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Returns the resource which is being referred to by a metafield.

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•OBJECT

An article in an online store blog.

•ArticleAuthor

The article's author.

•Blog!
non-null

The blog that the article belongs to.

•CommentConnection!
non-null

List of comments posted on the article.

Arguments

•Int

Returns up to the first n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come after the specified cursor.

•Int

Returns up to the last n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come before the specified cursor.

•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.


•String!
non-null

Stripped content of the article, single line with HTML tags removed.

Arguments

•Int

Truncates a string after the given length.


•HTML!
non-null

The content of the article, complete with HTML formatting.

•String

Stripped excerpt of the article, single line with HTML tags removed.

Arguments

•Int

Truncates a string after the given length.


•HTML

The excerpt of the article, complete with HTML formatting.

•String!
non-null

A human-friendly unique string for the Article automatically generated from its title.

•ID!
non-null

A globally-unique ID.

•Image

The image associated with the article.

•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

•String

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

•String!
required

The identifier for the metafield.


•[Metafield]!
non-null

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

Arguments

•[HasMetafieldsIdentifier!]!
required

The list of metafields to retrieve by namespace and key.

The input must not contain more than 250 values.


•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.

•DateTime!
non-null

The date and time when the article was published.

•SEO

The article’s SEO information.

•[String!]!
non-null

A categorization that a article can be tagged with.

•String!
non-null

The article’s name.

•String

URL parameters to be added to a page URL to track the origin of on-site search traffic for analytics reporting. Returns a result when accessed through the search or predictiveSearch queries, otherwise returns null.

•ArticleAuthor!
non-nullDeprecated
•OBJECT

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

•String!
non-null

Stripped description of the collection, single line with HTML tags removed.

Arguments

•Int

Truncates a string after the given length.


•HTML!
non-null

The description of the collection, complete with HTML formatting.

•String!
non-null

A human-friendly unique string for the collection automatically generated from its title. Limit of 255 characters.

•ID!
non-null

A globally-unique ID.

•Image

Image associated with the collection.

•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

•String

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

•String!
required

The identifier for the metafield.


•[Metafield]!
non-null

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

Arguments

•[HasMetafieldsIdentifier!]!
required

The list of metafields to retrieve by namespace and key.

The input must not contain more than 250 values.


•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.

•ProductConnection!
non-null

List of products in the collection.

Arguments

•Int

Returns up to the first n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come after the specified cursor.

•Int

Returns up to the last n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come before the specified cursor.

•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.

•ProductCollectionSortKeys
Default:COLLECTION_DEFAULT

Sort the underlying list by the given key.

•[ProductFilter!]

Returns a subset of products matching all product filters.

The input must not contain more than 250 values.


•SEO!
non-null

The collection's SEO information.

•String!
non-null

The collection’s name. Limit of 255 characters.

•String

URL parameters to be added to a page URL to track the origin of on-site search traffic for analytics reporting. Returns a result when accessed through the search or predictiveSearch queries, otherwise returns null.

•DateTime!
non-null

The date and time when the collection was last modified.

•OBJECT

Any file that doesn't fit into a designated type like image or video. For example, a PDF or JSON document. Use this object to manage files in a merchant's store.

Generic files are commonly referenced through file reference metafields and returned as part of the MetafieldReference union.

Includes the file's URL, MIME type, size in bytes, and an optional preview image.

•String

A word or phrase to indicate the contents of a file.

•ID!
non-null

A globally-unique ID.

•String

The MIME type of the file.

•Int

The size of the original file in bytes.

•Image

The preview image for the file.

•URL

The URL of the file.

•OBJECT

An image hosted on Shopify's content delivery network (CDN). Used for product images, brand logos, and other visual content across the storefront.

The image field provides the actual image data with transformation options. Implements the Media interface alongside other media types like Video and Model3d.

•String

A word or phrase to share the nature or contents of a media.

•ID!
non-null

A globally-unique ID.

•Image

The image for the media.

•MediaContentType!
non-null

The media content type.

•MediaPresentation

The presentation for a media.

•Image

The preview image for the media.

•OBJECT

An instance of a user-defined model based on a MetaobjectDefinition.

•MetaobjectField

Accesses a field of the object by key.

Arguments

•String!
required

The key of the field.


•[MetaobjectField!]!
non-null

All object fields with defined values. Omitted object keys can be assumed null, and no guarantees are made about field order.

•String!
non-null

The unique handle of the metaobject. Useful as a custom ID.

•ID!
non-null

A globally-unique ID.

•URL

The URL used for viewing the metaobject on the shop's Online Store. Returns null if the metaobject definition doesn't have the online_store capability.

•MetaobjectSEO

The metaobject's SEO information. Returns null if the metaobject definition doesn't have the renderable capability.

•String!
non-null

The type of the metaobject.

•DateTime!
non-null

The date and time when the metaobject was last updated.

•OBJECT

Represents a Shopify hosted 3D model.

•String

A word or phrase to share the nature or contents of a media.

•ID!
non-null

A globally-unique ID.

•MediaContentType!
non-null

The media content type.

•MediaPresentation

The presentation for a media.

•Image

The preview image for the media.

•[Model3dSource!]!
non-null

The sources for a 3d model.

•OBJECT

Shopify merchants can create pages to hold static HTML content. Each Page object represents a custom page on the online store.

•HTML!
non-null

The description of the page, complete with HTML formatting.

•String!
non-null

Summary of the page body.

•DateTime!
non-null

The timestamp of the page creation.

•String!
non-null

A human-friendly unique string for the page automatically generated from its title.

•ID!
non-null

A globally-unique ID.

•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

•String

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

•String!
required

The identifier for the metafield.


•[Metafield]!
non-null

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

Arguments

•[HasMetafieldsIdentifier!]!
required

The list of metafields to retrieve by namespace and key.

The input must not contain more than 250 values.


•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

The page's SEO information.

•String!
non-null

The title of the page.

•String

URL parameters to be added to a page URL to track the origin of on-site search traffic for analytics reporting. Returns a result when accessed through the search or predictiveSearch queries, otherwise returns null.

•DateTime!
non-null

The timestamp of the latest page update.

•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 products and collections.

•[ProductVariant!]!
non-null

A list of variants whose selected options differ with the provided selected options by one, ordered by variant id. If selected options are not provided, adjacent variants to the first available variant is returned.

Note that this field returns an array of variants. In most cases, the number of variants in this array will be low. However, with a low number of options and a high number of values per option, the number of variants returned here can be high. In such cases, it recommended to avoid using this field.

This list of variants can be used in combination with the options field to build a rich variant picker that includes variant availability or other variant information.

Arguments

•[SelectedOptionInput!]

The input fields used for a selected option.

The input must not contain more than 250 values.

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•Boolean
Default:true

Whether to ignore product options that are not present on the requested product.

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•Boolean
Default:false

Whether to perform case insensitive match on option names and values.


•Boolean!
non-null

Indicates if at least one product variant is available for sale.

•TaxonomyCategory

The category of a product from Shopify's Standard Product Taxonomy.

•CollectionConnection!
non-null

A list of collections that include the product.

Arguments

•Int

Returns up to the first n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come after the specified cursor.

•Int

Returns up to the last n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come before the specified cursor.

•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.


•ProductPriceRange!
non-null

The compare-at price range of the product in the shop's default currency.

•DateTime!
non-null

The date and time when the product was created.

•String!
non-null

A single-line description of the product, with HTML tags removed.

Arguments

•Int

Truncates a string after the given length.


•HTML!
non-null

The description of the product, with HTML tags. For example, the description might include bold <strong></strong> and italic <i></i> text.

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•String

An encoded string containing all option value combinations with a corresponding variant that is currently available for sale.

Integers represent option and values: [0,1] represents option_value at array index 0 for the option at array index 0

:, ,, and - are control characters. : indicates a new option. ex: 0:1 indicates value 0 for the option in position 1, value 1 for the option in position 2. , indicates the end of a repeated prefix, mulitple consecutive commas indicate the end of multiple repeated prefixes. indicates a gap in the sequence of option values. ex: 0 4 indicates option values in position 0 and 4 are present. - indicates a continuous range of option values. ex: 0 1-3 4

Decoding process:

Example options: [Size, Color, Material] Example values: [[Small, Medium, Large], [Red, Blue], [Cotton, Wool]] Example encoded string: "0:0:0,1:0-1,,1:0:0-1,1:1,,2:0:1,1:0,,"

Step 1: Expand ranges into the numbers they represent: "0:0:0,1:0 1,,1:0:0 1,1:1,,2:0:1,1:0,," Step 2: Expand repeated prefixes: "0:0:0,0:1:0 1,1:0:0 1,1:1:1,2:0:1,2:1:0," Step 3: Expand shared prefixes so data is encoded as a string: "0:0:0,0:1:0,0:1:1,1:0:0,1:0:1,1:1:1,2:0:1,2:1:0," Step 4: Map to options + option values to determine existing variants:

[Small, Red, Cotton] (0:0:0), [Small, Blue, Cotton] (0:1:0), [Small, Blue, Wool] (0:1:1), [Medium, Red, Cotton] (1:0:0), [Medium, Red, Wool] (1:0:1), [Medium, Blue, Wool] (1:1:1), [Large, Red, Wool] (2:0:1), [Large, Blue, Cotton] (2:1:0).

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•String

An encoded string containing all option value combinations with a corresponding variant.

Integers represent option and values: [0,1] represents option_value at array index 0 for the option at array index 0

:, ,, and - are control characters. : indicates a new option. ex: 0:1 indicates value 0 for the option in position 1, value 1 for the option in position 2. , indicates the end of a repeated prefix, mulitple consecutive commas indicate the end of multiple repeated prefixes. indicates a gap in the sequence of option values. ex: 0 4 indicates option values in position 0 and 4 are present. - indicates a continuous range of option values. ex: 0 1-3 4

Decoding process:

Example options: [Size, Color, Material] Example values: [[Small, Medium, Large], [Red, Blue], [Cotton, Wool]] Example encoded string: "0:0:0,1:0-1,,1:0:0-1,1:1,,2:0:1,1:0,,"

Step 1: Expand ranges into the numbers they represent: "0:0:0,1:0 1,,1:0:0 1,1:1,,2:0:1,1:0,," Step 2: Expand repeated prefixes: "0:0:0,0:1:0 1,1:0:0 1,1:1:1,2:0:1,2:1:0," Step 3: Expand shared prefixes so data is encoded as a string: "0:0:0,0:1:0,0:1:1,1:0:0,1:0:1,1:1:1,2:0:1,2:1:0," Step 4: Map to options + option values to determine existing variants:

[Small, Red, Cotton] (0:0:0), [Small, Blue, Cotton] (0:1:0), [Small, Blue, Wool] (0:1:1), [Medium, Red, Cotton] (1:0:0), [Medium, Red, Wool] (1:0:1), [Medium, Blue, Wool] (1:1:1), [Large, Red, Wool] (2:0:1), [Large, Blue, Cotton] (2:1:0).

•Image

The featured image for the product.

This field is functionally equivalent to images(first: 1).

•String!
non-null

A unique, human-readable string of the product's title. A handle can contain letters, hyphens (-), and numbers, but no spaces. The handle is used in the online store URL for the product.

•ID!
non-null

A globally-unique ID.

•ImageConnection!
non-null

List of images associated with the product.

Arguments

•Int

Returns up to the first n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come after the specified cursor.

•Int

Returns up to the last n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come before the specified cursor.

•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.

•ProductImageSortKeys
Default:POSITION

Sort the underlying list by the given key.


•Boolean!
non-null

Whether the product is a gift card.

•MediaConnection!
non-null

The media that are associated with the product. Valid media are images, 3D models, videos.

Arguments

•Int

Returns up to the first n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come after the specified cursor.

•Int

Returns up to the last n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come before the specified cursor.

•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.

•ProductMediaSortKeys
Default:POSITION

Sort the underlying list by the given key.


•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

•String

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

•String!
required

The identifier for the metafield.


•[Metafield]!
non-null

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

Arguments

•[HasMetafieldsIdentifier!]!
required

The list of metafields to retrieve by namespace and key.

The input must not contain more than 250 values.


•URL

The product's URL on the online store. If null, then the product isn't published to the online store sales channel.

•[ProductOption!]!
non-null

A list of product options. The limit is defined by the shop's resource limits for product options (Shop.resourceLimits.maxProductOptions).

Arguments

•Int

Truncate the array result to this size.


•ProductPriceRange!
non-null

The minimum and maximum prices of a product, expressed in decimal numbers. For example, if the product is priced between $10.00 and $50.00, then the price range is $10.00 - $50.00.

•String!
non-null

The product type that merchants define.

•DateTime!
non-null

The date and time when the product was published to the channel.

•Boolean!
non-null

Whether the product can only be purchased with a selling plan. Products that are sold on subscription (requiresSellingPlan: true) can be updated only for online stores. If you update a product to be subscription-only (requiresSellingPlan:false), then the product is unpublished from all channels, except the online store.

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•ProductVariant

Find an active product variant based on selected options, availability or the first variant.

All arguments are optional. If no selected options are provided, the first available variant is returned. If no variants are available, the first variant is returned.

Arguments

•[SelectedOptionInput!]

The input fields used for a selected option.

The input must not contain more than 250 values.

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•Boolean
Default:true

Whether to ignore unknown product options.

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•Boolean
Default:false

Whether to perform case insensitive match on option names and values.


•SellingPlanGroupConnection!
non-null

A list of all selling plan groups that are associated with the product either directly, or through the product's variants.

Arguments

•Int

Returns up to the first n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come after the specified cursor.

•Int

Returns up to the last n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come before the specified cursor.

•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.


•SEO!
non-null

The SEO title and description that are associated with a product.

•[String!]!
non-null

A comma-separated list of searchable keywords that are associated with the product. For example, a merchant might apply the sports and summer tags to products that are associated with sportwear for summer. Updating tags overwrites any existing tags that were previously added to the product. To add new tags without overwriting existing tags, use the GraphQL Admin API's tagsAdd mutation.

•String!
non-null

The name for the product that displays to customers. The title is used to construct the product's handle. For example, if a product is titled "Black Sunglasses", then the handle is black-sunglasses.

•Int

The quantity of inventory that's in stock.

•String

URL parameters to be added to a page URL to track the origin of on-site search traffic for analytics reporting. Returns a result when accessed through the search or predictiveSearch queries, otherwise returns null.

•DateTime!
non-null

The date and time when the product was last modified. A product's updatedAt value can change for different reasons. For example, if an order is placed for a product that has inventory tracking set up, then the inventory adjustment is counted as an update.

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•ProductVariant

Find a product’s variant based on its selected options. This is useful for converting a user’s selection of product options into a single matching variant. If there is not a variant for the selected options, null will be returned.

Arguments

•[SelectedOptionInput!]!
required

The input fields used for a selected option.

The input must not contain more than 250 values.

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•Boolean
Default:false

Whether to ignore unknown product options.

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•Boolean
Default:false

Whether to perform case insensitive match on option names and values.


•ProductVariantConnection!
non-null

A list of variants that are associated with the product.

Arguments

•Int

Returns up to the first n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come after the specified cursor.

•Int

Returns up to the last n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come before the specified cursor.

•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.

•ProductVariantSortKeys
Default:POSITION

Sort the underlying list by the given key.


•Count

The number of variants that are associated with the product.

•String!
non-null

The name of the product's vendor.

•OBJECT

A product variant represents a different version of a product, such as differing sizes or differing colors.

•Boolean!
non-null

Indicates if the product variant is available for sale.

•String

The barcode (for example, ISBN, UPC, or GTIN) associated with the variant.

•MoneyV2

The compare at price of the variant. This can be used to mark a variant as on sale, when compareAtPrice is higher than price.

•ProductVariantComponentConnection!
non-null

List of bundles components included in the variant considering only fixed bundles.

Arguments

•Int

Returns up to the first n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come after the specified cursor.

•Int

Returns up to the last n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come before the specified cursor.


•Boolean!
non-null

Whether a product is out of stock but still available for purchase (used for backorders).

•ProductVariantConnection!
non-null

List of bundles that include this variant considering only fixed bundles.

Arguments

•Int

Returns up to the first n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come after the specified cursor.

•Int

Returns up to the last n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come before the specified cursor.


•ID!
non-null

A globally-unique ID.

•Image

Image associated with the product variant. This field falls back to the product image if no image is available.

•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

•String

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

•String!
required

The identifier for the metafield.


•[Metafield]!
non-null

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

Arguments

•[HasMetafieldsIdentifier!]!
required

The list of metafields to retrieve by namespace and key.

The input must not contain more than 250 values.


•MoneyV2!
non-null

The product variant’s price.

•Product!
non-null

The product object that the product variant belongs to.

•Int

The total sellable quantity of the variant for online sales channels.

•QuantityPriceBreakConnection!
non-null

A list of quantity breaks for the product variant.

Arguments

•Int

Returns up to the first n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come after the specified cursor.

•Int

Returns up to the last n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come before the specified cursor.


•QuantityRule!
non-null

The quantity rule for the product variant in a given context.

•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.

•Boolean!
non-null

Whether a customer needs to provide a shipping address when placing an order for the product variant.

•[SelectedOption!]!
non-null

List of product options applied to the variant.

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•SellingPlanAllocationConnection!
non-null

Represents an association between a variant and a selling plan. Selling plan allocations describe which selling plans are available for each variant, and what their impact is on pricing.

Arguments

•Int

Returns up to the first n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come after the specified cursor.

•Int

Returns up to the last n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come before the specified cursor.

•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.


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•ShopPayInstallmentsProductVariantPricing

The Shop Pay Installments pricing information for the product variant.

•String

The SKU (stock keeping unit) associated with the variant.

•StoreAvailabilityConnection!
non-null

The in-store pickup availability of this variant by location.

Arguments

•GeoCoordinateInput

Used to sort results based on proximity to the provided location.

•Int

Returns up to the first n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come after the specified cursor.

•Int

Returns up to the last n elements from the list.

•String

Returns the elements that come before the specified cursor.

•Boolean
Default:false

Reverse the order of the underlying list.


•Boolean!
non-null

Whether tax is charged when the product variant is sold.

•String!
non-null

The product variant’s title.

•MoneyV2

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

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•UnitPriceMeasurement

The unit price measurement for the variant.

•Float

The weight of the product variant in the unit system specified with weight_unit.

•WeightUnit!
non-null

Unit of measurement for weight.

•MoneyV2
Deprecated
•MoneyV2!
non-nullDeprecated
•OBJECT

A video hosted on Shopify's servers. Implements the Media interface and provides multiple video sources through the sources field, each with format, dimensions, and URL information for adaptive playback.

For videos hosted on external platforms like YouTube or Vimeo, use ExternalVideo instead.

•String

A word or phrase to share the nature or contents of a media.

•ID!
non-null

A globally-unique ID.

•MediaContentType!
non-null

The media content type.

•MediaPresentation

The presentation for a media.

•Image

The preview image for the media.

•[VideoSource!]!
non-null

The sources for a video.


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•OBJECT

Metafields represent custom metadata attached to a resource. Metafields can be sorted into namespaces and are comprised of keys, values, and value types.

•OBJECT

Metafields represent custom metadata attached to a resource. Metafields can be sorted into namespaces and are comprised of keys, values, and value types.

•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 the value of a Metaobject field.

•OBJECT

Provides the value of a Metaobject field.


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