Product Info

Module: Mage_Catalog

Resource: catalog_product

Aliases:

product

Method:

catalog_product.info (SOAP V1)
catalogProductInfo (SOAP V2)

Allows you to retrieve information about the required product.

Aliases:

product.info

Arguments:

Type	Name	Description
string	sessionId	Session ID
string	productId	Product ID or SKU
string	storeView	Store view ID or code (optional)
array	attributes	Array of catalogProductRequestAttributes (optional)
string	identifierType	Defines whether the product ID or SKU value is passed in the "productId" parameter. (optional)

Returns:

Type	Name	Description
array	info	Array of catalogProductReturnEntity

The catalogProductRequestAttributes content is as follows:

Type	Name	Description
ArrayOfString	attributes	Array of attributes
ArrayOfString	additional_attributes	Array of additional attributes

The catalogProductReturnEntity content is as follows:

Type	Name	Description
string	product_id	Product ID
string	sku	Product SKU
string	set	Product set
string	type	Product type
ArrayOfString	categories	Array of categories
ArrayOfString	websites	Array of websites
string	created_at	Date when the product was created
string	updated_at	Date when the product was last updated
string	type_id	Type ID
string	name	Product name
string	description	Product description
string	short_description	Short description for a product
string	weight	Product weight
string	status	Status of a product
string	url_key	Relative URL path that can be entered in place of a target path
string	url_path	URL path
string	visibility	Product visibility on the frontend
ArrayOfString	category_ids	Array of category IDs
ArrayOfString	website_ids	Array of website IDs
string	has_options	Defines whether the product has options
string	gift_message_available	Defines whether the gift message is available for the product
string	price	Product price
string	special_price	Product special price
string	special_from_date	Date starting from which the special price is applied to the product
string	special_to_date	Date till which the special price is applied to the product
string	tax_class_id	Tax class ID
array	tier_price	Array of catalogProductTierPriceEntity
string	meta_title	Mate title
string	meta_keyword	Meta keyword
string	meta_description	Meta description
string	custom_design	Custom design
string	custom_layout_update	Custom layout update
string	options_container	Options container
associativeArray	additional_attributes	Array of additional attributes
string	enable_googlecheckout	Defines whether Google Checkout is applied to the product

The catalogProductTierPriceEntity content is as follows:

Type	Name	Description
string	customer_group_id	ID of the customer group
string	website	Website
int	qty	Quantity to which the price will be applied
double	price	Price that each item will cost

Examples

Request Example SOAP V1

		$client = new SoapClient('http://magentohost/api/soap/?wsdl');

// If somestuff requires API authentication,
// then get a session token
$session = $client->login('apiUser', 'apiKey');

$result = $client->call($session, 'catalog_product.info', '4');
var_dump($result);

// If you don't need the session anymore
//$client->endSession($session);
		

Request Example SOAP V2

		$proxy = new SoapClient('http://magentohost/api/v2_soap/?wsdl'); // TODO : change url
$sessionId = $proxy->login('apiUser', 'apiKey'); // TODO : change login and pwd if necessary

$result = $proxy->catalogProductInfo($sessionId, '4');
var_dump($result);
		

Request Example SOAP V2 (WS-I Compliance Mode)

		$proxy = new SoapClient('http://magentohost/api/v2_soap/?wsdl');

$sessionId = $proxy->login((object)array('username' => 'apiUser', 'apiKey' => 'apiKey'));

$result = $proxy->catalogProductInfo((object)array('sessionId' => $sessionId->result, 'productId' => '4'));
var_dump($result->result);

Response Example SOAP V1

		array
  'product_id' => string '4' (length=1)
  'sku' => string 'canon_powershot' (length=15)
  'set' => string '4' (length=1)
  'type' => string 'simple' (length=6)
  'categories' =>
    array
      0 => string '3' (length=1)
      1 => string '5' (length=1)
  'websites' =>
    array
      0 => string '2' (length=1)
  'type_id' => string 'simple' (length=6)
  'name' => string 'Canon PowerShot A630 8MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom' (length=60)
  'description' => string 'Replacing the highly popular PowerShot A620, the PowerShot A630 features a rotating 2.5-inch vari-angle LCD, 4x optical zoom lens, and a vast array of creative shooting modes.

The PowerShot A630 packs a vast array of advanced features into a remarkably compact space' (length=267)
  'short_description' => string 'Replacing the highly popular PowerShot A620, the PowerShot A630 features a rotating 2.5-inch vari-angle LCD, 4x optical zoom lens, and a vast array of creative shooting modes.' (length=175)
  'weight' => string '1.0000' (length=6)
  'old_id' => null
  'news_from_date' => null
  'news_to_date' => null
  'status' => string '1' (length=1)
  'url_key' => string 'canon-powershot-a630-8mp-digital-camera-with-4x-optical-zoom' (length=60)
  'url_path' => string 'canon-powershot-a630-8mp-digital-camera-with-4x-optical-zoom.html' (length=65)
  'visibility' => string '4' (length=1)
  'category_ids' =>
    array
      0 => string '3' (length=1)
      1 => string '5' (length=1)
  'required_options' => string '0' (length=1)
  'has_options' => string '0' (length=1)
  'image_label' => null
  'small_image_label' => null
  'thumbnail_label' => null
  'created_at' => string '2012-03-29 12:47:56' (length=19)
  'updated_at' => string '2012-03-29 12:47:56' (length=19)
  'country_of_manufacture' => null
  'price' => string '329.9900' (length=8)
  'group_price' =>
    array
      empty
  'special_price' => null
  'special_from_date' => null
  'special_to_date' => null
  'tier_price' =>
    array
      empty
  'minimal_price' => null
  'msrp_enabled' => string '2' (length=1)
  'msrp_display_actual_price_type' => string '4' (length=1)
  'msrp' => null
  'enable_googlecheckout' => string '1' (length=1)
  'tax_class_id' => string '2' (length=1)
  'meta_title' => null
  'meta_keyword' => null
  'meta_description' => null
  'is_recurring' => string '0' (length=1)
  'recurring_profile' => null
  'custom_design' => null
  'custom_design_from' => null
  'custom_design_to' => null
  'custom_layout_update' => null
  'page_layout' => null
  'options_container' => string 'container2' (length=10)
  'gift_message_available' => null
		

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