Create Product Variant Image
Creates a *Variant Image*.
Only one image can be explicitly associated with a Variant. If the Variant already has an associated image, overwrites the existing Variant Image.
The image displays on the storefront when the Variant is selected.
**Required Fields**
- image_file: Form posts. Files larger than 1 MB are not accepted
- image_url: Any publicly available URL
Authentication
X-Auth-Tokenstring
### OAuth scopes
| UI Name | Permission | Parameter |
|:--------|:-----------|:----------|
| Products | modify | `store_v2_products` |
| Products | read-only | `store_v2_products_read_only` |
### Authentication header
| Header | Argument | Description |
|:-------|:---------|:------------|
| `X-Auth-Token` | `access_token` | For more about API accounts that generate `access_token`s, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-accounts#api-accounts). |
### Further reading
For example requests and more information about authenticating BigCommerce APIs, see [Authentication and Example Requests](/developer/docs/overview/api-accounts#x-auth-token-header-example-requests).
For more about BigCommerce OAuth scopes, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-accounts#oauth-scopes).
For a list of API status codes, see [API Status Codes](/developer/api-reference/rest/overview#rest-http-status-codes).
Path parameters
product_id
variant_id
Request
An object containing a publicly accessible image URL, or a form post that contains an image file.
image_url
A public URL for a GIF, JPEG, or PNG image. Limit of 8MB per file.
Response
image_url is returned for both image_file and image_url.
data
An object containing a publicly accessible image URL, or a form post that contains an image file.
meta
Response metadata.
Errors
400
Bad Request Error
404
Not Found Error
422
Unprocessable Entity Error
500
Internal Server Error
