how to insert configurable products programmatically

[AnthonySica]

Re: How to insert configurable product programmatically?

Greetings - I did some research on inserting configurable products and variants and could not find a distinct list of data required for parents and the variant....

a, Do we need to have add super_attributes for the configurable product identifying attribute for variant?
b. is the configurable product inactive?

any thoughts?

Thank you

Tony

[devansh-webkul]

You need super attributes for variants identification.

[AnthonySica]

So the variants are connected via the parent_id field?
Is there a function already available for the super_attributes or a new one is required?

Also, when the configurable record is created, do we need to assign a min and max price?

Thank you

Tony

[devansh-webkul]

super_attributes is for the attributes which differentiate the variants like color, size, etc.

parent_id is for catching the parent model.

[AnthonySica]

Hi - I was able to navigate through setting up configurable and variants from api results...

wondering if there is a way to insert the default variant id into the "additional" field in the products tables.. seems that the field is setup a bit differently.... it is format like: '{"default_variant_id":"1357"}'.

thank you for all your help.

[devansh-webkul]

You can add one more key in the request i.e.,
{"selected_configurable_option" : <default-id>}