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Set Special Price

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Module: Mage_Catalog

Resource: catalog_product

Aliases:

Method:

Allows you to set the product special price.

Aliases:

Note:

Although the API accepts up to four digits of precision for all price arguments, Magento strongly recommends you pass in two digits to reduce inaccuracy in the tax calculation process. (That is, use a price like 12.35 and not 12.3487).

Arguments:

Type Name Description
string sessionId
Session ID
string
productId
Product ID or SKU
string
specialPrice
Product special price
string
fromDate
Date starting from which special price will be applied
string
toDate
Date till which special price will be applied
string
storeView
Store view ID or code (optional)
string productIdentifierType Defines whether the product ID or SKU is passed in the 'productId' parameter (optional)

Returns:

Type Name Description
boolean/int result True (1) if the special price is set for the product

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.setSpecialPrice', array('product' => 'testproduct', 'specialPrice' => '77.5', 'fromDate' => '2012-03-29 12:30:51', 'toDate' => '2012-04-29 12:30:51'));
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 = $proxy->catalogProductSetSpecialPrice($sessionId, '2', '77.5', '2012-03-29 12:30:51', '2012-04-29 12:30:51');
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->catalogProductSetSpecialPrice((object)array('sessionId' => $sessionId->result, 'productId' => '2', 'specialPrice' => '77.5', 'fromDate' => '2012-03-29 12:30:51', 'toDate' => '2012-04-29 12:30:51'));
var_dump($result->result);