Add shop metafield
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The Add shop metafield action adds a metafield to the shop that triggers the workflow, or updates an existing metafield on that shop.
Fields
The Add shop metafield action contains the following fields.
Field | Description |
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Metafield namespace | Required. A metafield namespace is a container for a group of metafields. Grouping metafields within a namespace prevents your metafields from conflicting with others. |
Key | Required. A key is an identifier for the metafield value. |
Value | Required. The value is the information to be stored in the metafield. The value is always stored as a string, regardless of the metafield's type. |
Type | The data type of the metafield's value. |
Triggers
The Add shop metafield action can be used in any workflow.
Example
In this example workflow, a metafield is added to a shop when a collection is created in that shop.
API details
To learn more, review the MetafieldInput input object.