Deletes a product variant if it has no associated checkou...

DELETE/v1/product-variants/{id}

Deletes a product variant if it has no associated checkout items, otherwise archives it by setting status=archived. Use this endpoint to remove variants from products. Requires ProductVariantDelete permission on the variant's product organization. If the variant has checkout items, it will be archived instead of deleted to preserve historical data.

Parameters

Request parameters for this endpoint

Name	Location	Type	Required	Description
id	path	string	Required	Product variant ID to delete

Response Data

Fields returned in the response

Always Present

Name	Type	Description
createdAt	string (date-time)	Timestamp when the variant was created
description	string	Description of the variant
id	ProductVariantPubId	Public-facing unique identifier for the product variant
isWaitlisted	boolean	Whether this variant is currently waitlisted
name	string	Name of the variant
options		Variant options (size, color, etc.)
price		Price of this variant
productImages	array<string>	URLs to product images for this variant
sku	string	Stock keeping unit (SKU) identifier
status		Status of the variant (active, inactive, or archived)
stripeId	string	Stripe product variant ID for payment processing
updatedAt	string (date-time)	Timestamp when the variant was last updated
organizationId	OrganizationPubId	Public ID of the organization (resolved from internal organization_id)
productId	ProductPubId	Public ID of the parent product (resolved from internal product_id)

Optional

Name	Type	Description
discountPercentage		-
externalId	string	External ID from integrated systems (Shopify, etc.)
inventoryQuantity	integer	Current inventory quantity (None means inventory tracking is disabled)
productYear	integer	Product model year (e.g., 2024, 2025)

DELETE/v1/product-variants/{id}

Request

curl https://api.thesweetspot.com/v1/product-variants/id_123 \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Response

{
  "createdAt": "2026-02-04T02:21:52.186Z",
  "description": "string",
  "id": null,
  "isWaitlisted": false,
  "name": "string",
  "options": null,
  "price": null,
  "productImages": [
    null
  ],
  "sku": "string",
  "status": null,
  "stripeId": "string",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-04T02:21:52.186Z",
  "organizationId": "string",
  "productId": "string"
}