[BUG]: Updating Variation Images - Error: "variation images contains multiple property_ids"

[DemiImp]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• [X] I have searched the existing issues

Describe the bug

I'm trying to update a listing to have the following variation images:

{"variation_images":[{"property_id":513,"value_id":104821235544,"image_id":3830827950},{"property_id":513,"value_id":104821235780,"image_id":3830827974},{"property_id":513,"value_id":104821235640,"image_id":3830827964},{"property_id":514,"value_id":62090053654,"image_id":3830828000},{"property_id":514,"value_id":136564187302,"image_id":3830828000},{"property_id":514,"value_id":1007254520364,"image_id":3830828000},{"property_id":514,"value_id":1082201811147,"image_id":3830828000},{"property_id":514,"value_id":997845751860,"image_id":3830828000},{"property_id":514,"value_id":139293056571,"image_id":3830828000}]}

I am receiving the following error:

{"error":"Could not update variation images because of the following error: variation images contains multiple property_ids"}

What does this error mean?

Here's the request UUID:

X-Etsy-Request-Uuid: EuQZjQcFmr2x84PCjXW8RHLSwu66

For further clarity, here's the original property_id/value_id/image_id list I received before I started updating the images and re-attaching the variations to the new images:

[{"property_id":513,"value_id":104821235544,"image_id":3826314222},{"property_id":513,"value_id":104821235780,"image_id":3826314286},{"property_id":513,"value_id":104821235640,"image_id":3826314282},{"property_id":514,"value_id":62090053654,"image_id":3826290712},{"property_id":514,"value_id":136564187302,"image_id":3826290712}, {"property_id":514,"value_id":1007254520364,"image_id":3826290712},{"property_id":514,"value_id":1082201811147,"image_id":3826290712},{"property_id":514,"value_id":997845751860,"image_id":3826290712},{"property_id":514,"value_id":139293056571,"image_id":3826290712}]

Steps to reproduce

I am not 100% certain how to reproduce. I don't understand the error message and I haven't been able to reproduce the error on my own account.

Expected behavior

All I'm doing is taking what I receive from the API and updating it with new image_id's. I would expect it to just work.

Additional context

No response

[etsyachristensen]

@DemiImp I believe the solution is to make different calls to the updateListingImageVariations endpoint. Make one call for the ids for property 513 and one for property 514.

[DemiImp]

The docs suggest that updating the variation images will wipe the old variation images:

The update overwrites all existing variation images on a listing, so if your request is successful, the variation images on the listing will be exactly those you specify.

Do you have any idea why when I request the existing variation images I get multiple property_id's? I cannot figure out how to reproduce the issue for testing. Is this just some legacy behavior that can no longer be replicated?

I will update my code to limit it to a single property_id.

[etsyachristensen]

The get endpoint gives you all of them simply because don't have it setup to break them down by property id.

[etsyachristensen]

I will check on the wording of that. I was under the impression that it would only wipe out the images for the specific variation you are uploading to (which is based on the property id).

[DemiImp]

Were you able to check on how it's implemented? Will setting two different sets of property_id+image_id replace or add?