Developer changelog

Fulfillment payloads on the order creation endpoint have been updated to require a location ID (a unique identifier of the location where the fulfillment should be processed). This means that if an app includes a fulfillment payload during order creation, then that payload must include a location_id.

We're updating the JS Buy SDK so that it matches the new Storefront API schema.

In 2018, HTTP is a thing of the past, and over ~95% of you agree. We're looking to reach 100% HTTPS by 2019. Therefore we're going to start the deprecation of non-HTTPS webhooks completely.

As part of our efforts to improve the quality of the Storefront API, we've moved some nested fields out of the Shop object and onto the QueryRoot.

Currently, when a merchant declines an app charge after being prompted to confirm it, they are redirected to the confirmation_url provided by the app developer. As of Monday, December 3, 2018, Shopify will be handling all redirects whenever an app charge is declined.

Over the last few months, we’ve been hard at work improving the Storefront API to enable you to build custom storefronts on Shopify’s platform. The following changes are all available in the Storefront API, and we are continuously updating the JS Buy SDK and Mobile Buy SDKs to include these new changes.

With the latest update, you can call setDiscount as an Edit Cart action with a discount code that was created in on the Discounts page in the Shopify admin.

Product cost lets merchants record the unit cost of their variants, track margin, and report on product performance within Shopify. This feature will roll out to all stores over the next few days.

We're adding validation for line item quantities, which prevents the creation of line items with a quantity of 0. This means that orders created via the Order resource must have a line item quantity greater than or equal to 1.

When you create a new product variant, there are two new default values applied to the inventory_quantity and inventory_management properties.

You can now create a metafield with a value type of json_string, which allows you to store structured data and access it using Liquid. When retrieving the value of a json_string type Metafield, the data is deserialized to an iterable hash or array.

We've shipped a change that removes inventory validation from the checkoutCreate mutation in the Storefront API. This is part of our effort to remove the risk of bots and crawlers getting access to inventory information on stores.

We've started removing all HTTP proxies on the platform. You should transition your app to create HTTPS proxies instead.

Currently, Admin API requests to locked stores return a 420 status code. As of Thursday, August 30th, this response will change to 423. We're pushing this change to reduce ambiguity around the 420 response code and make sure our responses are as accurate as possible.

On July 19, 2018, Shopify will be releasing v2.5 POS Android and v4.8 POS iOS, which means that all merchants will be able to view your POS apps on their iOS and Android phones and tablets. Make sure to test the design and functionality of your POS apps on iOS and Android phones and tablets prior to the public release of v2.5 POS Android and v4.8 POS iOS.

To help you better identify multiple fulfillments for a single order, responses from the Fulfillment resource endpoint will now include a name property.

If you missed it at Unite this year, we've exposed line-level discount information on the Order API through a new discount_applications property. You can use this property to account more accurately for when discounts are added to orders.

We've changed the error messages returned in REST responses to include the attribute name, which matches what we currently return in GraphQL.

Partners with POS Android v2.4.8 and POS iOS v4.6 can now beta test their POS apps on Shopify development stores.

Shopify Plus Partners can now create Shopify Plus sandbox stores. Sandbox stores includes most of the features that are available on the Shopify Plus plan so you can learn how to build on Shopify Plus and create demos for prospective merchants.

We're introducing a new prerequisite_quantity_range property on PriceRule! You can use this to let merchants selll products with discounts that require a minimum quantity of items.

On March 1, 2018, Shopify will prevent cancellations of fulfilled or partially-fulfilled orders. Post-fulfillment order cancellations are rare and can lead to confusing fulfillment states and discrepancies in reporting. Thus, attempting to cancel a fulfilled or partially fulfilled order using the cancel endpoint of the Order resource will return an error.

The PriceRule resource now includes the prerequisite_customer_ids property, which can be used to create discounts for specific customers. See the PriceRule reference documentation for more details on how to use it.