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The resource referenced by the metafield value.

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•OBJECT

An article that contains content, author information, and metadata. Articles belong to a Blog and can include HTML-formatted body text, summary text, and an associated image. Merchants publish articles to share content, drive traffic, and engage customers.

Articles can be organized with tags and published immediately or scheduled for future publication using the publishedAt timestamp. The API manages comments on articles when the blog's comment policy enables them.

•OBJECT

The Collection object represents a group of products that merchants can organize to make their stores easier to browse and help customers find related products. Collections serve as the primary way to categorize and display products across online stores, sales channels, and marketing campaigns.

The Collection object provides information to:

  • Organize products by category, season, or promotion.
  • Automate product grouping using rules (for example, by tag, type, or price).
  • Configure product sorting and display order (for example, alphabetical, best-selling, price, or manual).
  • Manage collection visibility and publication across sales channels.
  • Add rich descriptions, images, and metadata to enhance discovery.

Note

Collections are unpublished by default. To make them available to customers, use the publishablePublish mutation after creation.


Collections can be displayed in a store with Shopify's theme system through Liquid templates and can be customized with template suffixes for unique layouts. They also support advanced features like translated content, resource feedback, and contextual publication for location-based catalogs.

Learn about using metafields with collection conditions.

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A business entity that purchases from the shop as part of B2B commerce. Companies organize multiple locations and contacts who can place orders on behalf of the organization. CompanyLocation objects can have custom pricing through Catalog and PriceList configurations.

•OBJECT

Information about a customer of the shop, such as the customer's contact details, purchase history, and marketing preferences.

Tracks the customer's total spending through the amountSpent field and provides access to associated data such as payment methods and subscription contracts.


Caution

Only use this data if it's required for your app's functionality. Shopify will restrict access to scopes for apps that don't have a legitimate use for the associated data.


•OBJECT

Represents any file other than HTML.

•OBJECT

The MediaImage object represents an image hosted on Shopify's content delivery network (CDN). Shopify CDN is a content system that serves as the primary way to store, manage, and deliver visual content for products, variants, and other resources across the Shopify platform.

The MediaImage object provides information to:

  • Store and display product and variant images across online stores, admin interfaces, and mobile apps.
  • Retrieve visual branding elements, including logos, banners, favicons, and background images in checkout flows.
  • Retrieve signed URLs for secure, time-limited access to original image files.

Each MediaImage object provides both the processed image data (with automatic optimization and CDN delivery) and access to the original source file. The image processing is handled asynchronously, so images might not be immediately available after upload. The status field indicates when processing is complete and the image is ready for use.

The MediaImage object implements the Media interface alongside other media types, like videos and 3D models.

Learn about managing media for products, product variants, and asynchronous media management.

•OBJECT

An instance of custom structured data defined by a MetaobjectDefinition. Metaobjects store reusable data that extends beyond Shopify's standard resources, such as product highlights, size charts, or custom content sections.

Each metaobject includes fields that match the field types and validation rules specified in its definition, which also determines the metaobject's capabilities, such as storefront visibility, publishing and translation support. Metafields can reference metaobjects to connect custom data with Product objects, Collection objects, and other Shopify resources.

•OBJECT

Represents a Shopify hosted 3D model.

•OBJECT

The Order object represents a customer's request to purchase one or more products from a store. Use the Order object to handle the complete purchase lifecycle from checkout to fulfillment.

Use the Order object when you need to:

  • Display order details on customer account pages or admin dashboards.
  • Create orders for phone sales, wholesale customers, or subscription services.
  • Update order information like shipping addresses, notes, or fulfillment status.
  • Process returns, exchanges, and partial refunds.
  • Generate invoices, receipts, and shipping labels.

The Order object serves as the central hub connecting customer information, product details, payment processing, and fulfillment data within the GraphQL Admin API schema.


Note

Only the last 60 days' worth of orders from a store are accessible from the Order object by default. If you want to access older records, then you need to request access to all orders. If your app is granted access, then you can add the read_all_orders, read_orders, and write_orders scopes.



Caution

Only use orders data if it's required for your app's functionality. Shopify will restrict access to scopes for apps that don't have a legitimate use for the associated data.


Learn more about building apps for orders and fulfillment.

•OBJECT

A standalone content page in the online store. Pages display HTML-formatted content for informational pages like "About Us", contact information, or shipping policies.

Each page has a unique handle for URL routing and supports custom template suffixes for specialized layouts. Pages can be published or hidden, and include creation and update timestamps.

•OBJECT

The Product object lets you manage products in a merchant’s store.

Products are the goods and services that merchants offer to customers. They can include various details such as title, description, price, images, and options such as size or color. You can use product variants to create or update different versions of the same product. You can also add or update product media. Products can be organized by grouping them into a collection.

Learn more about working with Shopify's product model, including limitations and considerations.

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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.

•OBJECT

Represents a Shopify product taxonomy value.

•OBJECT

Represents a Shopify hosted video.


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•OBJECT

Metafields enable you to attach additional information to a Shopify resource, such as a Product or a Collection. For more information about where you can attach metafields refer to HasMetafields. Some examples of the data that metafields enable you to store are specifications, size charts, downloadable documents, release dates, images, or part numbers. Metafields are identified by an owner resource, namespace, and key. and store a value along with type information for that value.

•OBJECT

Metafields enable you to attach additional information to a Shopify resource, such as a Product or a Collection. For more information about where you can attach metafields refer to HasMetafields. Some examples of the data that metafields enable you to store are specifications, size charts, downloadable documents, release dates, images, or part numbers. Metafields are identified by an owner resource, namespace, and key. and store a value along with type information for that value.

•CONNECTION

An auto-generated type for paginating through multiple MetafieldReferences.

•OBJECT

An auto-generated type which holds one MetafieldReference and a cursor during pagination.

•OBJECT

Provides a field definition and the data value assigned to it.

•OBJECT

Provides a field definition and the data value assigned to it.


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