metafieldDefinitionTypes

query

Each metafield definition has a type, which defines the type of information that it can store. This type is enforced across every instance of the resource that owns the metafield definition.

Refer to the list of supported metafield types.

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Fetch all metafield definition types

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = await admin.graphql(

`#graphql

query MetafieldDefinitionTypes {

metafieldDefinitionTypes {

category

name

supportsDefinitionMigrations

supportedValidations {

name

type

}

}`,

);

const data = await response.json();

query MetafieldDefinitionTypes {
  metafieldDefinitionTypes {
    category
    name
    supportsDefinitionMigrations
    supportedValidations {
      name
      type
    }
  }
}

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-04/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "query MetafieldDefinitionTypes { metafieldDefinitionTypes { category name supportsDefinitionMigrations supportedValidations { name type } } }"
}'

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = await admin.graphql(
  `#graphql
  query MetafieldDefinitionTypes {
    metafieldDefinitionTypes {
      category
      name
      supportsDefinitionMigrations
      supportedValidations {
        name
        type
      }
    }
  }`,
);

const data = await response.json();

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: `query MetafieldDefinitionTypes {
    metafieldDefinitionTypes {
      category
      name
      supportsDefinitionMigrations
      supportedValidations {
        name
        type
      }
    }
  }`,
});

session = ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session.new(
  shop: "your-development-store.myshopify.com",
  access_token: access_token
)
client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Graphql::Admin.new(
  session: session
)

query = <<~QUERY
  query MetafieldDefinitionTypes {
    metafieldDefinitionTypes {
      category
      name
      supportsDefinitionMigrations
      supportedValidations {
        name
        type
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

response = client.query(query: query)

Response

JSON

{

"metafieldDefinitionTypes": [

{

"category": "TRUE_FALSE",

"name": "boolean",

"supportsDefinitionMigrations": true,

"supportedValidations": []

{

"category": "COLOR",

"name": "color",

"supportsDefinitionMigrations": true,

"supportedValidations": []

{

"category": "DATE_TIME",

"name": "date_time",

"supportsDefinitionMigrations": true,

"supportedValidations": [

{

"name": "min",

"type": "date_time"

{

"name": "max",

"type": "date_time"

}

]

{

"category": "DATE_TIME",