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Table of Contents - API Code Samples Products API Orders API Customers API API code languages Navigation Ruby Node Python GraphQL require 'shopify_api' # Replace the following with your shop URL shop_url = "https://#{API_KEY}:#{PASSWORD}@#{SHOP_NAME}.myshopify.com/admin" ShopifyAPI::Base.site = shop_url shop = ShopifyAPI::Shop.current # Create a new product new_product = ShopifyAPI::Product.new new_product.title = "Burton Custom Freestyle 151" new_product.product_type = "Snowboard" new_product.vendor = "Burton" new_product.save # Update a product new_product.title = "Burton Custom Freestyle 151 - Ruby Edition" new_product.save const Shopify = require('shopify-api-node') // Replace the following with your shop credentials const shopify = new Shopify({ shopName: 'your-shop-name', apiKey: 'your-api-key', password: 'your-password' }) // Create a new product function create_a_product() { return shopify.product.create( { "title": "Burton Custom Freestlye 151", "product_type": "Snowboard", "vendor": "Burton" } ) } // Update a product function update_product_after_creation(product_id) { params = { "title": "Burton Custom Freestyle 151 - Node Edition" } return shopify.product.update(product_id, params) } create_a_product().then( response => update_product_after_creation(response.id) ).then( response => create_an_order(response.variants[0].id), err => console.error(err) ) import shopify # Replace the following with your shop URL shop_url = "https://{API_KEY}:{PASSWORD}@{SHOP_NAME}.myshopify.com/admin" shopify.ShopifyResource.set_site(shop_url) # Create a new product new_product = shopify.Product() new_product.title = "Burton Custom Freestyle 151" new_product.product_type = "Snowboard" new_product.vendor = "Burton" new_product.save() # Update a product new_product.title = "Burton Custom Freestyle 151 - Python Edition" new_product.save() # Create a new product mutation { productCreate( input: { title: "Burton Custom Freestyle 151", productType: "Snowboard", vendor: "Burton" } ) { product { id } shop { id } } } # Update a product mutation { productUpdate( input: { id: "gid://shopify/Product/629116370966", title: "Burton Custom Freestyle 151 - GraphQL Edition" } ) { product { id } } } API code languages Navigation Ruby Node Python GraphQL require 'shopify_api' # Replace the following with your shop URL shop_url = "https://#{API_KEY}:#{PASSWORD}@#{SHOP_NAME}.myshopify.com/admin" ShopifyAPI::Base.site = shop_url shop = ShopifyAPI::Shop.current # Create a new product new_product = ShopifyAPI::Product.new new_product.title = "Burton Custom Freestyle 151" new_product.product_type = "Snowboard" new_product.save # Create a new order new_order = ShopifyAPI::Order.new new_order.line_items = [ ShopifyAPI::LineItem.new( :quantity => 1, :variant_id => new_product.variants.first.id ) ] new_order.save const Shopify = require('shopify-api-node') // Replace the following with your shop credentials const shopify = new Shopify({ shopName: 'your-shop-name', apiKey: 'your-api-key', password: 'your-password' }) // Create a new product function create_a_product() { return shopify.product.create( { "title": "Burton Custom Freestlye 151", "product_type": "Snowboard", } ) } // Create a new order function create_an_order(variant_id) { return shopify.order.create( { "line_items": [ { "quantity": 1, "variant_id": variant_id } ] } ) } create_a_product().then( response => update_product_after_creation(response.id) ).then( response => create_an_order(response.variants[0].id), err => console.error(err) ) import shopify # Replace the following with your shop URL shop_url = "https://{API_KEY}:{PASSWORD}@{SHOP_NAME}.myshopify.com/admin" shopify.ShopifyResource.set_site(shop_url) # Create a new product new_product = shopify.Product() new_product.title = "Burton Custom Freestyle 151" new_product.product_type = "Snowboard" new_product.save() # Create a new order new_order = shopify.Order() new_order.line_items = [{ "quantity": 1, "variant_id": new_product.variants[0].id }] new_order.save() # Create a new order mutation { draftOrderCreate( input: { lineItems: { variantId: "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/40534704150", quantity: 1 } } ) { draftOrder { id } } } API code languages Navigation Ruby Node Python GraphQL require 'shopify_api' # Replace the following with your shop URL shop_url = "https://#{API_KEY}:#{PASSWORD}@#{SHOP_NAME}.myshopify.com/admin" ShopifyAPI::Base.site = shop_url shop = ShopifyAPI::Shop.current # Create new customer new_customer = ShopifyAPI::Customer.new new_customer.email = "sample.coder.ruby@shopify.com" new_customer.first_name = "Sample" new_customer.last_name = "Coder" new_customer.save # Update customer details new_customer.first_name = "Supersample Ruby" new_customer.save const Shopify = require('shopify-api-node') // Replace the following with your shop credentials const shopify = new Shopify({ shopName: 'your-shop-name', apiKey: 'your-api-key', password: 'your-password' }...