Keep working the way you do now.

obx info                                            # check the token, see limits and brands
obx push --csv products.csv --images ./images       # publish a CSV and a folder (or zip) of images
obx push --package export.zip                       # the same, as one zip
obx push --csv products.csv --images ./images --mirror   # also take offline what is no longer in the file
obx push --csv products.csv --images ./images --dry-run  # only check, change nothing
obx watch ./outbox                                  # keep publishing whatever lands in a folder
obx status                                          # recent jobs and their errors

obx watch /data/outbox

docker run -d --restart unless-stopped \
  -e OBX_URL -e OBX_TOKEN \
  -v /data/outbox:/outbox \
  ghcr.io/openbrandexchange/obx watch /outbox

# crontab -e: every night at 02:30
30 2 * * * OBX_URL=https://brands.kestrel.example OBX_TOKEN=obxi_… /usr/local/bin/obx push --csv /exports/products.csv --images /exports/images >> /var/log/obx.log 2>&1

$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "C:\Tools\obx.exe" -Argument "push --csv D:\Export\products.csv --images D:\Export\images"
$trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -At 2:30am
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("OBX_URL", "https://brands.kestrel.example", "Machine")
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("OBX_TOKEN", "obxi_…", "Machine")
Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName "Publish to OBX" -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -User "SYSTEM"

# .github/workflows/publish.yml  (secrets: OBX_URL, OBX_TOKEN)
name: Publish product content
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
    paths: ["export/**"]
  schedule:
    - cron: "30 2 * * *"
  workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
  publish:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Install obx
        run: |
          curl -fsSL https://github.com/openbrandexchange/obx-go/releases/latest/download/obx_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar -xz obx
          sudo mv obx /usr/local/bin/
      - name: Publish
        env:
          OBX_URL: ${{ secrets.OBX_URL }}
          OBX_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OBX_TOKEN }}
        run: obx push --csv export/products.csv --assets-csv export/assets.csv --images export/images

PUT {OBX_URL}/obx/v1/ingest/products/KO-1001
Authorization: Bearer obxi_…
Content-Type: application/json

{"style_number": "KO-1001",
 "name": {"en": "Merino Crew Sweater", "nl": "Merino trui met ronde hals"},
 "item_type": "sweater", "season": "AW26",
 "materials": [{"part": "main", "fibers": [{"fiber": "merino_wool", "percentage": 100}]}]}

PUT {OBX_URL}/obx/v1/ingest/variants/2000100101025
Authorization: Bearer obxi_…
Content-Type: application/json

{"product_external_id": "KO-1001", "gtin": "2000100101025",
 "color": {"code": "NVY", "name": {"en": "Navy"}}, "size": "M"}

PUT {OBX_URL}/obx/v1/ingest/assets/KO-1001_NVY_1
Authorization: Bearer obxi_…
Content-Type: application/json

{"product_external_id": "KO-1001", "color_code": "NVY",
 "role": "packshot", "view": "front", "position": 1}

PUT {OBX_URL}/obx/v1/ingest/assets/KO-1001_NVY_1/files/original
Authorization: Bearer obxi_…
Content-Type: image/jpeg

<the image file as binary body>

PATCH {OBX_URL}/obx/v1/ingest/products/KO-1001
Authorization: Bearer obxi_…
Content-Type: application/merge-patch+json

{"status": "unpublished"}

URL="$OBX_URL/obx/v1/ingest"; AUTH="Authorization: Bearer $OBX_TOKEN"

# 1. Upload only the images the node does not have yet (addressed by sha256).
for f in images/*.jpg; do
  sha=$(shasum -a 256 "$f" | cut -d' ' -f1)
  curl -sf -I -H "$AUTH" "$URL/blobs/$sha" >/dev/null || \
    curl -sf -X PUT -H "$AUTH" -H 'Content-Type: image/jpeg' --data-binary @"$f" "$URL/blobs/$sha"
done

# 2. One batch of up to 1000 operations (NDJSON), processed in order.
cat > batch.ndjson <<'EOF'
{"op":"upsert","kind":"product","external_id":"KO-1001","data":{"style_number":"KO-1001","name":{"en":"Merino Crew Sweater"}}}
{"op":"upsert","kind":"variant","external_id":"2000100101025","data":{"product_external_id":"KO-1001","gtin":"2000100101025","color":{"code":"NVY"},"size":"M"}}
{"op":"unpublish","kind":"product","external_id":"KO-0999"}
EOF
curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H 'Content-Type: application/x-ndjson' \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: nightly-$(date +%F)" --data-binary @batch.ndjson "$URL/batch"

curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $OBX_TOKEN" \
  -F [email protected] -F [email protected] \
  -F 'options={"mode":"upsert"};type=application/json' \
  "$OBX_URL/obx/v1/ingest/imports"          # returns a job; poll $OBX_URL/obx/v1/ingest/jobs/<id>