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Module: Mage_Catalog

Resource: catalog_product

Aliases:

Method:

Allows you to retrieve information about the required product.

Aliases:

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