---
title: Collection - Storefront API
description: |
  A collection represents a grouping of products that a shop owner can create to
  organize them or make their shops easier to browse.
api_version: 2026-01
api_name: storefront
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/objects/collection
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/objects/collection.md
---

# Collection

object

Requires `unauthenticated_read_product_listings` access scope.

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

## Fields

* description
* descriptionHtml
* handle
* id
* image
* metafield
* metafields
* onlineStoreUrl
* products
* seo
* title
* trackingParameters
* updatedAt

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## Map

### Fields and connections with this object

* [CollectionConnection.nodes](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/connections/CollectionConnection#returns-nodes)
* [CollectionEdge.node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/objects/CollectionEdge#field-CollectionEdge.fields.node)
* [PredictiveSearchResult.collections](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/objects/PredictiveSearchResult#field-PredictiveSearchResult.fields.collections)
* [Product.collections](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/objects/Product#field-Product.fields.collections)

### Possible type in

* [Menu​Item​Resource](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/unions/MenuItemResource)
* [Metafield​Parent​Resource](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/unions/MetafieldParentResource)
* [Metafield​Reference](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/unions/MetafieldReference)

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## Queries

* collection
* collections
* collectionByHandle: deprecated

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## Collection Queries

### Queried by

* [collection](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/queries/collection)
* [collections](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/queries/collections)

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## Interfaces

* HasMetafields
* Node
* OnlineStorePublishable
* Trackable

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## Collection Implements

### Implements

* [Has​Metafields](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/interfaces/HasMetafields)
* [Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/interfaces/Node)
* [Online​Store​Publishable](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/interfaces/OnlineStorePublishable)
* [Trackable](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/interfaces/Trackable)