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RESTAdminManagementSettingsCatalog

Update Catalog Settings

PUT
https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/:store_hash/v3/settings/catalog
PUT
/stores/:store_hash/v3/settings/catalog
$curl -X PUT https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/store_hash/v3/settings/catalog \
>     -H "Accept: application/json" \
>     -H "X-Auth-Token: <apiKey>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '{}'
200Updated
1{
2  "data": {
3    "auto_approve_reviews": true,
4    "enable_product_comparisons": true
5  },
6  "meta": {}
7}
Updates catalog settings. - Channel ID can be used as a query parameter for updating channel-specific settings. If omitted, you will interact with the global settings only. - `null` should be supplied to delete overrides per given channel and to inherit values from global level. Partial updates are not supported and all settings should be supplied with `null` value in order to delete overrides per channel.
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Updates catalog settings.

  • Channel ID can be used as a query parameter for updating channel-specific settings. If omitted, you will interact with the global settings only.

  • null should be supplied to delete overrides per given channel and to inherit values from global level. Partial updates are not supported and all settings should be supplied with null value in order to delete overrides per channel.

Authentication

X-Auth-Tokenstring
### OAuth scopes | UI Name | Permission | Parameter | |:--------|:-----------|:----------| | Information & Settings | modify | `store_v2_information` | | Information & Settings | read-only | `store_v2_information_read_only` | NOTE: Analytics endpoints require the Content (`store_v2_content` and `store_v2_content_read_only`) OAuth scope. ### Authentication header | Header | Argument | Description | |:-------|:---------|:------------| | `X-Auth-Token` | `access_token` | For more about API accounts that generate `access_token`s, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#api-accounts). | ### Further reading For example requests and more information about authenticating BigCommerce APIs, see [Authentication and Example Requests](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#x-auth-token-header-example-requests). For more about BigCommerce OAuth scopes, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#oauth-scopes). For a list of API status codes, see [API Status Codes](/developer/api-reference/rest/overview#rest-http-status-codes).

Path parameters

store_hashstringRequired
Permanent ID of the BigCommerce store.

Headers

AcceptstringRequiredDefaults to application/json

The MIME type of the response body.

Query parameters

channel_idintegerOptional

Channel ID to use for channel-specific settings. If omitted, you will interact with the global settings only.

Request

null set for a particular field removes override on a channel level and means inheritance from a global level
auto_approve_reviewsbooleanOptional
enable_product_comparisonsbooleanOptional

Response

OK. null indicates that a particular field has not been overridden on a channel level when channel level settings are requested

dataobject
metaobject
Response metadata.

OAuth scopes

UI NamePermissionParameter
Information & Settingsmodifystore_v2_information
Information & Settingsread-onlystore_v2_information_read_only

NOTE: Analytics endpoints require the Content (store_v2_content and store_v2_content_read_only) OAuth scope.

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.