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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Shopify Products API

8 actions 8 updates phrasing extends openapi/shopify-products-api-openapi.yml
Generated by API Evangelist Written by API Evangelist tooling for Shopify's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Shopify publishes.
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$.info
$.paths['/products.json'].get
$.paths['/products.json'].post
$.paths['/products/count.json'].get
$.paths['/products/{product_id}.json'].get
$.paths['/products/{product_id}.json'].put
$.paths['/products/{product_id}.json'].delete
$.paths['/products/{handle}.js'].get

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# Generated by API Evangelist (build-phrasing.py). Our phrasing, not observed demand.
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Shopify Products API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/shopify-products-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-24'
      generator: build-phrasing.py
      label: Generated by API Evangelist
      operations: 7
- target: $.paths['/products.json'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List products in the store
      effect: read
      questions:
      - How do I list all the products from a particular vendor in my Shopify store?
      - Can I pull only draft or archived products, filtered by status?
      - What's the most products I can get back in one page, and how do I page past them?
      - Which products were updated after a certain date?
      instructions:
      - text: List products from vendor {vendor}.
        slots:
          vendor: query.vendor
      - text: Show up to {limit} products in collection {collection_id} with status {status}.
        slots:
          limit: query.limit
          collection_id: query.collection_id
          status: query.status
      - text: List products of type {product_type} created after {created_at_min}.
        slots:
          product_type: query.product_type
          created_at_min: query.created_at_min
      - text: Get the next page of products after ID {since_id}.
        slots:
          since_id: query.since_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-24'
- target: $.paths['/products.json'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Create a new product
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I add a new product to my catalog through the Admin API?
      - Can I include variants and images in the same request when creating a product?
      - What happens if I create a product without specifying any variants?
      instructions:
      - text: Create a new product from {product}.
        slots:
          product: requestBody.product
      - text: Add product {product} with its variants and images in one go.
        slots:
          product: requestBody.product
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-24'
- target: $.paths['/products/count.json'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Count products matching filters
      effect: read
      questions:
      - How many products do I have in the store in total?
      - Can I count just the products in one collection or from one vendor?
      - What number of products were added since the start of the month?
      instructions:
      - text: Count the products from vendor {vendor}.
        slots:
          vendor: query.vendor
      - text: Tell me how many products are in collection {collection_id}.
        slots:
          collection_id: query.collection_id
      - text: Count products of type {product_type} created since {created_at_min}.
        slots:
          product_type: query.product_type
          created_at_min: query.created_at_min
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-24'
- target: $.paths['/products/{product_id}.json'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get a product by ID
      effect: read
      questions:
      - How do I look up one product by its ID, with its variants, images and options?
      - Can I ask for only a few fields of a single product instead of the whole record?
      - Where can I see every variant and option for a specific product ID?
      instructions:
      - text: Get product {product_id}.
        slots:
          product_id: path.product_id
      - text: Show only {fields} for product {product_id}.
        slots:
          product_id: path.product_id
          fields: query.fields
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-24'
- target: $.paths['/products/{product_id}.json'].put
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Update an existing product
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I change the details of a product that's already in my store?
      - Can I update a product's variants and images in the same call as the product itself?
      - Is it possible to edit an existing product by its ID through the Admin API?
      instructions:
      - text: Update product {product_id} with {product}.
        slots:
          product_id: path.product_id
          product: requestBody.product
      - text: Apply changes {product} to the existing product {product_id}, including its variants.
        slots:
          product_id: path.product_id
          product: requestBody.product
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-24'
- target: $.paths['/products/{product_id}.json'].delete
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Delete a product
      effect: destructive
      questions:
      - How do I permanently delete a product from my store?
      - Does deleting a product also remove its variants and images?
      instructions:
      - text: Delete product {product_id}.
        slots:
          product_id: path.product_id
      - text: Remove product {product_id} along with all its variants and images.
        slots:
          product_id: path.product_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-24'
- target: $.paths['/products/{handle}.js'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Look up a storefront product by its handle
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I get a product's details from the storefront using just its URL handle?
      - What price and availability does a shopper see for a product, in their own currency?
      - Which call returns a product's variants and options when I only know its handle, not its ID?
      instructions:
      - text: Get the storefront product with handle {handle}.
        slots:
          handle: path.handle
      - text: Check pricing and availability for the product at handle {handle}.
        slots:
          handle: path.handle
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-24'

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