Update shop metafield

The Update shop metafield action adds a metafield to the shop that triggers the workflow, or updates an existing metafield on that shop.

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Fields

The Update shop metafield action contains the following fields.

Fields used in the Update shop metafield action.
FieldDescription
Metafield namespaceRequired. A metafield namespace is a container for a group of metafields. Grouping metafields within a namespace prevents your metafields from conflicting with other metafields.
KeyRequired. A key is an identifier for the metafield value.
ValueRequired. 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.
TypeThe data type of the metafield's value.

Triggers

The Update shop metafield action can be used in any workflow.

Example

Example of a workflow that adds a metafield to a shop when a collection is created

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.

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