🛍️ n8n-nodes-shopify-custom

Powerful Shopify automation for n8n — without GraphQL headaches

✨ Overview

n8n-nodes-shopify-custom is a custom Shopify node for n8n designed for teams and builders who want to automate Shopify quickly — without manually writing GraphQL queries or constantly checking Shopify documentation.

Most workflows are handled directly through a clean UI:

Select resource → Choose action → Fill fields → Run.

🚀 Why this node instead of the default Shopify node?

This package focuses on the features advanced Shopify workflows actually need:

• ✅ Full Metafield Values management
• ✅ Full Metafield Definitions support (create / update / delete)
• ✅ Full Metaobject support
• ✅ Advanced Collections handling (Smart & Manual)
• ✅ Complete Product Variant operations
• ✅ Significantly reduced need to work with GraphQL manually

🧩 Supported Resources

The single node Shopify Custom includes resource-based actions:

| Resource | Supported | |----------|----------| | Product | ✔ | | Product Variant | ✔ | | Collection | ✔ | | Customer | ✔ | | Order | ✔ | | Draft Order | ✔ | | File | ✔ | | Translation | ✔ | | Metaobject | ✔ | | Metafield Value | ✔ | | Metafield Definition | ✔ | | Service | ✔ |

Most resources support:

• Create
• Get
• Get Many
• Update
• Delete

📚 Functional Breakdown

• Products / Product Variants:

  • Get / Get Many:
    • Allows you to get a list of your products
    • Allows you to get product metafields and their values together with products
  • Create / Update:
    • Fields supported
      • For products:
        • Default fields: Title, Description, Vendor, Product type, Meta title, Meta description, Handle, Status, Tags
        • Allows you to assign a template by Template Suffix
      • For product variants:
        • Title, SKU, Barcode, Price, Compare at price, Taxable
  • Delete

• Collections:

  • Get / Get Many:
    • Allows you to get a list of collections
    • Allows you to get metafields and their values for each collection
  • Create / Update:
    • Fields supported
      • Default fields: Title, Handle, Description, Meta title, Meta description
      • Conditions: Manual / Smart collection + conditions setup (including dynamic metafield loading)
      • Allows you to assign a template by Template Suffix
  • Delete

• Customers:

  • Get / Get Many:
    • Allows you to get one customer or a list of customers
    • Supports optional metafields loading with values
  • Create / Update:
    • Fields supported:
      • Email, Phone, First name, Last name
      • Note, Tax exempt, Accepts marketing, Tags
  • Delete

• Orders:

  • Get / Get Many:
    • Allows you to get one order or a list of orders
    • Supports optional metafields loading with values
  • Create / Update:
    • Fields supported:
      • Order fields: Email, Note, Tags
      • Line items: Variant ID, Quantity
  • Delete

• Draft Orders:

  • Get / Get Many:
    • Allows you to get one draft order or a list of draft orders
    • Supports optional metafields loading with values
  • Create / Update:
    • Fields supported:
      • Draft order fields: Email, Note, Tags
      • Line items: Variant ID, Quantity
  • Delete

• Metafield Value:

  • Set:
    • Mass set metafield values for selected owner type (Product, Variant, Collection, Customer, Order, Draft Order)
    • Dynamic metafield definition picker
    • Value input changes automatically based on metafield type
  • Get / Get Many:
    • Get one metafield by Namespace + Key
    • Get many metafields from selected owner (with optional namespace filter)
  • Delete:
    • Delete one or many metafield values by selected definition

• Metafield Definition:

  • List / Get:
    • Browse definitions by owner type
    • Search and inspect existing definitions
  • Create / Update:
    • Fields supported:
      • Name, Namespace, Key, Type
      • Description
      • Validation rules
  • Delete:
    • Delete a definition
    • Optional delete of all associated metafield values

• Translation:

  • Get / Get Many:
    • Read translatable content (key, digest) and existing translations
    • Supports locale and optional market filtering
  • Register / Remove:
    • Create or update translations with translationsRegister
    • Delete translations by key + locale (+ optional market IDs)
  • Metafield workflow (important):
    • Use the metafield ID as resourceId (gid://shopify/Metafield/{id})
    • First run Translation → Get and copy digest from translatableContent
    • For metafields, use translation key = value
    • Register with the same key + digest; if original metafield value changes, fetch a new digest before next register

• Metaobjects:

  • Get / Get Many:
    • Get a single metaobject or a list by type
    • Supports pagination, search query and sorting
  • Create / Update:
    • Fields supported:
      • Type, Handle
      • Flexible key/value fields
      • Update option for handle redirect
  • Delete

• Files / Media:

  • Get Many:
    • Get store files and media assets
    • Filter by usage, media type, query, and sorting
  • Update:
    • Rename file (filename)
    • Update alt text
  • Delete:
    • Delete files by IDs
  • Delete Unused Images:
    • Find images with used_in:none
    • Dry Run mode for safe preview before deletion

🧠 Metafields without the pain

This node removes most of the manual complexity typically involved in Shopify metafield workflows:

• Dynamically loads available metafields based on context
• Allows selecting metafields directly in the UI
• Dedicated resource for Metafield Values
• Dedicated resource for Metafield Definitions
• Supports reference metafields and metaobject flows

👥 Who is this for?

• Marketing teams
• Operations & e-commerce teams
• n8n automation builders
• Anyone who is tired of manually fixing AI-generated GraphQL queries

📦 Installation (Community Nodes)

1. Open n8n
2. Go to Settings → Community Nodes
3. Click Install
4. Enter: n8n-nodes-shopify-custom
5. Confirm installation

The Shopify Custom node will appear in your node list.

🔑 Shopify Setup (Admin API Token)

To use the node, create a Shopify Custom App:

1. Shopify Admin → Apps → Develop apps
2. Create a new Custom App
3. Enable Admin API access scopes
4. Recommended scopes:

• read_products, write_products
• read_customers, write_customers
• read_orders, write_orders
• read_draft_orders, write_draft_orders
• read_metaobjects, write_metaobjects
• read_metaobject_definitions, write_metaobject_definitions
• read_translations, write_translations

Optional (historical orders):

• read_all_orders

5. Install the app
6. Copy the Admin API access token

⚙️ n8n Credentials Setup

Create credential Shopify Custom Admin API:

| Field | Value | |------|------| | Shop Subdomain | your-shop-name (without .myshopify.com) | | Admin API Version | default is fine | | Admin Access Token | token from Shopify |

After saving, the node is ready to use.

💡 Designed for real workflows

• One node for the full Shopify automation surface
• Clear resource-based structure
• Metafields and metaobjects handled directly in UI flows
• Perfect for AI agents and tool-based workflows (usableAsTool: true)

🗺️ Roadmap

• Pages support
• Blogs / Articles support
• Full trigger parity with the standard Shopify node

🧭 In short

n8n-nodes-shopify-custom helps you build Shopify automations in minutes instead of hours, without constantly writing and debugging GraphQL.

🤝 Need Custom Automation or Integration?

If this node doesn’t fully cover your use case — or you need something tailored specifically to your workflow, I’m open for custom work.

I can help with:

• Custom n8n nodes for your service

• Complex n8n automations

• NocoDB integrations (advanced relations, custom logic, performance tuning)

• API integrations (internal or external services)

• Workflow optimization & architecture consulting

Whether it’s a small tweak or a full-blown custom integration, feel free to reach out.

Email: [email protected] Telegram: https://t.me/xcharlesbronsonx