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.

Fields

The Update shop metafield action contains the following fields.

Fields used in the Update shop metafield action.
Field Description
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 other metafields.
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 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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