Update Product Image
Updates a *Product Image*.
**Usage Notes**
- `image_url` - `255` character limit
- Each image file or image uploaded by URL can be up to 8 MB.
- For file uploads, send a POST request using the `multipart/form-data` media type
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
image_id
Request
This endpoint expects an object.
date_modified
The date on which the product image was modified.
description
The description for the image.
image_url
The URL for an image displayed on the storefront when the conditions are applied. Limit of 8MB per file.
Cannot be used with image_file.
is_thumbnail
Flag for identifying whether the image is used as the productʼs thumbnail.
product_id
The unique numeric identifier for the product with which the image is associated.
sort_order
The order in which the image will be displayed on the product page. Higher integers give the image a lower priority. When updating, if the image is given a lower priority, all images with a sort_order the same as or greater than the imageʼs new sort_order value will have their sort_orders reordered.
Response
Success
data
meta
Response metadata.
Errors
400
Bad Request Error
404
Not Found Error
422
Unprocessable Entity Error
