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 3 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Graph QL API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Commerce, E-Commerce, 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 8 more developer resources.

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AccessPaid

1 published contract

Commerce E-Commerce Headless GraphQL Storefront Product Cart Checkout

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Composite quality — 36.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 11.3 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 7.1 / 15

Access Clarity 1.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 2.1 / 10

Contract Governance 2.5 / 9

Discoverability 4.8 / 8

Regulatory Posture 1.5 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship Ask about this →
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Access Clarity scores 6.4 — up to +18.7 composite points Ask about this →
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Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

GraphQL

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 3

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

Shopify Hydrogen

Hydrogen is Shopify's opinionated React-based framework for building headless storefronts powered by the Storefront API. Hydrogen provides components, hooks, and utilities optim...

Shopify Buy SDK

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...

Shopify Storefront API Graph QL API

The Graph QL API from Shopify Storefront API — 1 operation(s) for graph ql.

Open Collections 2

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Shopify Storefront GraphQL API

OPEN COLLECTION

Shopify Storefront API

OPEN COLLECTION

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Shopify Storefront API GraphQL API

The Shopify Storefront API is a GraphQL API for building headless commerce experiences. It provides access to products, collections, cart, checkout, customer accounts, and conte...

GRAPHQL

Shopify Storefront API pricing

Not yet checked against Shopify Storefront API's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-05 from www.shopify.com/pricing; confirm before you rely on a figure.

Plan	Price
Basic subscription	—
Grow subscription	—
Advanced subscription	—
Plus subscription	—
Enterprise enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Storefront API requests: no published rate limit requests
Checkout creation throttle: see docs checkouts per minute
Security rejection: see docs requests

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Shopify Storefront API's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Shopify Storefront API Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Shopify Storefront API Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Shopify Storefront API Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Shopify Storefront Context

43 classes · 1 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

Shopify Storefront API — jsonschema rules

6 rules · 4 warn-severity 2 info-severity

SPECTRAL

Shopify Storefront API API Rules

6 rules · 2 error-severity 2 warn-severity 2 info-severity

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

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

Shopify Storefront Cart

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Shopify Storefront Product

16 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Shopify Storefront API Cart Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Shopify Storefront API Create Cart Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Shopify Storefront API Query Products Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Shopify Storefront API Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Shopify Storefront API Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Shopify Storefront API Agentic Access

1 operation · 1 acting

1 operations · 1 acting

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

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

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
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/shopify-storefront.png
tags:
- Commerce
- E-Commerce
- Headless
- GraphQL
- Storefront
- Product
- Cart
- Checkout
tags_raw:
- 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: '0.23'
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-graph-ql-api
  name: Shopify Storefront API Graph QL API
  description: The Graph QL API from Shopify Storefront API — 1 operation(s) for graph ql.
  humanURL: https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/headless/hydrogen
  baseURL: https://{store_name}.myshopify.com/api/2024-10/graphql.json
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  tags_raw:
  - Graph QL
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/shopify-storefront-graph-ql-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: Plans
  url: plans/shopify-storefront-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/shopify-storefront-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/shopify-storefront-finops.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.shopify.dev/
- 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 — frequently asked questions

Does Shopify Storefront API have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 3 APIs from Shopify Storefront API, including Shopify Hydrogen, Shopify Buy SDK and Shopify Storefront API Graph QL API.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Shopify Storefront API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 1 OpenAPI specification for Shopify Storefront API, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Shopify Storefront API?

Shopify Storefront API uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Shopify Storefront API Authentication.

How much does the Shopify Storefront API cost?

APIs.io lists 5 pricing plans for Shopify Storefront API, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Shopify Storefront API ready for AI agents?

Shopify Storefront API has a Kin Score of 36.3 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.8 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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