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# Define a product grouping

> Creates a grouping of a head product and its ordered tails. It applies nowhere until a collection version activates it. Writes config.lite_product_attachment; returns the grouping.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi/lite.json post /{merchant_id}/product-attachments
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Search & Merchandising API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    REST API behind Depict: Search & Merchandising, the native Shopify app:
    onboarding, collections, boost & bury, dashboards, A/B testing and
    multi-store management. Endpoints are served under the /api/lite prefix and
    are authenticated with the Shopify session token that App Bridge issues to
    the embedded app.
servers:
  - url: /api/lite
security:
  - ShopifySessionToken: []
paths:
  /{merchant_id}/product-attachments:
    post:
      summary: Define a product grouping
      description: >-
        Creates a grouping of a head product and its ordered tails. It applies
        nowhere until a collection version activates it. Writes
        config.lite_product_attachment; returns the grouping.
      operationId: createProductAttachment
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
            description: Lite merchant id, e.g. `shopify-<shop id>`.
          required: true
          description: Lite merchant id, e.g. `shopify-<shop id>`.
          name: merchant_id
          in: path
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProductAttachmentWriteInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created grouping.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProductAttachmentDefinition'
        '400':
          description: >-
            The body failed the schema, or the grouping is invalid (no tails,
            the head is a tail, duplicate tails); `detail` is user-facing copy.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Detail'
        '401':
          description: Not authenticated.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Detail'
        '403':
          description: Authenticated, but this identity may not call the API.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Detail'
        '404':
          description: >-
            Merchant not found for this caller, or groupings are not enabled for
            it.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Detail'
        '500':
          description: Internal error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Detail'
components:
  schemas:
    ProductAttachmentWriteInput:
      type: object
      properties:
        head_product_id:
          type: string
        tail_product_ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: At least one, unique, and not the head.
      required:
        - head_product_id
        - tail_product_ids
    ProductAttachmentDefinition:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        merchant_id:
          type: string
        head_product_id:
          type: string
        tail_product_ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: 'Ordered: the tails are laid out behind the head in this order.'
        created_at:
          type: string
        updated_at:
          type: string
      required:
        - id
        - merchant_id
        - head_product_id
        - tail_product_ids
        - created_at
        - updated_at
    Detail:
      type: object
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
      required:
        - detail
      description: 'Every 4xx/5xx body: `{detail}`.'
  securitySchemes:
    ShopifySessionToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        Shopify App Bridge session token of the embedded Depict: Search &
        Merchandising app. The shop in the token determines the merchant;
        merchant_id parameters must belong to that shop.

````