Shopify ACTION
Create Order
Creates a new order. See the documentation.
- Action
- Writes data
- OAuth
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's Shopify account once, then configure and run Create Order from your backend or agent.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "shopify-create-order",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
shopify: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
lineItems: "Line Items",
email: "Email",
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "shopify-create-order",
"configured_props": {
"shopify": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"lineItems": "Line Items",
"email": "Email"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "shopify",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "shopify-create-order",
arguments: {
lineItems: "Line Items",
email: "Email",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lineItems Line Items | string | JSON array of line items for the order. Each item accepts variantId (GID) and quantity, plus optional title, priceSet, and taxLines. Example: [{"variantId": "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/123456789", "quantity": 1}]. Retrieve variant GIDs via the Search for Product Variant action. Required |
email Email | string | Customer email for the order (e.g. customer@example.com). Optional |
currency Currency | string | ISO 4217 currency code for the order (e.g. USD). Optional |
tags Tags | string | Comma-separated tags to apply to the order (e.g. vip,priority). Optional |
inventoryBehaviour Inventory Behaviour | string | How inventory is claimed for the order. One of BYPASS (do not claim inventory), DECREMENT_IGNORING_POLICY (claim inventory, ignoring the variant's inventory policy), or DECREMENT_OBEYING_POLICY (claim inventory, obeying the variant's inventory policy). Defaults to BYPASS. Optional |
sendReceipt Send Receipt | boolean | Whether to send an order confirmation to the customer. Optional |
sendFulfillmentReceipt Send Fulfillment Receipt | boolean | Whether to send a shipping confirmation to the customer. Optional |
additionalOrderFields Additional Order Fields | object | JSON object of additional fields (e.g. customer, billingAddress, shippingAddress, transactions, note). Example: {"note": "Rush order"}. Optional |
REFERENCE
Tool details
Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.
- Registry key
- shopify-create-order
- Version
- 1.0.0
- App
- Shopify
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Read-only
- No
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗