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Update catalog items

put

/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
      },
      "Open_Time": "2021-09-03T09:03:19.967+00:00"
    },
    {
      "id": "restaurant3",
      "City": "San Francisco",
      "Rating": 2
    }
  ]
}'

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 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.
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