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productVariant

query

Retrieves a product variant by its ID.

A product variant is a specific version of a product that comes in more than one option, such as size or color. For example, if a merchant sells t-shirts with options for size and color, then a small, blue t-shirt would be one product variant and a large, blue t-shirt would be another.

Use the productVariant query when you need to:

  • Access essential product variant data (for example, title, price, image, and metafields).
  • Build product detail pages and manage inventory.
  • Handle international sales with localized pricing and content.
  • Manage product variants that are part of a bundle or selling plan.

Learn more about working with Shopify's product model.

Anchor to Arguments

Arguments

Anchor to idid
•ID!
required

The ID of the ProductVariant to return.

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Anchor to ProductVariantProductVariant
•ProductVariant

The ProductVariant object represents a version of a product that comes in more than one option, such as size or color. For example, if a merchant sells t-shirts with options for size and color, then a small, blue t-shirt would be one product variant and a large, blue t-shirt would be another.

Use the ProductVariant object to manage the full lifecycle and configuration of a product's variants. Common use cases for using the ProductVariant object include:

  • Tracking inventory for each variant
  • Setting unique prices for each variant
  • Assigning barcodes and SKUs to connect variants to fulfillment services
  • Attaching variant-specific images and media
  • Setting delivery and tax requirements
  • Supporting product bundles, subscriptions, and selling plans

A ProductVariant is associated with a parent Product object. ProductVariant serves as the central link between a product's merchandising configuration, inventory, pricing, fulfillment, and sales channels within the GraphQL Admin API schema. Each variant can reference other GraphQL types such as:

Learn more about Shopify's product model.

Anchor to availableForSaleavailableForSale
•Boolean!
non-null

Whether the product variant is available for sale.

Anchor to barcodebarcode
•String

The value of the barcode associated with the product.

Anchor to compareAtPricecompareAtPrice
•Money

The compare-at price of the variant in the default shop currency.

Anchor to contextualPricingcontextualPricing
•ProductVariantContextualPricing!
non-null

The pricing that applies for a customer in a given context. As of API version 2025-04, only active markets are considered in the price resolution.

Arguments

Anchor to contextcontext
•ContextualPricingContext!
required

The context used to generate contextual pricing for the variant.

Anchor to createdAtcreatedAt
•DateTime!
non-null

The date and time when the variant was created.

Anchor to defaultCursordefaultCursor
•String!
non-null

A default cursor that returns the single next record, sorted ascending by ID.

Anchor to deliveryProfiledeliveryProfile
•DeliveryProfile

The delivery profile for the variant.

Anchor to displayNamedisplayName
•String!
non-null

Display name of the variant, based on product's title + variant's title.

Anchor to eventsevents
•EventConnection!
non-null

The paginated list of events associated with the host subject.

Arguments

Anchor to firstfirst
•Int

The first n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to afterafter
•String

The elements that come after the specified cursor.

Anchor to lastlast
•Int

The last n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to beforebefore
•String

The elements that come before the specified cursor.

Anchor to reversereverse
•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.

Anchor to sortKeysortKey
•EventSortKeys
Default:ID

Sort the underlying list using a key. If your query is slow or returns an error, then try specifying a sort key that matches the field used in the search.

Anchor to queryquery
•String

A filter made up of terms, connectives, modifiers, and comparators. You can apply one or more filters to a query. Learn more about Shopify API search syntax.

Anchor to action
•string

The action that occured.

Example:

  • action:create
Anchor to comments
•boolean

Whether or not to include comment-events in your search, passing false will exclude comment-events, any other value will include comment-events.

Example:

  • false
  • true
Anchor to created_at
•time

Filter by the date and time when the event occurred. Event data is retained for 1 year.

Example:

  • created_at:>2025-10-21
  • created_at:<now
Anchor to id
•id

Filter by id range.

Example:

  • id:1234
  • id:>=1234
  • id:<=1234
Anchor to subject_type
•string

The resource type affected by this event. See EventSubjectType for possible values.

Example:

  • PRODUCT_VARIANT
  • PRODUCT
  • COLLECTION
Anchor to idid
•ID!
non-null

A globally-unique ID.

Anchor to inventoryIteminventoryItem
•InventoryItem!
non-null

The inventory item, which is used to query for inventory information.

Anchor to inventoryPolicyinventoryPolicy
•ProductVariantInventoryPolicy!
non-null

Whether customers are allowed to place an order for the product variant when it's out of stock.

Anchor to inventoryQuantityinventoryQuantity
•Int

The total sellable quantity of the variant.

Anchor to legacyResourceIdlegacyResourceId
•UnsignedInt64!
non-null

The ID of the corresponding resource in the REST Admin API.

Anchor to mediamedia
•MediaConnection!
non-null

The media associated with the product variant.

Arguments

Anchor to firstfirst
•Int

The first n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to afterafter
•String

The elements that come after the specified cursor.

Anchor to lastlast
•Int

The last n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to beforebefore
•String

The elements that come before the specified cursor.

Anchor to reversereverse
•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.

Anchor to metafieldmetafield
•Metafield

A custom field, including its namespace and key, that's associated with a Shopify resource for the purposes of adding and storing additional information.

Arguments

Anchor to namespacenamespace
•String

The container the metafield belongs to. If omitted, the app-reserved namespace will be used.

Anchor to keykey
•String!
required

The key for the metafield.

Anchor to metafieldsmetafields
•MetafieldConnection!
non-null

A list of custom fields that a merchant associates with a Shopify resource.

Arguments

Anchor to namespacenamespace
•String

The metafield namespace to filter by. If omitted, all metafields are returned.

Anchor to keyskeys
•[String!]

List of keys of metafields in the format namespace.key, will be returned in the same format.

Anchor to firstfirst
•Int

The first n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to afterafter
•String

The elements that come after the specified cursor.

Anchor to lastlast
•Int

The last n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to beforebefore
•String

The elements that come before the specified cursor.

Anchor to reversereverse
•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.

Anchor to positionposition
•Int!
non-null

The order of the product variant in the list of product variants. The first position in the list is 1.

Anchor to priceprice
•Money!
non-null

The price of the product variant in the default shop currency.

Anchor to productproduct
•Product!
non-null

The product that this variant belongs to.

Anchor to productParentsproductParents
•ProductConnection!
non-null

A list of products that have product variants that contain this variant as a product component.

Arguments

Anchor to firstfirst
•Int

The first n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to afterafter
•String

The elements that come after the specified cursor.

Anchor to lastlast
•Int

The last n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to beforebefore
•String

The elements that come before the specified cursor.

Anchor to reversereverse
•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.

Anchor to queryquery
•String

A filter made up of terms, connectives, modifiers, and comparators. You can apply one or more filters to a query. Learn more about Shopify API search syntax.

Anchor to default
•string

Filter by a case-insensitive search of multiple fields in a document.

Example:

  • query=Bob Norman
  • query=title:green hoodie
Anchor to barcode
•string

Filter by the product variant barcode field.

Example:

  • barcode:ABC-abc-1234
Anchor to bundles
•boolean

Filter by a product bundle. A product bundle is a set of two or more related products, which are commonly offered at a discount.

Example:

  • bundles:true
Anchor to category_id
•string

Filter by the product category ID (product.category.id). A product category is the category of a product from Shopify's Standard Product Taxonomy.

Example:

  • category_id:sg-4-17-2-17
Anchor to collection_id
•id

Filter by the collection id field.

Example:

  • collection_id:108179161409
Anchor to combined_listing_role
•string

Filter by the role of the product in a combined listing.

Valid values:

  • parent
  • child
  • no_role

Example:

  • combined_listing_role:parent
Anchor to created_at
•time

Filter by the date and time when the product was created.

Example:

  • created_at:>'2020-10-21T23:39:20Z'
  • created_at:<now
  • created_at:<='2024'
Anchor to delivery_profile_id
•id

Filter by the delivery profile id field.

Example:

  • delivery_profile_id:108179161409
Anchor to error_feedback
•string

Filter by products with publishing errors.

Anchor to gift_card
•boolean

Filter by the product isGiftCard field.

Example:

  • gift_card:true
Anchor to handle
•string

Filter by a comma-separated list of product handles.

Example:

  • handle:the-minimal-snowboard
Anchor to has_only_composites
•boolean

Filter by products that have only composite variants.

Example:

  • has_only_composites:true
Anchor to has_only_default_variant
•boolean

Filter by products that have only a default variant. A default variant is the only variant if no other variants are specified.

Example:

  • has_only_default_variant:true
Anchor to has_variant_with_components
•boolean

Filter by products that have variants with associated components.

Example:

  • has_variant_with_components:true
Anchor to id
•id

Filter by id range.

Example:

  • id:1234
  • id:>=1234
  • id:<=1234
Anchor to inventory_total
•integer

Filter by inventory count.

Example:

  • inventory_total:0
  • inventory_total:>150
  • inventory_total:>=200
Anchor to is_price_reduced
•boolean

Filter by products that have a reduced price. For more information, refer to the CollectionRule object.

Example:

  • is_price_reduced:true
Anchor to metafields.{namespace}.{key}
•mixed

Filters resources by metafield value. Format: metafields.{namespace}.{key}:{value}. Learn more about querying by metafield value.

Example:

  • metafields.custom.on_sale:true
  • metafields.product.material:"gid://shopify/Metaobject/43458085"
Anchor to out_of_stock_somewhere
•boolean

Filter by products that are out of stock in at least one location.

Example:

  • out_of_stock_somewhere:true
Anchor to price
•bigdecimal

Filter by the product variant price field.

Example:

  • price:100.57
Anchor to product_configuration_owner
•string

Filter by the app id field.

Example:

  • product_configuration_owner:10001
Anchor to product_publication_status
•string

Filter by channel approval process status of the resource on a channel, such as the online store. The value is a composite of the channel app ID (Channel.app.id) and one of the valid values. For simple visibility checks, use published_status instead.

Valid values:

  • * {channel_app_id}-approved
  • * {channel_app_id}-rejected
  • * {channel_app_id}-needs_action
  • * {channel_app_id}-awaiting_review
  • * {channel_app_id}-published
  • * {channel_app_id}-demoted
  • * {channel_app_id}-scheduled
  • * {channel_app_id}-provisionally_published

Example:

  • product_publication_status:189769876-approved
Anchor to product_type
•string

Filter by a comma-separated list of product types.

Example:

  • product_type:snowboard
Anchor to publication_ids
•string

Filter by a comma-separated list of publication IDs that are associated with the product.

Example:

  • publication_ids:184111530305,184111694145
Anchor to publishable_status
•string

Deprecated: This parameter is deprecated as of 2025-12 and will be removed in a future API version. Use published_status for visibility checks. Filter by the publishable status of the resource on a channel. The value is a composite of the channel app ID (Channel.app.id) and one of the valid status values.

Valid values:

  • * {channel_app_id}-unset
  • * {channel_app_id}-pending
  • * {channel_app_id}-approved
  • * {channel_app_id}-not_approved

Example:

  • publishable_status:580111-unset
  • publishable_status:580111-pending
Anchor to published_at
•time

Filter by the date and time when the product was published to the online store and other sales channels.

Example:

  • published_at:>2020-10-21T23:39:20Z
  • published_at:<now
  • published_at:<=2024
Anchor to published_status
•string

Filter resources by their visibility and publication state on a channel. Online store channel filtering: - online_store_channel: Returns all resources in the online store channel, regardless of publication status. - published/visible: Returns resources that are published to the online store. - unpublished: Returns resources that are not published to the online store. Channel-specific filtering using the channel app ID (Channel.app.id) with suffixes: - {channel_app_id}-published: Returns resources published to the specified channel. - {channel_app_id}-visible: Same as {channel_app_id}-published (kept for backwards compatibility). - {channel_app_id}-intended: Returns resources added to the channel but not yet published. - {channel_app_id}-hidden: Returns resources not added to the channel or not published. Other: - unavailable: Returns resources not published to any channel.

Valid values:

  • online_store_channel
  • published
  • visible
  • unpublished
  • * {channel_app_id}-published
  • * {channel_app_id}-visible
  • * {channel_app_id}-intended
  • * {channel_app_id}-hidden
  • unavailable

Example:

  • published_status:online_store_channel
  • published_status:published
  • published_status:580111-published
  • published_status:580111-hidden
  • published_status:unavailable
Anchor to sku
•string

Filter by the product variant sku field. Learn more about SKUs.

Example:

  • sku:XYZ-12345
Anchor to status
•string

Filter by a comma-separated list of statuses. You can use statuses to manage inventory. Shopify only displays products with an ACTIVE status in online stores, sales channels, and apps.

Valid values:

  • active Default
  • archived
  • draft

Example:

  • status:active,draft
Anchor to tag
•string

Filter objects by the tag field.

Example:

  • tag:my_tag
Anchor to tag_not
•string

Filter by objects that don’t have the specified tag.

Example:

  • tag_not:my_tag
Anchor to title
•string

Filter by the product title field.

Example:

  • title:The Minimal Snowboard
Anchor to updated_at
•time

Filter by the date and time when the product was last updated.

Example:

  • updated_at:>'2020-10-21T23:39:20Z'
  • updated_at:<now
  • updated_at:<='2024'
Anchor to variant_id
•id

Filter by the product variant id field.

Example:

  • variant_id:45779434701121
Anchor to variant_title
•string

Filter by the product variant title field.

Example:

  • variant_title:'Special ski wax'
Anchor to vendor
•string

Filter by the origin or source of the product. Learn more about vendors and managing vendor information.

Example:

  • vendor:Snowdevil
  • vendor:Snowdevil OR vendor:Icedevil
Anchor to productVariantComponentsproductVariantComponents
•ProductVariantComponentConnection!
non-null

A list of the product variant components.

Arguments

Anchor to firstfirst
•Int

The first n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to afterafter
•String

The elements that come after the specified cursor.

Anchor to lastlast
•Int

The last n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to beforebefore
•String

The elements that come before the specified cursor.

Anchor to reversereverse
•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.

Anchor to requiresComponentsrequiresComponents
•Boolean!
non-null

Whether a product variant requires components. The default value is false. If true, then the product variant can only be purchased as a parent bundle with components and it will be omitted from channels that don't support bundles.

Anchor to selectedOptionsselectedOptions
•[SelectedOption!]!
non-null

List of product options applied to the variant.

Anchor to sellableOnlineQuantitysellableOnlineQuantity
•Int!
non-null

The total sellable quantity of the variant for online channels. This doesn't represent the total available inventory or capture limitations based on customer location.

Anchor to sellingPlanGroupssellingPlanGroups
•SellingPlanGroupConnection!
non-null

A list of all selling plan groups defined in the current shop associated with the product variant.

Arguments

Anchor to firstfirst
•Int

The first n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to afterafter
•String

The elements that come after the specified cursor.

Anchor to lastlast
•Int

The last n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to beforebefore
•String

The elements that come before the specified cursor.

Anchor to reversereverse
•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.

Anchor to sellingPlanGroupsCountsellingPlanGroupsCount
•Count

Count of selling plan groups associated with the product variant.

Anchor to showUnitPriceshowUnitPrice
•Boolean!
non-null

Whether to show the unit price for this product variant.

Anchor to skusku
•String

A case-sensitive identifier for the product variant in the shop. Required in order to connect to a fulfillment service.

Anchor to taxabletaxable
•Boolean!
non-null

Whether a tax is charged when the product variant is sold.

Anchor to titletitle
•String!
non-null

The title of the product variant.

Anchor to translationstranslations
•[Translation!]!
non-null

The published translations associated with the resource.

Arguments

Anchor to localelocale
•String!
required

Filters translations locale.

Anchor to marketIdmarketId
•ID

Filters translations by market ID. Use this argument to retrieve content specific to a market.

Anchor to unitPriceunitPrice
•MoneyV2

The unit price value for the variant based on the variant measurement.

Anchor to unitPriceMeasurementunitPriceMeasurement
•UnitPriceMeasurement

The unit price measurement for the variant.

Anchor to updatedAtupdatedAt
•DateTime!
non-null

The date and time (ISO 8601 format) when the product variant was last modified.

Anchor to imageimage
•Image
Deprecated

Arguments

Anchor to maxWidthmaxWidth
•Int
Deprecated
Anchor to maxHeightmaxHeight
•Int
Deprecated
Anchor to cropcrop
•CropRegion
Deprecated
Anchor to scalescale
•Int
DeprecatedDefault:1
Anchor to metafieldDefinitionsmetafieldDefinitions
•MetafieldDefinitionConnection!
non-nullDeprecated

Arguments

Anchor to namespacenamespace
•String

Filter metafield definitions by namespace.

Anchor to pinnedStatuspinnedStatus
•MetafieldDefinitionPinnedStatus
Default:ANY

Filter by the definition's pinned status.

Anchor to firstfirst
•Int

The first n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to afterafter
•String

The elements that come after the specified cursor.

Anchor to lastlast
•Int

The last n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to beforebefore
•String

The elements that come before the specified cursor.

Anchor to reversereverse
•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.

Anchor to sortKeysortKey
•MetafieldDefinitionSortKeys
Default:ID

Sort the underlying list using a key. If your query is slow or returns an error, then try specifying a sort key that matches the field used in the search.

Anchor to queryquery
•String

A filter made up of terms, connectives, modifiers, and comparators. You can apply one or more filters to a query. Learn more about Shopify API search syntax.

Anchor to default
•string

Filter by a case-insensitive search of multiple fields in a document.

Example:

  • query=Bob Norman
  • query=title:green hoodie
Anchor to created_at
•time

Filter by the date and time when the metafield definition was created.

Example:

  • created_at:>2020-10-21T23:39:20Z
  • created_at:<now
  • created_at:<=2024
Anchor to id
•id

Filter by id range.

Example:

  • id:1234
  • id:>=1234
  • id:<=1234
Anchor to key
•string

Filter by the metafield definition key field.

Example:

  • key:some-key
Anchor to namespace
•string

Filter by the metafield definition namespace field.

Example:

  • namespace:some-namespace
Anchor to owner_type
•string

Filter by the metafield definition ownerType field.

Example:

  • owner_type:PRODUCT
Anchor to type
•string

Filter by the metafield definition type field.

Example:

  • type:single_line_text_field
Anchor to updated_at
•time

Filter by the date and time when the metafield definition was last updated.

Example:

  • updated_at:>2020-10-21T23:39:20Z
  • updated_at:<now
  • updated_at:<=2024
Anchor to presentmentPricespresentmentPrices
•ProductVariantPricePairConnection!
non-nullDeprecated

Arguments

Anchor to presentmentCurrenciespresentmentCurrencies
•[CurrencyCode!]

The presentment currencies prices should return in.

Anchor to firstfirst
•Int

The first n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to afterafter
•String

The elements that come after the specified cursor.

Anchor to lastlast
•Int

The last n elements from the paginated list.

Anchor to beforebefore
•String

The elements that come before the specified cursor.

Anchor to reversereverse
•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.

Anchor to sellingPlanGroupCountsellingPlanGroupCount
•Int!
non-nullDeprecated
Anchor to storefrontIdstorefrontId
•StorefrontID!
non-nullDeprecated
Anchor to taxCodetaxCode
•String
Deprecated
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