Shopify API, libraries, and tools
Explore Shopify’s API reference and templating documentation. Shopify provides a range of software tools, app templates, example apps, and libraries to accelerate your development process.
Check out your options to see which one is right for you.
Extend Shopify’s core functionality by building apps that integrate into Shopify’s admin, online store, checkout and more.
Component libraries, references, and app extensions
Anchor link to section titled "Component libraries, references, and app extensions"Explore the available component libraries and references for building apps. Seamlessly add your app’s functionality to Shopify user interfaces using app extensions.
Build custom storefronts
Anchor link to section titled "Build custom storefronts"Build commerce experiences and branded custom storefronts using the Storefront API and Hydrogen.
Build themes
Anchor link to section titled "Build themes"Help users express their unique brand in their storefront by building a custom theme.
API exploration
Anchor link to section titled "API exploration"Start exploring Shopify's GraphQL Admin and Storefront APIs on a demo shop.
AI-powered API assistance
Anchor link to section titled "AI-powered API assistance"Use AI tools to accelerate your API development workflow, with features like GraphQL generation, REST conversion, and contextual chat assistance. Trained on Shopify data for high accuracy.
API libraries
Anchor link to section titled "API libraries"Shopify provides several official libraries for interacting with the GraphQL Admin API. Members of the Shopify developer community have created similar libraries covering other languages and technology stacks.
Official Shopify Admin API libraries
Anchor link to section titled "Official Shopify Admin API libraries"Third-party Admin API libraries
Anchor link to section titled "Third-party Admin API libraries"App templates
Anchor link to section titled "App templates"The following templates can help you start your Shopify app development.
When you scaffold an app using Shopify CLI, you can specify the template that you want to use with the --flavor
flag. Enter remix
, node
, ruby
, or php
to use one of our app templates, or use a third-party template by providing a path to a GitHub repository for the template.
Shopify recommends using the Remix template for most apps.
You can also build an extension-only app, which is an app that contains no app home, and uses the extension-only template. To create an extension-only app, select Start by adding your first extension when you create your app. Learn more about extension-only apps.
To learn more about building using the template, and deploying apps built using the template, review the readme in the template repository.
Sample apps
Anchor link to section titled "Sample apps"The following examples can help you with your app.
- Shopify QR Code app: An example app based on the Node app template. The app, inspired by Shopcodes, implements basic QR code generation for products and discounts.
- Storefront API apps: A series of example apps that demonstrate how to use the Storefront API. The examples are built and maintained by community members.