bol.com: why can't I add the image type?

About this article

This article explains why bol.com's image types cannot be defined via ChannelEngine.

Solution

Although bol.com offers the option in their back-end to define which 'type' a specific product image is (e.g.: view from the side, view from above, schematic, main image, etc.), which varies per product category, these image types are neither available through the API nor in the data model of bol.com that ChannelEngine downloads and processes every week.

Therefore, these types can only be set or changed via the bol.com back-end.

Note that excluding these fields from the content export does not prevent the related products from being published – and it also does not block other product updates.