Shopify ACTION
Create Product Variant
Create a new product variant. 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 Product Variant 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-product-variant",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
shopify: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
productId: "Product ID",
optionIds: ["Options"],
},
})
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-product-variant",
"configured_props": {
"shopify": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"productId": "Product ID",
"optionIds": ["Options"]
}
}'// 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-product-variant",
arguments: {
productId: "Product ID",
optionIds: ["Options"],
},
})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 |
|---|---|---|
productId Product ID | string | The identifier of a product Required Dynamic |
optionIds Options | string[] | The product options to apply to the product variant Required Dynamic |
price Price | string | The price of the product variant Optional |
image Image | string | The URL of an image to be added to the product variant Optional |
sku Sku | string | A unique identifier for the product variant in the shop Optional |
locationId Location ID | string | The ID of the location that the inventory level belongs to. Options will display the name of the Location ID Optional Dynamic |
available Available Quantity | integer | Sets the available inventory quantity Optional |
barcode Barcode | string | The barcode, UPC, or ISBN number for the product Optional |
weight Weight | string | The weight of the product variant in the unit system specified with Weight Unit Optional |
weightUnit Weight Unit | string | The unit of measurement that applies to the product variant's weight. If you don't specify a value for weight_unit, then the shop's default unit of measurement is applied. Optional |
metafields Metafields | string[] | An array of objects, each one representing a metafield. If adding a new metafield, the object should contain key, value, type, and namespace. Example: {{ [{ "key": "new", "value": "newvalue", "type": "single_line_text_field", "namespace": "global" }] }}. To update an existing metafield, use the id and value. Example: {{ [{ "id": "28408051400984", "value": "updatedvalue" }] }} 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-product-variant
- Version
- 0.0.24
- App
- Shopify
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Read-only
- No
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗