Using Shopify REST API to bulk upload product data via private application

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I’ve got a collection of around 500 products saved in a JSON file that I need to upload to my Shopify store. I’m using a private app for this task. The data structure I have looks something like this:

{
  "item": {
    "name": "Product Name",
    "description": "Item description goes here",
    "brand": "Brand Name",
    "category": "Item Category",
    "options": {
      "type": "Standard",
      "cost": "Product Price"
    },
    "photos": {
      "url": "Image URL here"
    }
  },
  "item": {
    "name": "Another Product",
    "description": "Second item description",
    "brand": "Another Brand",
    "category": "Different Category",
    "options": {
      "type": "Standard",
      "cost": "Another Price"
    },
    "photos": {
      "url": "Another Image URL"
    }
  }
}

I’m wondering if there’s a way to send this entire file through a single POST request, or do I need to write a script that processes each product individually? After spending so much time cleaning up this data from a damaged database, I’m hoping for a straightforward solution. Has anyone dealt with bulk product imports like this before?

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unfortunately shopify doesnt support true bulk uploads in one request - you’ll need to iterate through each product. but good news is you can use async requests to speed things up significantly. just be careful about rate limits (40 requests per app per store per second). your json structure needs some tweaking too since shopify expects different field names.