REST Admin API reference

Anchor to Client librariesClient libraries

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cURL

Use the curl utility to make API queries directly from the command line.

Remix

The official package for Remix applications, with full TypeScript support.

Node.js

The official client library for Node.js applications, with full TypeScript support. It has no framework dependencies, so it can be used by any Node.js app.

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The official client library for Ruby apps.

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Anchor to AuthenticationAuthentication

All REST Admin API queries require a valid Shopify access token.

Public and custom apps created in the Partner Dashboard generate tokens using OAuth, and custom apps made in the Shopify admin are authenticated in the Shopify admin. To simplify the authentication process, use one of the recommended Shopify client libraries.

Include your token as a X-Shopify-Access-Token header on all API queries. Using Shopify’s supported client libraries can simplify this process.

To keep the platform secure, apps need to request specific access scopes during the install process. Only request as much data access as your app needs to work.

Learn more about getting started with authentication and building apps.

curl -X GET \ https://{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-07/shop.json \

-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \

-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {password}'

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = admin.rest.get({path: 'shop'});

const client = new shopify.clients.Rest({session});

const response = client.get({path: 'shop'});

session = ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session.new(

shop: 'your-development-store.myshopify.com',

access_token: access_token,

)

ShopifyAPI::Context.setup(

api_key: 'client_id',

api_secret_key: 'client_secret',

api_version: 'api_version', # Example: '2025-07'

scope: 'read_products',

is_private: false, # Set to true if you are using a private app

is_embedded: true # Set to true if you are using an embedded app

)

ShopifyAPI::Context.activate_session(session)

client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Rest::Admin.new(

session: session

)

response = client.get(path: 'shop')

curl -X GET \ https://{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-07/shop.json \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {password}'

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);
const response = admin.rest.get({path: 'shop'});

const client = new shopify.clients.Rest({session});
const response = client.get({path: 'shop'});

session = ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session.new(
  shop: 'your-development-store.myshopify.com',
  access_token: access_token,
)

ShopifyAPI::Context.setup(
  api_key: 'client_id',
  api_secret_key: 'client_secret',
  api_version: 'api_version', # Example: '2025-07'
  scope: 'read_products',
  is_private: false, # Set to true if you are using a private app
  is_embedded: true # Set to true if you are using an embedded app
)

ShopifyAPI::Context.activate_session(session)

client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Rest::Admin.new(
  session: session
)
response = client.get(path: 'shop')

Anchor to Endpoints and requestsEndpoints and requests

Admin REST API endpoints are organized by resource type. You’ll need to use different endpoints depending on your app’s requirements.

All Admin REST API endpoints follow this pattern:

https://{store_name}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-07/{resource}.json

POST

Example POST request

Create a new product.

This example illustrates how to create a new product using the Product resource and the /admin/api/2025-07/products.json endpoint. Replace {store_name} with your store’s domain and {access_token} with the access token you generated in the Authentication section.

GET

Example GET request

Retrieve a single product.

This example illustrates how to retrieve information for a single product using the Product resource and the admin/api/2025-07/products/{product_id}.json endpoint. Replace {store_name} with your store’s domain and {access_token} with the access token you generated in the Authentication section.

PUT

Example PUT request

Update a product.

This example illustrates how to update a product using the Product resource and the admin/api/2025-07/products/{product_id}.json endpoint. Replace {store_name} with your store’s domain and {access_token} with the access token you generated in the Authentication section.

DEL

Example DELETE request

Delete a product.

This example illustrates how to delete a product using the Product resource and the admin/api/2025-07/products/{product_id}.json endpoint. Replace {store_name} with your store’s domain and {access_token} with the access token you generated in the Authentication section.

POST

/admin/api/2025-07/products.json

# Create a new product record

curl -X POST \

https://{store_name}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-07/products.json \

-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \

-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \

-d '

{

"product": {

"title": "Hiking backpack"

}

'

const body = {

product: {

title: "Hiking backpack"

}

};

// `session` is built as part of the OAuth process

const client = new shopify.clients.Rest({session});

await client.post({

path: 'products',

data: body,

type: DataType.JSON,

});

body = {

product: {

title: "Hiking backpack"

}

# `session` is built as part of the OAuth process

client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Rest::Admin.new(

session: session

)

response = client.post(

path: "products",

body: body

)

# Create a new product record
curl -X POST \
  https://{store_name}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-07/products.json \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
  -d '
  {
    "product": {
      "title": "Hiking backpack"
    }
  }
  '

const body = {
  product: {
    title: "Hiking backpack"
  }
};
// `session` is built as part of the OAuth process
const client = new shopify.clients.Rest({session});
await client.post({
  path: 'products',
  data: body,
  type: DataType.JSON,
});

body = {
  product: {
    title: "Hiking backpack"
  }
}
# `session` is built as part of the OAuth process
client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Rest::Admin.new(
  session: session
)
response = client.post(
  path: "products",
  body: body
)

{} Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{

"product": {

"id": 11235813213455,

"title": "Hiking backpack",

"body_html": null,

"vendor": "",

"product_type": "",

"created_at": "<NOW>",

"handle": "hiking-backpack",

"updated_at": "<NOW>",

"published_at": "<NOW>",

"template_suffix": null,

"status": "active",

"published_scope": "web",

"tags": "",

"admin_graphql_api_id": "gid://shopify/Product/11235813213455",

"variants": [

{

"id": 16180339887498,

"product_id": 11235813213455,

"title": "Default Title",

"price": "0.00",

"sku": "",

"position": 1,

"inventory_policy": "deny",

"compare_at_price": null,

"fulfillment_service": "manual",

"inventory_management": null,

"option1": "Default Title",

"option2": null,

"option3": null,

"created_at": "<NOW>",

"updated_at": "<NOW>",

"taxable": true,

"barcode": null,

"grams": 0,

"image_id": null,

"weight": 0,

"weight_unit": "kg",

"inventory_item_id": 2233311419,

"inventory_quantity": 0,

"old_inventory_quantity": 0,

"requires_shipping": true,

"admin_graphql_api_id": "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/16180339887498"

}

],

"options": [

{

"id": 46910141521222530,

"product_id": 11235813213455,

"name": "Title",

"position": 1,

"values": [

"Default Title"

]

}

],

"images": [],

"image": null

}

The Admin API is versioned, with new releases four times per year. To keep your app stable, make sure you specify a supported version in the URL. Learn more about API versioning.

All REST endpoints support cursor-based pagination. All requests produce HTTP response status codes.

Learn more about API usage.

Anchor to Rate limitsRate limits

The REST Admin API supports a limit of 40 requests per app per store per minute. This allotment replenishes at a rate of 2 requests per second. The rate limit is increased by a factor of 10 for Shopify Plus stores.

Anchor to Usage limitationsUsage limitations

REST Admin API supports a limit of 40 requests per app per store per minute.

Past the limit, the API will return a 429 Too Many Requests error.

All REST API responses include the X-Shopify-Shop-Api-Call-Limit header, which shows how many requests the client has made, and the total number allowed per minute.

A 429 response will also include a Retry-After header with the number of seconds to wait until retrying your query.

Learn more about rate limits.

{} Header

X-Shopify-Shop-Api-Call-Limit: 40/40

Retry-After: 2.0

{} Response

HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests

{

"customers": [

{

"id": 207119551,

"email": "bob.norman@hostmail.com",

"accepts_marketing": false,

"created_at": "2021-02-12T13:48:32-05:00",

"updated_at": "2021-02-12T13:48:32-05:00",

"first_name": "Bob",

"last_name": "Norman",

"orders_count": 1,

"state": "disabled",

"total_spent": "199.65",

"last_order_id": 450789469,

"note": null,

"verified_email": true,

"multipass_identifier": null,

"tax_exempt": false,

"phone": "+16136120707",

"tags": "",

"last_order_name": "#1001",

"currency": "USD",

"addresses": [

{

"id": 207119551,

"customer_id": 207119551,

"first_name": null,

"last_name": null,

"company": null,

"address1": "Chestnut Street 92",

"address2": "",

"city": "Louisville",

"province": "Kentucky",

"country": "United States",

"zip": "40202",

"phone": "+1(800)-555-2181",

"name": "",

"province_code": "KY",

"country_code": "US",

"country_name": "United States",

"default": true

}

],

},

],

"accepts_marketing_updated_at": "2005-06-12T11:57:11-04:00",

"marketing_opt_in_level": null,

"tax_exemptions": [],

"admin_graphql_api_id": "gid://shopify/Customer/207119551",

"default_address": {

"id": 207119551,

"customer_id": 207119551,

"first_name": null,

"last_name": null,

"company": null,

"address1": "Chestnut Street 92",

"address2": "",

"city": "Louisville",

"province": "Kentucky",

"country": "United States",

"zip": "40202",

"phone": "+1(800)-555-2181",

"name": "",

"province_code": "KY",

"country_code": "US",

"country_name": "United States",

"default": true

}

Anchor to Status and error codesStatus and error codes

All API queries return HTTP status codes that can tell you more about the response.

Anchor to [object Object]401 Unauthorized

The client doesn’t have correct authentication credentials.

Anchor to [object Object]402 Payment Required

The shop is frozen. The shop owner will need to pay the outstanding balance to unfreeze the shop.

Anchor to [object Object]403 Forbidden

The server is refusing to respond. This is typically caused by incorrect access scopes.

Anchor to [object Object]404 Not Found

The requested resource was not found but could be available again in the future.

Anchor to [object Object]422 Unprocessable Entity

The request body contains semantic errors. This is typically caused by incorrect formatting, omitting required fields, or logical errors such as initiating a checkout for an out-of-stock product.

Anchor to [object Object]429 Too Many Requests

The client has exceeded the rate limit.

Anchor to [object Object]5xx Errors

An internal error occurred in Shopify. Check out the Shopify status page for more information.

Didn’t find the status code you’re looking for?

View the complete list of API status response and error codes.

{} Sample error codes

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

{

"errors": "[API] Invalid API key or access token (unrecognized login or wrong password)"

}

HTTP/1.1 402 Payment Required

{

"errors": "This shop's plan does not have access to this feature"

}

HTTP/1.1 403 Access Denied

{

"errors": "User does not have access"

}}

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

{

"errors": "Not Found"

}

HTTP/1.1 422 Unprocessable Entity

{

"errors": [

"The fulfillment order is not in an open state."

]

}

HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests

{

"errors": "Exceeded 2 calls per second for api client. Reduce request rates to resume uninterrupted service."

}

HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error

{

"errors": "An unexpected error occurred"

}

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
{
  "errors": "[API] Invalid API key or access token (unrecognized login or wrong password)"
}

HTTP/1.1 402 Payment Required
{
  "errors": "This shop's plan does not have access to this feature"
}

HTTP/1.1 403 Access Denied
{
  "errors": "User does not have access"
}}

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
{
  "errors": "Not Found"
}

HTTP/1.1 422 Unprocessable Entity
{
  "errors": [
    "The fulfillment order is not in an open state."
  ]
}

HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
{
  "errors": "Exceeded 2 calls per second for api client. Reduce request rates to resume uninterrupted service."
}

HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
{
  "errors": "An unexpected error occurred"
}