---
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: 2025-10
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

  [App!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/App)

  non-null

  The underlying app used by the channel.

* collection​Publications​V3

  [Resource​Publication​Connection!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/ResourcePublicationConnection)

  non-null

  The list of collection publications. Each record represents information about the publication of a collection.

* collections

  [Collection​Connection!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/CollectionConnection)

  non-null

  The list of collections published to the channel.

* handle

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String)

  non-null

  The unique identifier for the channel.

* has​Collection

  [Boolean!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/Boolean)

  non-null

  Whether the collection is available to the channel.

  * id

    [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/ID)

    required

    ### Arguments

    The collection ID to check.

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* id

  [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/ID)

  non-null

  A globally-unique ID.

* name

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String)

  non-null

  The name of the channel.

* product​Publications​V3

  [Resource​Publication​Connection!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/ResourcePublicationConnection)

  non-null

  The list of product publication records for products published to this channel.

* products

  [Product​Connection!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/ProductConnection)

  non-null

  The list of products published to the channel.

* products​Count

  [Count](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Count)

  Retrieves the total count of [`products`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Product) published to a specific sales channel. Limited to a maximum of 10000 by default.

* supports​Future​Publishing

  [Boolean!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/Boolean)

  non-null

  Whether the channel supports future publishing.

### Deprecated fields

* navigation​Items

  [\[Navigation​Item!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/NavigationItem)

  non-nullDeprecated

* overview​Path

  [URL](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/URL)

  Deprecated

* product​Publications

  [Product​Publication​Connection!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/ProductPublicationConnection)

  non-nullDeprecated

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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

### Deprecated queries

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

  query

  Deprecated

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

  query

  Deprecated

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## \<?>Channel Queries

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## Interfaces

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

  interface

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## ||-Channel Implements

### Implements

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