Instantiate this class to stop product images from being duplicated when creating a product using the WooCommerce API

MyCustomProductsController.php

<?php
class MyCustomProductsController extends WC_REST_Products_Controller
{
    public function register_routes()
    {
        register_rest_route( $this->namespace, '/' . $this->rest_base, array(
            array(
                'methods'             => WP_REST_Server::READABLE,
                'callback'            => array( $this, 'get_items' ),
                'permission_callback' => array( $this, 'get_items_permissions_check' ),
                'args'                => $this->get_collection_params(),
            ),
            array(
                'methods'             => WP_REST_Server::CREATABLE,
                'callback'            => array( $this, 'create_item' ),
                'permission_callback' => array( $this, 'create_item_permissions_check' ),
                'args'                => $this->get_endpoint_args_for_item_schema( WP_REST_Server::CREATABLE ),
            ),
            'schema' => array( $this, 'get_public_item_schema' ),
        ), true );

        register_rest_route( $this->namespace, '/' . $this->rest_base . '/(?P<id>[\d]+)', array(
            'args' => array(
                'id' => array(
                    'description' => __( 'Unique identifier for the resource.', 'woocommerce' ),
                    'type'        => 'integer',
                ),
            ),
            array(
                'methods'             => WP_REST_Server::READABLE,
                'callback'            => array( $this, 'get_item' ),
                'permission_callback' => array( $this, 'get_item_permissions_check' ),
                'args'                => array(
                    'context' => $this->get_context_param( array(
                        'default' => 'view',
                    ) ),
                ),
            ),
            array(
                'methods'             => WP_REST_Server::EDITABLE,
                'callback'            => array( $this, 'update_item' ),
                'permission_callback' => array( $this, 'update_item_permissions_check' ),
                'args'                => $this->get_endpoint_args_for_item_schema( WP_REST_Server::EDITABLE ),
            ),
            array(
                'methods'             => WP_REST_Server::DELETABLE,
                'callback'            => array( $this, 'delete_item' ),
                'permission_callback' => array( $this, 'delete_item_permissions_check' ),
                'args'                => array(
                    'force' => array(
                        'default'     => false,
                        'description' => __( 'Whether to bypass trash and force deletion.', 'woocommerce' ),
                        'type'        => 'boolean',
                    ),
                ),
            ),
            'schema' => array( $this, 'get_public_item_schema' ),
        ), true );
    }

    protected function prepare_object_for_database($request, $creating = false)
    {
        /**
         * Check if the image already exists,
         * if it does remove it from the request so it is not duplicated
         */
        $images = $request['images'];
        $first = true;

        foreach ($images as $key => $image) {
            $post = get_page_by_title($image['name'], OBJECT, 'attachment');

            if (is_a($post, 'WP_Post')) {
                $images[$key] = ['id' => $post->ID];
            }

            if (!isset($images[$key]['position']) && $first == true) {
                $images[$key]['position'] = 0;
            }

            $first = false;
        }

        $request->set_param('images', $images);

        return parent::prepare_object_for_database($request, $creating);
    }
}