Integrations / Online stores

Automate product images for Shopify and WooCommerce

When a product is created, import its images into PixelVault, then get back a set of ready-made URLs: a white-background marketplace image, listing and product-page sizes, and a thumbnail. These are n8n workflows; no plugin or app is involved, and your store keeps its own images.

Download a workflow

• Shopify: new product → PixelVault → variant URLs
• WooCommerce: new product → PixelVault → variant URLs

Both use built-in n8n nodes (the store's trigger node, Split Out, HTTP Request and Set), so no community package is needed and they work on n8n Cloud.

What the workflow does

1. The store trigger fires when a product is created and passes along its images list.
2. One item per image splits the list, so each image is handled on its own.
3. Import into PixelVault calls POST https://api.pixelvault.dev/v1/images with the image URL, "dedupe": true, and a folder named after the product SKU (or product-<id> when there is no SKU). Folders only allow letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores, so the workflow replaces anything else with a hyphen.
4. Variant URLs builds the transform URLs from the hosted image:

marketplace_2000_white  ?segment=foreground&background=white&w=2000&h=2000&fit=pad
listing_640             ?w=640&h=640&fit=cover&fmt=auto
product_page_1200       ?w=1200&fmt=auto
thumb_200               ?w=200&h=200&fit=cover&gravity=auto

Each variant is generated on first request and then cached at the edge. See PixelVault for e-commerce for what each recipe does.

Set it up

1. Create a PixelVault account and copy a project API key from your dashboard. The cut-out and background variant needs a keyed project.
2. Import the downloaded JSON using n8n's workflow menu, Import from File.
3. Select your Shopify or WooCommerce credential on the trigger node.
4. Open Import into PixelVault. Under Generic Credential Type → Header Auth, create a credential with Name Authorization and Value Bearer YOUR_PIXELVAULT_API_KEY.
5. Create one test product and run the workflow before you activate it.

Write the URLs back

The workflow stops at the variant URLs, because where they go depends on your store. Add a node after it: a Shopify or WooCommerce update node, a Google Sheets row, or a feed export. Reusing the stored URLs avoids importing the same image again; dedupe also skips identical files if a product is re-saved.

Good to know

• These templates have not been run end to end against a live Shopify or WooCommerce store. Test with one product and check the trigger's output fields, since store payloads can differ by version.
• The trigger fires on product creation. Add a second trigger on product updates if you also want edited images processed.
• The source image URL must be a direct https link that serves the image. Redirecting or login-protected URLs are refused.
• Marketplaces and shopping feeds each have their own image rules. Check the current ones before relying on a variant.
• Make works the same way with an HTTP module; see the Make guide.

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