Collection - storefront - OBJECT

Version: 2025-01

Description:

A collection represents a grouping of products that a shop owner can create to organize them or make their shops easier to browse.

Access Scopes

`unauthenticated_read_product_listings` access scope.

Fields

• description: String! - Stripped description of the collection, single line with HTML tags removed.
• descriptionHtml: HTML! - The description of the collection, complete with HTML formatting.
• handle: String! - A human-friendly unique string for the collection automatically generated from its title. Limit of 255 characters.
• id: ID! - A globally-unique ID.
• image: Image - Image associated with the collection.
• metafield: Metafield - A [custom field](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/custom-data), including its `namespace` and `key`, that's associated with a Shopify resource for the purposes of adding and storing additional information.
• metafields: Metafield! - A list of [custom fields](/docs/apps/build/custom-data) that a merchant associates with a Shopify resource.
• onlineStoreUrl: URL - The URL used for viewing the resource on the shop's Online Store. Returns `null` if the resource is currently not published to the Online Store sales channel.
• seo: SEO! - The collection's SEO information.
• title: String! - The collection’s name. Limit of 255 characters.
• trackingParameters: String - URL parameters to be added to a page URL to track the origin of on-site search traffic for [analytics reporting](https://help.shopify.com/manual/reports-and-analytics/shopify-reports/report-types/default-reports/behaviour-reports). Returns a result when accessed through the [search](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/current/queries/search) or [predictiveSearch](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/current/queries/predictiveSearch) queries, otherwise returns null.
• updatedAt: DateTime! - The date and time when the collection was last modified.

Connections

• products: ProductConnection!

Related queries

• collection Fetch a specific `Collection` by one of its unique attributes.
• collectionByHandle Find a collection by its handle.
• collections List of the shop’s collections.

Related mutations

Related Unions

• MenuItemResource The list of possible resources a `MenuItem` can reference.
• MetafieldParentResource A resource that the metafield belongs to.
• MetafieldReference Returns the resource which is being referred to by a metafield.

Examples

• Retrieve a single collection by ID

          Curl example: "curl -X POST \\\nhttps://your-development-store.myshopify.com/api/2025-01/graphql.json \\\n-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n-H 'X-Shopify-Storefront-Access-Token: {storefront_access_token}' \\\n-d '{\n\"query\": \"query getCollectionById($id: ID!) { collection(id: $id) { title } }\"\n}'\n"
          Node example: "const client = new shopify.clients.Storefront({\n  domain: 'your-development-store.myshopify.com',\n  storefrontAccessToken,\n});\nconst data = await client.query({\n  data: `query getCollectionById($id: ID!) {\n    collection(id: $id) {\n      title\n    }\n  }`,\n});\n"
          Ruby example: null
          PHP example: "use Shopify\\Clients\\Graphql;\n\n$client = new ShopifyClientsStorefront(\"your-development-store.myshopify.com\", $storefrontAccessToken);\n$query = <<<QUERY\n  query getCollectionById($id: ID!) {\n    collection(id: $id) {\n      title\n    }\n  }\nQUERY;\n\n$response = $client->query([\"query\" => $query]);\n"
          Remix example: "const { storefront } = await unauthenticated.storefront(\n  'your-development-store.myshopify.com'\n);\n\nconst response = await storefront.graphql(\n  `#graphql\n  query getCollectionById($id: ID!) {\n    collection(id: $id) {\n      title\n    }\n  }`,\n);\n\nconst data = await response.json();\n"
          Graphql query: "query getCollectionById($id: ID!) {\n  collection(id: $id) {\n    title\n  }\n}"
        

  input: null

  response: {
    "data": {
      "collection": {
        "title": "FrontPage"
      }
    }
  }

  Retrieve a single collection by handle

          Curl example: "curl -X POST \\\nhttps://your-development-store.myshopify.com/api/2025-01/graphql.json \\\n-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n-H 'X-Shopify-Storefront-Access-Token: {storefront_access_token}' \\\n-d '{\n\"query\": \"query getCollectionByHandle($handle: String!) { collection(handle: $handle) { title } }\"\n}'\n"
          Node example: "const client = new shopify.clients.Storefront({\n  domain: 'your-development-store.myshopify.com',\n  storefrontAccessToken,\n});\nconst data = await client.query({\n  data: `query getCollectionByHandle($handle: String!) {\n    collection(handle: $handle) {\n      title\n    }\n  }`,\n});\n"
          Ruby example: null
          PHP example: "use Shopify\\Clients\\Graphql;\n\n$client = new ShopifyClientsStorefront(\"your-development-store.myshopify.com\", $storefrontAccessToken);\n$query = <<<QUERY\n  query getCollectionByHandle($handle: String!) {\n    collection(handle: $handle) {\n      title\n    }\n  }\nQUERY;\n\n$response = $client->query([\"query\" => $query]);\n"
          Remix example: "const { storefront } = await unauthenticated.storefront(\n  'your-development-store.myshopify.com'\n);\n\nconst response = await storefront.graphql(\n  `#graphql\n  query getCollectionByHandle($handle: String!) {\n    collection(handle: $handle) {\n      title\n    }\n  }`,\n);\n\nconst data = await response.json();\n"
          Graphql query: "query getCollectionByHandle($handle: String!) {\n  collection(handle: $handle) {\n    title\n  }\n}"
        

  input: null

  response: {
    "data": {
      "collection": {
        "title": "FrontPage"
      }
    }
  }