the product.
heightnull | number
The height of the product.
origin_countrynull | string
The origin country of the product.
hs_codenull | string
The HS Code of the product.
mid_codenull | string
The MID Code of the product.
materialnull | string
The material of the product.
collectionnull | ProductCollectionDTO
The associated product collection.
collection_idnull | string
The associated product collection id.
typenull | ProductTypeDTO
The associated product type.
type_idnull | string
The associated product type id.
The associated product tags.
The associated product variants.
The associated product options.
The associated product images.
external_idnull | string
The ID of the product in an external system. This is useful if you're integrating the product with a third-party service and want to maintain a reference to the ID in the integrated service.
created_atstring | Date
When the product was created.
updated_atstring | Date
When the product was updated.
deleted_atstring | Date
When the product was deleted.
categoriesnull | ProductCategoryDTO[]Optional
The associated product categories.
discountablebooleanOptional
Whether the product can be discounted.
metadataMetadataTypeOptional
Holds custom data in key-value pairs.

Hooks#

Hooks allow you to inject custom functionalities into the workflow. You'll receive data from the workflow, as well as additional data sent through an HTTP request.

Learn more about Hooks and Additional Data.

productsUpdated#

Handlers consuming this hook accept the following input.

invokeInvokeFn<object, TOutput, TCompensateInput>
The type of invocation function passed to a step.
compensateCompensateFn<TCompensateInput>Optional
The type of compensation function passed to a step.
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