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.
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 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](https://cdn.shopify.com/shopifycloud/help/assets/manual/apps/flow/flowv2/update-shop-metafield-af16697ec8e9cd2333c7bc691d400c459d3e0b2d04e789e81921a9c795aafa1f.png)
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.