# Shopify Admin API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/shopify-admin/  
**Website:** https://shopify.dev/  
**APIs profiled:** 10

The Shopify Admin API provides programmatic access to manage Shopify store administration. It enables app developers and merchants to manage products, customers, orders, inventory, shipping, fulfillment, collections, webhooks, and store settings. The Admin API is available in both REST and GraphQL formats. Shopify is transitioning from REST to GraphQL as the primary API, with GraphQL recommended for all new development.

## Kin Score — 38.3 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 38.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 79.2 |
| Governance | 26.5 |
| Contract Governance | 26.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 33.9 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | documented |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | derived |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (10)

- **Shopify Admin GraphQL API** — The Shopify Admin GraphQL API is the recommended API for building Shopify apps and integrations. It provides access to all Shopify admin resources including products, customers,...
- **Shopify Webhooks** — Shopify webhooks allow apps to subscribe to specific events that occur in a store. When an event occurs, Shopify sends an HTTP POST request with a JSON payload to the configured...
- **Shopify Admin API Collections API** — The Collections API from Shopify Admin API — 2 operation(s) for collections.
- **Shopify Admin API Customers API** — The Customers API from Shopify Admin API — 2 operation(s) for customers.
- **Shopify Admin API Inventory API** — The Inventory API from Shopify Admin API — 2 operation(s) for inventory.
- **Shopify Admin API Locations API** — The Locations API from Shopify Admin API — 1 operation(s) for locations.
- **Shopify Admin API Orders API** — The Orders API from Shopify Admin API — 3 operation(s) for orders.
- **Shopify Admin API Products API** — The Products API from Shopify Admin API — 2 operation(s) for products.
- **Shopify Admin API Shop API** — The Shop API from Shopify Admin API — 1 operation(s) for shop.
- **Shopify Admin API Webhooks API** — The Webhooks API from Shopify Admin API — 2 operation(s) for webhooks.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Shopify Admin Agentic Access** — 22 operations · 9 acting

## Security (2)

- **Shopify Admin Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Shopify Admin Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Shopify Admin Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Commerce, E-Commerce, Admin, Product, Order, Customers

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/shopify-admin/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.