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Create Node

Create a node

POST/pcm/hierarchies/{hierarchyID}/nodes

Use it in a workflow

  1. Add a step and choose the Elastic Path connector.
  2. Pick the Create Node action (under PIM).
  3. Fill in the fields below, then reference the result from later steps as {{createNode.response.data}}.

Request

Path parameters

hierarchyIDstringrequired

A unique identifier for the hierarchy.

Request body

Enter the body as JSON in the step's Body field.

dataobjectrequired
typestringrequired

This represents the type of resource object being returned. Always `node`.

One ofnode

attributesobjectrequired7 fields
metaobject1 fields
json
{
  "data": {
    "type": "node",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "slug": "string",
      "curated_products": [
        "string"
      ],
      "admin_attributes": {
        "cost_of_goods": "42.0",
        "charge_type": "credit card"
      },
      "shopper_attributes": {
        "cost_of_goods": "42.0",
        "charge_type": "credit card"
      },
      "locales": {}
    },
    "meta": {
      "sort_order": 0
    }
  }
}

Response

Returns 201 with an object. Read it in later steps with {{createNode.response.data.<field>}}.

dataobject
idstringrequired

The unique identifier of a node.

typestringrequired

This represents the type of resource object being returned. Always `node`.

One ofnode

attributesobjectrequired7 fields
relationshipsobjectrequired3 fields

Relationships allow you to move between requests. Includes links to the child nodes and products associated with a hierarchy or node.

metaobjectrequired8 fields
json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "string",
    "type": "node",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "slug": "string",
      "curated_products": [
        "string"
      ],
      "admin_attributes": {
        "cost_of_goods": "42.0",
        "charge_type": "credit card"
      },
      "shopper_attributes": {
        "cost_of_goods": "42.0",
        "charge_type": "credit card"
      },
      "locales": {}
    },
    "relationships": {
      "children": {
        "data": [
          null
        ],
        "links": {
          "related": "string"
        }
      },
      "parent": {
        "data": {
          "type": "node",
          "id": "string"
        }
      },
      "products": {
        "data": [
          null
        ],
        "links": {
          "related": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "sort_order": 0,
      "created_at": "2020-09-22T09:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2020-09-22T09:00:00.000Z",
      "parent_name": "string",
      "owner": "store",
      "has_children": false,
      "hierarchy_id": "string",
      "breadcrumbs": [
        {
          "id": "string",
          "name": "string",
          "slug": "string",
          "locales": {}
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Need more? See the Elastic Path guide for connection setup and behaviour shared by every action.