Create Merge Session (Single Pair)
POST/api/products/merge/create-session
Create a merge session for a single SKU pair without uploading a CSV. Validates that both SKUs exist and are compatible.
products:writeGrant this scope to your token under Settings → Developer → Personal Access Tokens.
Authentication: Requires Bearer token.
Body fields:
- old_sku (required, string): source SKU to merge from
- destination_sku (required, string): destination SKU to merge into
Returns 422 if SKUs are the same, either SKU doesn't exist, or types are incompatible.
Request
Responses
- 200
- 401
- 403
- 422
- 429
OK
Response Headers
Unauthenticated — the bearer token is missing, revoked, expired, or malformed. Never retry automatically; fix the credential. See the Errors guide.
Forbidden — the token lacks a required scope, the endpoint is not available to API tokens, or the user behind the token lacks the permission. A human must adjust the token scopes or user permissions; do not retry.
Unprocessable Entity
Response Headers
Rate limited — platform limit is 1,000 requests/min; individual tokens may carry lower limits. Honor the Retry-After header before retrying. See the Rate Limits guide.