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Shopify ACTION

Update Metafield

Updates the value of an existing metafield on a Shopify resource (product, customer, order, etc.) via the metafieldsSet mutation. Use this to change custom data stored on a record you've already identified. Select the owner resource and record, then the specific metafield to update, and provide the new value. This action resolves the selected metafield and reuses its existing namespace, key, and type — only the value is changed, and the metafield must already exist. The value must be a string serialized to the metafield's type — for example 10 for number_integer, {"color":"red"} for json, or 2026-08-12 for date. To discover a resource's metafields first, use a list/get metafields action. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • Destructive
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Shopify account once, then configure and run Update Metafield 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-update-metafield",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    shopify: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    ownerResource: "Resource Type",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Update Metafield inputs
Property Type Description
ownerResource Resource Type string
Filter by the resource type on which the metafield is attached to
Required

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-update-metafield
Version
0.0.21
App
Shopify
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
Yes
Open world
Yes