Shopify GraphQL

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Extra information

System documentation: Shopify GraphQL API Reference

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Connector package documentation

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Table of Contents

• 1. Setting up HTTP Client Shopify GraphQL
  • 1.1 Steps
• 2. Subscribing using Shopify GraphQL
  • 2.1 Steps
  • 2.2 General concept
• 3. Publishing using Shopify GraphQL
  • 3.1 Steps
  • 3.2 General concept

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1. Setting up HTTP Client Shopify GraphQL

1.1 Steps

1. In the Alumio Dashboard, go to Clients -> HTTP Clients. Create a new HTTP Client.
2. Select Shopify GraphQL HTTP Client as PlatForm and click next step
3. Fill in the Base URL and X-Shopify Access Token. (See the Shopify GraphQL Documentation
4. You can optionally enable logging of request to get the log of the authentication.
5. Click next step, fill the name of the HTTP Client and finally you can save the HTTP Client for use.

Note : It is recommended to use Alumio Environment variables as the example above

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2. Subscribing using Shopify GraphQL

2.1 Steps

1. Go to Connections -> Incoming and create a new incoming configuration and select “Shopify GraphQL Subscriber” as the subscriber.
2. Select the Shopify GraphQL HTTP Client to use.
3. You can optionally change the logging behavior for the Subscriber.
4. Fill any data that you want to request to Shopify GraphQL in the request parameters.
5. You can optionally add a transformer to transform the request parameters into something you will request from Shopify GraphQL.
6. You can also optionally enable follow pagination to allow Alumio fetches paginated entities.

2.2 General Concept We follow Shopify GraphQL documentation on building this connector, so you can easily use the connector based on Shopify GraphQL API Reference. HTTP Client The HTTP Client configuration you will use to access Shopify GraphQL. As this Connector Package created Shopify GraphQL only accept POST method for the request. For example, we want to fetch 5 products data. We can use the queries GQL documentation that Shopify provided Then we directly fill in the query inside Alumio Request Parameter like Alumio will send an API request method POST to Shopify GraphQL with URL /admin/api/2026-01/graphql.json

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3. Publishing using Shopify GraphQL

3.1 Steps

1. Go to Connections -> Outgoing, create a new outgoing configuration and select “Shopify GraphQL Publisher” as the publisher.
2. Select the HTTP Client to use.
3. You can optionally change the logging behavior for the Publisher.
4. Fill any data that you want to send to Shopify GraphQL in the Request Paramaters.

3.2 General Concept Like the subscriber, the publisher has similar use case on how to use it. HTTP Client The HTTP Client configuration you will use to access Shopify GraphQL. As this Connector Package created Shopify GraphQL only accept POST method for the request. For example, we want to create a product data. We can refer to the mutation documentation that Shopify provided Then we directly fill in the mutation query inside Alumio Request Parameter like If the mutation query contain variables then we can fill them in the Variables section Please note that the Variables format are in JSON. Alumio will send an API request method POST to Shopify GraphQL with URL /admin/api/2026-01/graphql.json