Create Metaobject with Shopify (OAuth) API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Create Metaobject with the Shopify (OAuth) API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Create Metaobject action
1. Connect your Shopify (OAuth) account
2. Select a Type
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Create Metaobject on Shopify (OAuth)

Description:Creates a metaobject. [See the documentation](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/metaobjectCreate)

Version:0.0.7

Key:shopify-create-metaobject

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Code#

import shopify from "../../shopify.app.mjs";
import common from "../common/metaobjects.mjs";
import { MAX_LIMIT } from "../../common/constants.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "shopify-create-metaobject",
  name: "Create Metaobject",
  description: "Creates a metaobject. [See the documentation](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/metaobjectCreate)",
  version: "0.0.7",
  annotations: {
    destructiveHint: false,
    openWorldHint: true,
    readOnlyHint: false,
  },
  type: "action",
  props: {
    shopify,
    type: {
      propDefinition: [
        shopify,
        "metaobjectType",
      ],
      reloadProps: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    const props = {};
    if (!this.type) {
      return props;
    }
    const { metaobjectDefinitions: { nodes } } = await this.shopify.listMetaobjectDefinitions({
      first: MAX_LIMIT,
    });
    const { fieldDefinitions } = nodes.find(({ id }) => id === this.type);
    for (const def of fieldDefinitions) {
      props[def.key] = {
        type: "string",
        label: def.name,
        optional: true,
      };
    }
    return props;
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const { metaobjectDefinitions: { nodes } } = await this.shopify.listMetaobjectDefinitions({
      first: MAX_LIMIT,
    });
    const {
      fieldDefinitions, type,
    } = nodes.find(({ id }) => id === this.type);

    const fields = [];
    for (const def of fieldDefinitions) {
      if (this[def.key]) {
        fields.push({
          key: def.key,
          value: this[def.key],
        });
      }
    }

    const response = await this.createMetaobject({
      type,
      fields,
    });

    if (response.metaobjectCreate.userErrors.length > 0) {
      throw new Error(response.metaobjectCreate.userErrors[0].message);
    }

    if (response?.metaobjectCreate?.metaobject?.id) {
      $.export("$summary", `Successfully created metaobject with ID ${response.metaobjectCreate.metaobject.id}`);
    }

    return response;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Shopify (OAuth)	`shopify`	`app`	This component uses the Shopify (OAuth) app.
Type	`type`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Authentication#

Shopify (OAuth) uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Shopify (OAuth) account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Shopify (OAuth) and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Shopify (OAuth) API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account: