Product identifier
Understand the product identifier.
A product identifier is the client's unique stock keeping unit (SKU) for a product. A product's unique identifier is represented by an id. The product identifier value (productID or PID) is the identifier associated with a product.
Admin APIs and the product identifier
When you create a product programmatically or through Global Commerce, Digital River automatically assigns a product identifieDigital River assigns a product identifier when.
The productId or PID variable can be one of the following values: an individual, base, or product variation identifier. If you want to use your company's internal product identifiers, see External reference identifier (ERID) for instructions.
Shopper APIs and the product identifier
You can use a product identifier to search for a product or add a product to a cart. The following examples demonstrate how you can use the product identifier (id) with the product-related resource. If you want to use your company's internal product identifiers, see External reference identifier (ERID) for instructions.
Retrieve specific products from the default catalog
The following request gets a product by its product identifier of 64578500.
Add a product to a shopping cart using the external reference identifier
Using the externalReferenceId query parameter, the following request example adds a product to a cart.
Add a product by external reference identifier to the shopping cart and redirect to the storefront page
A successful request with this particular API results in a 302 redirect to a Digital River-hosted guest checkout page.
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