Notifications variables reference
Notifications sent out from your store are rendered using Liquid. Liquid is Shopify's simple, easy-to-use programming language. It's the same programming language that themes from the Theme Store are built on.
To edit the notifications that are sent from your store, you can make basic customizations to your notification templates. To access the complete list of the notifications you can customize, go to the Notifications page in your Shopify admin.
For help with more advanced changes, or to make changes to custom notification templates, you can reach out to the community on our forums, or you can also hire a Shopify Partner to do your customizations for you. Learn more about hiring a Shopify Partner.
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Order properties
Many properties of an order are available directly using Liquid, in templates, and in additional scripts.
Property | Description |
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id |
A system wide unique ID of the order for internal use. Use the following example to generate a link to the order in the admin section of your shop. For example, in your New order template, you can add the following code: <a href="{{ shop.url }}/admin/orders/{{ id }}">View order</a> |
The email associated with the order. | |
name |
Typically this is a pound symbol followed by the Example: #1004 |
order_name | Same as name. |
order_number |
Shop unique number of the order, without the pound # prefix, or any prefix or suffix added to the order ID by the shop-owner in their shop preferences. Example: 1004 |
confirmation_number |
A randomly generated alphanumeric identifier for the order that might be shown to the customer instead of the sequential order name. This value isn't guaranteed to be unique. Example: XPAV284CT |
created_at |
The date and time the customer created the order. You can format this using the date filter. Example: 2009-05-30T17:43:51+02:00 |
payment_terms |
Payment terms specify the date that payment for an order is due to be paid. Learn how to add payment terms to order invoices. For more details, refer to the Liquid reference for payment_terms. |
destination | The destination where the items should be sent. |
tags | Returns an array of all of the order's tags. The tags are returned in alphabetical order. Please see our Liquid reference documentation for more details. |
transactions | Returns an array of transactions from the order. |
tax_price | The combined taxes of all the items in the order. |
tax_lines |
Taxes broken up by type of taxation:
|
tax_line.title |
The name of the tax. Examples: QST or VAT |
tax_line.price | The amount. |
tax_line.rate | The rate. It will return 0.175 if it's 17.5%. |
tax_line.rate_percentage | The tax rate in human readable form. It will return 17.5 if the rate is 0.175. |
customer | Customer object containing the attributes of the customer output. |
billing_address | The billing address. |
billing_address.first_name | First name of the customer. |
billing_address.last_name | Last name of the customer. |
billing_address.company | Company name for billing. |
billing_address.phone | Phone number from the billing address. |
shop.name | Name of your store. |
shop.phone | Your store's phone number. |
subtotal_price | Sum of the order's line-item prices after any line-item discount or cart discount has been deducted. The subtotal doesn't include taxes (unless taxes are included in the prices), shipping costs, or tips. |
discounts | A list of discounts. |
discounts_amount |
The amount of the discount applied by all discounts. Example: +$5.00 |
discounts_savings |
The amount of the savings caused by all discounts. Example: -$5.00 |
total_price |
Total of the order (subtotal + shipping cost - shipping discount + tax). |
financial_status | The current payment status. One of: nil, pending , authorized , paid , voided , refunded . |
requires_shipping | (boolean) Returns true if there is at least one item in the order that requires shipping. |
shipping_method.title |
The shipping rate name. In buyer-facing notifications, the shipping rate name is translated to the language the buyer checked out in, when the language is different from the default store language. Example: Standard Shipping |
shipping_method.price |
The shipping price including any shipping discount. Example: |
shipping_price |
The shipping price. Example: |
shipping_address | The shipping address. |
shipping_address.first_name | The first name for the shipping address. |
shipping_address.company | Company name for shipping address. |
shipping_address.phone | Phone number from the shipping address. |
line_items | List of all Line Items in the order. |
item_count | A sum of all the items' quantities. |
fulfillment_status | The current fulfillment status of the order. One of: unfulfilled , partial , fulfilled . |
note | The note which is attached to the order. The note can be obtained from the customer and/or edited in the order detail screen in your admin interface. |
attributes |
Any attributes which were attached to the order. Example: |
referring_site |
Contains the url of the referrer that brought the customer to your store. Example: |
landing_site |
Contains the path of the landing site the customer used. This is the first page that the customer saw when he/she reached the store. Example: |
landing_site_ref |
Looks at the landing site and extracts a reference parameter from it. Reference parameters can be: If the {% if landing_site_ref == 'my-tracking-token' %} My action... {% endif %} |
cancelled | (boolean) Returns true if the order has been canceled. |
cancelled_at | The time when the order was canceled. |
cancel_reason | The reason selected when canceling the order. One of: inventory , customer , declined , fraud , or other . |
has_high_risks?(deprecated) | Returns true if the order has high risk |
unique_gateways |
Returns a list of unique payment providers on an order. For example, if someone paid with a Visa, a Mastercard, and cash, the returned list would be |
location (POS only) |
Displays the physical location of the order. There are several location properties available, listed here. You can configure locations in the Locations area of the admin. |
order_status_url |
Returns the link to the order status page for this order. |
fulfilled_line_items(deprecated) | List of Line Items which have been fulfilled. |
unfulfilled_line_items(deprecated) | List of Line Items which haven't been fully fulfilled. |
b2b? |
Returns true if the order is a B2B order. Use the property with B2B variables to display relevant information, such as the company name, company location, and address in emails. For example, on B2B orders, you might add a header to a template with the following information:
|
company |
The company that you’re selling to on a B2B order. |
company.name | The name of the company on a B2B order. |
company.id | The ID of the company on a B2B order. |
company_location |
The location of the company on a B2B order. A company that buys from you can have more than one location. |
company_location.name | The name of the company location on a B2B order. |
company_location.id | The ID number of the company location on a B2B order. |
company_location.shipping_address |
The shipping addressof the company location on a B2B order. |
company_location.billing_address |
The billing addressof the company location on a B2B order. |
customer_order_url |
The new order details page of an order a customer requested a return for using new customer accounts. |
Draft order properties
Property | Description |
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id | A unique ID of the draft order for internal use. |
invoice_url | A link the customer can follow to pay for the invoice using Shopify's secure checkout. |
reserve_inventory_until |
The date and time the line items in the draft are reserved until, for example, You can format dates using the Liquid date filter. |
user | The last staff who modified the draft order. |
user.name | The name of the last staff who modified the draft order. |
user.email | The email address of the last staff who modified the draft order. |
The email address associated with the draft order. | |
name | The unique number of the draft order, prefixed by a number sign # . |
number | The unique number of the draft order without the order prefix or suffix. |
created_at |
The date and time the customer created the draft order, for example, You can format dates using the Liquid date filter. |
tags | Returns an array of all of the order's tags. The tags are returned in alphabetical order. Please see our Liquid reference documentation for more details. |
tax_price | The combined taxes of all the items in the draft order. |
tax_lines |
Taxes broken up by type of tax: {% for tax_line in tax_lines %} {{ tax_line.title }} ({{ tax_line.rate_percentage }}%) : {{ tax_line.price | money_with_currency }} {% endfor %} |
tax_line.title |
The name of the tax. Examples: QST or VAT |
tax_line.price | The tax amount. |
tax_line.rate | The tax rate in decimal form. For example, a tax rate of 17.5% will return 0.175 . |
tax_line.rate_percentage | The tax rate in percentage form. For example, a rate of 0.175 will return 17.5 . |
customer | Customer object containing the attributes of the customer output. |
billing_address | The billing address for the draft order. |
billing_address.first_name | The customer's first name. |
billing_address.last_name | The customer's last name. |
billing_address.company | The company name in the billing address. |
billing_address.phone | The phone number in the billing address. |
shop.name | The name of your store. |
shop.phone | Your store's phone number. |
subtotal_price | Sum of the draft order's line-item prices after any line-item discount or cart discount has been deducted. The subtotal doesn't include taxes (unless taxes are included in the prices) or shipping costs. |
discounts | A list of discounts. |
discounts_amount |
Amount of the discount applied by all discounts. Example: +$5.00 |
discounts_savings |
Amount of the savings caused by all discounts. Example: -$5.00 |
total_price | The total price of the order (subtotal + shipping cost - shipping discount + tax). |
requires_shipping | Returns true if there is at least one item in the draft order that requires shipping. Returns false if no items in the draft order require shipping. |
shipping_method.title |
The Shipping rate name. Example: Standard Shipping |
shipping_method.price | The price of the shipping method. Returns the same information as shipping_price . |
shipping_price |
The shipping price. You can format this amount using Liquid money filters. |
shipping_address |
The shipping address. Note: Unlike in regular orders, a draft order's shipping address might be incomplete. |
shipping_address.first_name | The first name for the shipping address. |
shipping_address.company | The company name in the shipping address. |
shipping_address.phone | The phone number in the shipping address. |
line_items | A list of all line items in the draft order. |
item_count | A sum of all the item quantities in the draft order. |
note | The note attached to the draft order. The note can be obtained from the customer and also edited in the draft order detail screen in your Shopify admin. |
location |
The physical location of the order. There are several location properties available. You can configure locations in the Locations page of your Shopify admin. |
b2b? |
Returns true if the order is a B2B order. Use the property with B2B variables to display relevant information, such as the company name, company location, and address in emails. For example, on B2B orders, you might add a header to a template with the following information:
|
company | The company that you’re selling to on a B2B order. |
company.name | The name of the company on a B2B order. |
company.id | The ID of the company on a B2B order. |
company_location | The location of the company on a B2B order. A company that buys from you can have more than one location. |
company_location.name | The name of the company location on a B2B order. |
company_location.id | The ID number of the company location on a B2B order. |
company_location.shipping_address | The shipping addressof the company location on a B2B order. |
company_location.billing_address | The billing addressof the company location on a B2B order. |
Payment schedule properties
Property | Description |
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payment_schedule.amount_due |
The amount to be paid for a payment schedule. You can format amounts with currencies using the Liquid money filter. |
payment_schedule.due_at |
The due date for the payment schedule. You can format dates using the Liquid date filter. |
payment_schedule.due_in_days |
The number of days until the due date if the payment schedule is still due (unpaid). |
payment_schedule.due_later? |
Returns true if a payment schedule hasn't been paid and its due date is in the future. |
payment_schedule.number_of_days_overdue? |
The number of days since the due date when a payment schedule is overdue. |
payment_schedule.overdue? |
Returns true if a payment schedule hasn't been paid and it's past its due date. |
Payment status properties
Property | Description |
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has_pending_payment |
(boolean) Returns true if the order has a transaction with a pending payment. Learn more about pending payments. |
buyer_action_required |
(boolean) Returns true if an order has a transaction with a pending payment, and a buyer action is required to unblock the payment. When this value returns true and the payment method supports payment instructions, the Learn more about the Liquid transaction object. |
Line item properties
Each line
in the list of line_items
or subtotal_line_items
has the following properties.
Property | Description |
---|---|
line.applied_discounts(POS and draft orders only) | List of discounts applied to this item (each discount has the title , code , amount , savings and type properties). |
line.bundle_components(Draft orders only) | List of line items that are bundle components of this item. Only returns a list if this line item is a bundle product. |
line.bundle_parent?(Draft orders only) | (boolean) Returns true if the line item is a bundle product. |
line.custom(Draft orders only) | (boolean) Returns true if the item is a custom line item for a draft order. |
line.delivery_agreement | The Delivery Agreement associated with this line item. |
line.grams | Weight of a single item. |
line.image | Returns the URL of the image associated with this line item. You can also use the img_url filter to get specific image sizes, for example {{ line.image | img_url: 'small' }}
|
line.line_price | The price multiplied by the quantity for that item. |
line.original_line_price | The combined price of the quantity of items included in the line, before discounts were applied. |
line.final_line_price | The combined price of all the items in the line item, including all line level discount amounts. |
line.price | The price for a single item. |
line.product.metafields |
The Metafields at the product level. Use the following syntax: line.product.metafields.NAMESPACE.KEY |
line.product.title | The current name of the product. |
line.product.vendor | The vendor for the item. |
line.properties | Returns an array of custom information for an item. Line item properties are specified by the customer on the product page, before adding a product to the cart. |
line.quantity | Quantity for that item. |
line.current_quantity | The item's current quantity after removals. |
line.requires_shipping | (boolean) Returns true if the variant for the item has the checkbox This is a physical product checked on the product page. |
line.selling_plan_allocation | Returns a selling_plan_allocation object, which describes how a selling plan such as a subscription impacts the line item. |
line.taxable | (boolean) Returns true if the variant for the item has the checkbox 'Charge taxes on this product' checked on the product page. |
line.title |
The name of the product at the time of sale, followed by a dash and the name of the variant at the time of sale. The variant name isn't included when it's a “Default Title”. In buyer-facing notifications, the product name and variant name is translated to the language the buyer checked out in, when the language is different from the default store language. |
line.url | The relative URL of the line item's variant. The relative URL doesn't include your store's root URL (mystore.myshopify.com ). |
line.variant.barcode | The barcode associated with the product variant. |
line.variant.compare_at_price | The compare-at price associated with the product variant. |
line.variant.image | The image for the product variant. Only returns an image if there is a specific image assigned to the variant in the line item. |
line.variant.metafields |
The Metafields at the variant level. Use the following syntax: line.variant.metafields.NAMESPACE.KEY |
line.variant.sku | The SKU associated with the product variant. |
line.variant.title |
The current names of the variant's option values, joined by Example: small / red |
line.refunded.quantity(within refund notifications) |
The quantity of an item to be refunded. You can use this property to add an identifier to refunded items in an order. For example: |
Refunds properties
Property | Description |
---|---|
amount | The amount of money refunded. |
refund_line_items | A list of refund line items to be refunded. |
Refund_line_item properties
Each refund_line
in the list of refund_line_items
has the following properties:
Property | Description |
---|---|
refund_line.line_item | The line_item that is being refunded. This has access to all the line_item’s properties. |
refund_line.quantity | The quantity of the line item to be refunded. |
Fulfillment properties
Property | Description |
---|---|
service_name | The name of the custom service as defined in the Settings > Shipping page. (Fulfillment request only) |
fulfillment.estimated_delivery_at | An estimated delivery date based on the tracking number (if available) provided by one of the following carriers: USPS, FedEx, UPS, Canada Post (Canada only). This property is only available when carrier-calculated rates are in use. |
fulfillment.fulfillment_line_items | A list of fulfillment line items to be fulfilled. |
fulfillment.item_count | A sum of all the items' quantities. The total number of items being fulfilled. |
fulfillment.requires_shipping | (boolean) Returns true if this fulfillment request requires shipping. |
fulfillment.tracking_company | The company doing the tracking. |
fulfillment.tracking_numbers | A list of tracking numbers. |
fulfillment.tracking_urls | A list of tracking URLs. |
items_to_fulfill(deprecated) | A list of line items that are to be fulfilled by this particular custom fulfillment service. (Fulfillment request only) |
items_to_fulfill_count(deprecated) | The total number of items to be fulfilled by this request. (Fulfillment request only) |
Fulfillment_line_item properties
Each fulfillment_line
in the list of fulfillment_line_items
has the following properties.
Property | Description |
---|---|
fulfillment_line.line_item | The line_item being fulfilled. This has access to all the line_item's properties. |
fulfillment_line.quantity | The quantity of the line item that is being fulfilled. |
Prepared package properties
A prepared package includes the items marked as ready for pickup.
Property | Description |
---|---|
item_count | A sum of all the item quantities in the prepared package. |
prepared_package_line_items | A list of prepared package line items. |
Prepared_package_line_item properties
Each prepared_package_line_item
in the list of prepared_package_line_items
has the following properties.
Property | Description |
---|---|
line_item | The associated line_item. This has access to all the line_item's properties. |
quantity | The quantity of the line item that has been marked as ready for pickup. |
Delivery properties
Property | Description |
---|---|
delivery_agreements | List of all Delivery Agreements for the order. |
delivery_instructions | Local delivery information to share with the customer. This information is controlled by the Delivery information field in your local delivery settings. |
consolidated_estimated_delivery_time | Order delivery dates information to share with the customer. This information is controlled by the Processing time setting that you set up in your Shipping and delivery page. When the order has multiple delivery methods, a list of delivery methods and dates is displayed. |
has_multiple_delivery_methods | (boolean) Returns true if the order has multiple delivery methods. |
Delivery Agreement properties
Property | Description |
---|---|
delivery_agreement.delivery_method_type | The delivery method type. |
delivery_agreement.delivery_method_name | The delivery method type translated to the language the buyer checked out in, when the language is different from the default store language. |
delivery_agreement.line_items | List of all Line Items associated with this delivery agreement. |
Discount properties
There are two types of discount properties.
discount_applications
describe why and how an item was discounted.
discount_allocations
describe how a particular discount affects a line item and how it reduces the price. You should use this property at the line item level.
You can combine these properties to display discount information at the line item or order level.
Example
This example checks if a discount has been applied to the line item. If the discount wasn't applied at the order level (all
), then the discount name and amount are displayed.
{% if line.discount_allocations %}
{% for discount_allocation in line.discount_allocations %}
{% if discount_allocation.discount_application.target_selection != 'all' %}
{{ discount_allocation.discount_application.title | upcase }}
(-{{ discount_allocation.amount | money }})
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
The result might look like this:
SPRING5 (-$5.00)
Discount_allocation properties
Each discount_allocation
in the list of discount_allocations
has the following properties.
Property | Description |
---|---|
discount_allocation.amount | The amount of money saved by the customer on a line item. Must be entered in a loop if you want to allow multiple discount codes. |
discount_allocation.discount_application | The discount application that allocates the amount on the line item. |
Discount_application properties
Each discount_application
in the list of discount_applications
has the following properties.
Property | Description |
---|---|
discount_application.target_selection |
Describes how a discount selects line items in the cart to be discounted. One of:
|
discount_application.target_type | The type of item that a discount applies to (line_item or shipping_line ). |
discount_application.title |
The customer-facing name of the discount. Examples: Welcome10 or CBBWQQAKYBYY |
discount_application.total_allocated_amount | The total amount that the price of an order is reduced by the discount. |
discount_application.type | The type of the discount. One of: automatic , discount_code , manual , or script . |
discount_application.value | The value of the discount. |
discount_application.value_type | The value type of the discount. One of: fixed_amount or percentage . |
Subscription properties
Details of a subscription contract, the current billing cycle, and its line items, delivery method, and payment method are available for all subscription email templates.
To edit subscription notification templates, install the Shopify Subscriptions app, and then find the template under Settings > Notifications under the Subscriptions section.
Subscription contract billing cycle properties
To access the properties of the subscription contract and its billing cycle, use the subscription_contract_billing_cycle
object.
Example
{% assign contract = subscription_contract_billing_cycle %}
This contract is currently {{ contract.status }}.
Result:
This contract is currently paused.
Properties
Property | Description |
---|---|
status |
The status of the contract. One of active , paused , cancelled , failed , expired , stale ,
|
delivery_method |
The delivery method of the subscription. If the subscription is for a service or digital product, then nilis returned. |
billing_frequency | How often the subscription is billed. |
delivery_frequency | How often the subscription is delivered. |
origin_order |
The original order that first created the subscription. If the subscription wasn't created from a Shopify order, then nil is returned.
|
customer | The subscription customer. |
line_items | The line items in the subscription billing cycle. |
product_names | A list of the names of the products included in the subscription billing cycle. |
update_payment_method_url | The URL the customer can use to update the payment method for this contract. |
shipping_address |
The shipping address of the subscription. If the subscription is for a service or digital product, then nil is returned.
|
billing_address | The billing address of the subscription. |
subtotal_price | The subtotal price of the subscription line items. |
shipping_price | The shipping price of the subscription. |
total_tax | The total tax of the subscription. |
total_price | The total price of the subscription. |
total_discounts | The total discounts of the subscription. |
customer_self_serve_url | The self-serve URL the customer can use to manage their subscriptions. |
billing_attempt_expected_date | The billing date for this billing cycle. |
next_billing_date | The next un-skipped billing date after this billing cycle. |
last_attempted_billing_date | The last attempted billing date for the billing cycle. |
days_overdue | The number of days billing is overdue for this billing cycle. |
payment_instrument | The payment instrument associated with the subscription contract. This payment instrument is used to bill the customer. |
Subscription contract line Item properties
The properties for each line item included in the billing cycle. Access the contract line item properties through the parent subscription_contract_billing_cycle.line_items
property.
Example
{% for line_item in subscription_contract_billing_cycle.line_items %}
{{ line_item.url }}
{% endfor %}
Property | Description |
---|---|
url | The URL to the product details page for the line item product variant. |
requires_shipping | Whether the line item requires physical shipping. |
unit_price_measurement | The line item unit price measurement. |
selling_plan_allocation | The line item selling plan allocation. |
Subscription contract delivery method properties
The properties for the delivery method being used in this billing cycle. Access the delivery method properties through the parent subscription_contract_billing_cycle.delivery_method
property.
Example
{% if subscription_contract_billing_cycle.delivery_method != blank %}
Delivery method: {{ subscription_contract_billing_cycle.delivery_method.title }}
{% endif %}
Property | Description |
---|---|
title | The title of the shipping option associated with the delivery method. |
type |
The delivery method type. One of shipping , local , or pick-up .
|
Subscription contract payment instrument properties
Details about the payment instrument for the subscription contract. This payment instrument is used to bill the customer. Access payment instrument properties through the parent subscription_contract_billing_cycle.payment_instrument
property.
Example
{% assign instrument = subscription_contract_billing_cycle.payment_instrument %}
<img src="{{ instrument.payment_type | payment_type_img_url }} " alt="{{ instrument.credit_card_company }}" />
{{ instrument.credit_card_company }} ending with {{ instrument.credit_card_last_four_digits }}
Property | Description |
---|---|
payment_type |
The type of payment method represented by the payment instrument. Use payment filters to output an image URL or SVG. |
credit_card_brand | The brand of the credit card. |
credit_card_company | The name of the credit card company. |
credit_card_last_four_digits | The last 4 digits of the credit card. |
Email notification properties
Property | Description |
---|---|
shop.email_logo_url | The url for the logo specified in the Customize email templates section of the admin. |
shop.email_logo_width | The logo width (pixels) specified in the Customize email templates section of the admin. |
shop.email_accent_color | The HEX code for the accent color specified in the Customize email templates section of the admin. |