---
title: Channel - GraphQL Admin
description: >-
  An authenticated link to an external platform that supports syndication and
  optionally order ingestion, such as Facebook, Pinterest, an online store, or
  Point of Sale (POS).


  Each channel provides access to its underlying
  [`App`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/App),
  published products and collections, and
  [`Publication`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Publication)
  settings, as well as what features of the platform it supports such as
  [scheduled
  publishing](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/sales-channels/scheduled-product-publishing).
  Use channels to manage where catalog items appear, track publication status
  across platforms, and control
  [`Product`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Product)
  visibility for different customer touchpoints.
api_version: 2026-01
api_name: admin
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Channel'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Channel.md'
---

# Channel

object

An authenticated link to an external platform that supports syndication and optionally order ingestion, such as Facebook, Pinterest, an online store, or Point of Sale (POS).

Each channel provides access to its underlying [`App`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/App), published products and collections, and [`Publication`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Publication) settings, as well as what features of the platform it supports such as [scheduled publishing](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/sales-channels/scheduled-product-publishing). Use channels to manage where catalog items appear, track publication status across platforms, and control [`Product`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Product) visibility for different customer touchpoints.

## Fields

* app
* collectionPublicationsV3
* collections
* handle
* hasCollection
* id
* name
* productPublicationsV3
* products
* productsCount
* supportsFuturePublishing

### Deprecated fields

* navigationItems: deprecated
* overviewPath: deprecated
* productPublications: deprecated

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## Map

### Fields and connections with this object

* [ChannelConnection.nodes](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/ChannelConnection#returns-nodes)
* [ChannelEdge.node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/ChannelEdge#field-ChannelEdge.fields.node)
* [ProductPublication.channel](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/ProductPublication#field-ProductPublication.fields.channel)

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## Queries

* channel
* channels

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## Channel Queries

### Queried by

* [channel](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/queries/channel)
* [channels](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/queries/channels)

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## Interfaces

* Node

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## Channel Implements

### Implements

* [Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/interfaces/Node)