Update catalog items
/catalogs/{catalog_name}/items
Use this endpoint to update multiple items in your catalog.
If a catalog item doesn’t exist, this endpoint will create the item in your catalog. Each request can support up to 50 catalog items. This endpoint is asynchronous.
Prerequisites
To use this endpoint, you’ll need an API key with the catalogs.replace_items
permission.
Rate limit
This endpoint has a shared rate limit of 16,000 requests per minute between all asynchronous catalog item endpoints, as documented in API rate limits.
Path parameters
Parameter | Required | Data Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
catalog_name |
Required | String | Name of the catalog. |
Request parameters
Parameter | Required | Data Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
items |
Required | Array | An array that contains item objects. Each object must have an ID. The item objects should contain fields that exist in the catalog. Up to 50 item objects are allowed per request. |
Example request
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curl --location --request PUT 'https://rest.iad-03.braze.com/catalogs/restaurants/items' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-REST-API-KEY' \
--data-raw '{
"items": [
{
"id": "restaurant1",
"Name": "Restaurant",
"Loyalty_Program": false,
"Location": {
"Latitude": 33.6112,
"Longitude": -117.8711
},
"Top_Dishes": [
"Hamburger",
"Deluxe Cheeseburger"
],
"Open_Time": "2021-09-03T09:03:19.967+00:00"
},
{
"id": "restaurant3",
"City": "San Francisco",
"Rating": 2,
"Top_Dishes": [
"Hot Dog",
"French Fries"
]
}
]
}'
Response
There are three status code responses for this endpoint: 202
, 400
, and 404
.
Example success response
The status code 202
could return the following response body.
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{
"message": "success"
}
Example error response
The status code 400
could return the following response body. Refer to Troubleshooting for more information about errors you may encounter.
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{
"errors": [
{
"id": "invalid-fields",
"message": "Some of the fields given do not exist in the catalog",
"parameters": [
"id"
],
"parameter_values": [
"restaurant1"
]
}
],
"message": "Invalid Request"
}
Troubleshooting
The following table lists possible returned errors and their associated troubleshooting steps.
Error | Troubleshooting |
---|---|
catalog-not-found |
Check that the catalog name is valid. |
ids-not-string |
Confirm that each item ID is a string. |
ids-not-unique |
Check that each item ID is unique. |
ids-too-large |
Character limit for each item ID is 250 characters. |
item-array-invalid |
items must be an array of objects. |
items-missing-ids |
Some items don’t have item IDs. Confirm that each item has an ID. |
items-too-large |
Item values can’t exceed 5,000 characters. |
invalid-ids |
Supported characters for item ID names are letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores. |
invalid-fields |
Confirm that all fields you are sending in the API request already exist in the catalog. This is not related to the ID field mentioned in the error. |
invalid-keys-in-value-object |
Item object keys can’t include . or $ . |
too-deep-nesting-in-value-object |
Item objects can’t have more than 50 levels of nesting. |
request-includes-too-many-items |
Your request has too many items. The item limit per request is 50. |
unable-to-coerce-value |
Item types can’t be converted. |