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Upload Theme

POST
https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/:store_hash/v3/themes
POST
/stores/:store_hash/v3/themes
$curl -X POST https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/store_hash/v3/themes \
>     -H "Accept: application/json" \
>     -H "X-Auth-Token: <apiKey>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
>     -F file=@theme_upload.zip
201response
1{
2  "job_id": "a1b2c3d4e5f67890123456789abcdef0"
3}
Uploads a new *Theme* to your BigCommerce store. **Required Fields** * file
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Uploads a new Theme to your BigCommerce store.

Required Fields

  • file

Authentication

X-Auth-Tokenstring

OAuth scopes

UI NamePermissionParameter
Themesmodifystore_themes_manage

Authentication header

HeaderArgumentDescription
X-Auth-Tokenaccess_tokenFor more about API accounts that generate access_tokens, see our Guide to API Accounts.

Further reading

For example requests and more information about authenticating BigCommerce APIs, see Authentication and Example Requests.

For more about BigCommerce OAuth scopes, see our Guide to API Accounts.

For a list of API status codes, see API Status Codes.

Path parameters

store_hashstringRequired
Permanent ID of the BigCommerce store.

Headers

AcceptstringRequiredDefaults to application/json

The MIME type of the response body.

Request

This endpoint expects a multipart form containing a file.
filefileRequired
The file.

Response

Job ID for the background job processing the theme upload.
job_idstring
The job identifier.