Shopify Storefront API

The Shopify Storefront API is a GraphQL API that enables developers to build custom headless storefronts, purchasing flows, and commerce experiences using Shopify as a backend. The API provides programmatic access to products, collections, carts, checkout, customer accounts, and contextual pricing. It is designed for headless commerce architectures and powers the Shopify Hydrogen framework.

Shopify Storefront API publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: GraphQL API. Tagged areas include Commerce, Ecommerce, Headless, GraphQL, and Storefront.

The Shopify Storefront API catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Shopify Storefront API’s developer surface includes authentication and 4 more developer resources.

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43.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessPaidSelf serve

3 APIs

CommerceEcommerceHeadlessGraphQLStorefrontProductsCartCheckout

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 43.2/100 · developing

Contract Quality 18.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Shopify Storefront Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Company 1

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

aid: shopify-storefront
name: Shopify Storefront API
description: The Shopify Storefront API is a GraphQL API that enables developers to build custom headless storefronts, purchasing
  flows, and commerce experiences using Shopify as a backend. The API provides programmatic access to products, collections,
  carts, checkout, customer accounts, and contextual pricing. It is designed for headless commerce architectures and powers
  the Shopify Hydrogen framework.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/shopify-storefront.png
tags:
- Commerce
- Ecommerce
- Headless
- GraphQL
- Storefront
- Products
- Cart
- Checkout
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/shopify-storefront/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-02'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: shopify-storefront:shopify-hydrogen
  name: Shopify Hydrogen
  description: Hydrogen is Shopify's opinionated React-based framework for building headless storefronts powered by the Storefront
    API. Hydrogen provides components, hooks, and utilities optimized for commerce including streaming SSR, React Server Components,
    and built-in Shopify data fetching.
  humanURL: https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/headless/hydrogen
  tags:
  - Commerce
  - Headless
  - React
  - Framework
  - SSR
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/headless/hydrogen
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/headless/hydrogen/getting-started
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/Shopify/hydrogen
- aid: shopify-storefront:shopify-buy-sdk
  name: Shopify Buy SDK
  description: The Shopify JavaScript Buy SDK is a lightweight library that enables developers to integrate Shopify's storefront
    capabilities into any website or application. The SDK wraps the Storefront API and provides methods for fetching products,
    collections, and managing carts.
  humanURL: https://shopify.github.io/js-buy-sdk/
  tags:
  - Commerce
  - JavaScript
  - SDK
  - Cart
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shopify.github.io/js-buy-sdk/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/Shopify/js-buy-sdk
- aid: shopify-storefront:shopify-storefront-graphql-api
  name: Shopify Storefront API GraphQL API
  description: The GraphQL API from Shopify Storefront API — 1 operation(s) for graphql.
  humanURL: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront
  baseURL: https://{store_name}.myshopify.com/api/2024-10/graphql.json
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/shopify-storefront-graphql-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront
  - type: Reference
    url: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/headless/building-with-the-storefront-api/getting-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/headless/building-with-the-storefront-api/get-started-with-the-storefront-api
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/usage/rate-limits
  - type: Versioning
    url: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/usage/versioning
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/shopify-storefront-product-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/shopify-storefront-cart-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/shopify-storefront-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/shopify-storefront-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/shopify-storefront-vocabulary.yml
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/shopify-storefront-graphql.md
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/shopify-storefront-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/shopify-storefront-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/shopify-storefront-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shopify
- type: Integrations
  url: https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://shopify.dev/llms.txt
integrations:
- name: Docs page
- name: Scaffold an app
- name: Build an app
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Shopify Storefront API

Kin Score

APIs 3

Shopify Hydrogen

Shopify Buy SDK

Shopify Storefront API GraphQL API

Open Collections 1

Shopify Storefront API

GraphQL 1

Shopify Storefront API GraphQL API

Pricing Plans 1

Shopify Storefront Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Shopify Storefront Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Shopify Storefront Finops

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Shopify Storefront Context

Spectral Rules 2

Shopify Storefront API API Rules

Shopify Storefront API API Rules

JSON Schema 2

Shopify Storefront Cart

Shopify Storefront Product

JSON Structure 1

Shopify Storefront Cart Structure

Examples 2

Shopify Storefront Create Cart Example

Shopify Storefront Query Products Example

Security Posture 2

Shopify Storefront Authentication

Shopify Storefront Domain Security

Agentic Access 1

Shopify Storefront Agentic Access

Resources

Agent Surfaces 2

Access & Security 2

Company 1

Source (apis.yml)