Shopify · Schema

Shopify Collection

A product collection in a Shopify store. Collections group products together for merchandising and navigation. Custom collections have manually curated products while smart collections use rules to automatically include products.

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Properties

Name Type Description
id integer Unique numeric identifier for the collection
title string The name of the collection
handle string A URL-friendly unique string automatically generated from the title
body_html stringnull The description of the collection in HTML format
published_at stringnull When the collection was published
sort_order string The sort order for products in the collection
template_suffix stringnull The Liquid template suffix for the collection page
published_scope string Whether the collection is published to the POS channel
updated_at string When the collection was last modified
image objectnull The collection image
rules array The rules for smart collections that automatically include products
disjunctive boolean Whether products need to match all rules (false) or any rule (true)
admin_graphql_api_id string The GraphQL Admin API identifier
View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

shopify-collection-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://shopify.dev/schemas/collection.json",
  "title": "Shopify Collection",
  "description": "A product collection in a Shopify store. Collections group products together for merchandising and navigation. Custom collections have manually curated products while smart collections use rules to automatically include products.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Unique numeric identifier for the collection"
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The name of the collection"
    },
    "handle": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A URL-friendly unique string automatically generated from the title"
    },
    "body_html": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "The description of the collection in HTML format"
    },
    "published_at": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "When the collection was published"
    },
    "sort_order": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The sort order for products in the collection",
      "enum": [
        "alpha-asc",
        "alpha-desc",
        "best-selling",
        "created",
        "created-desc",
        "manual",
        "price-asc",
        "price-desc"
      ]
    },
    "template_suffix": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "The Liquid template suffix for the collection page"
    },
    "published_scope": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Whether the collection is published to the POS channel"
    },
    "updated_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "When the collection was last modified"
    },
    "image": {
      "type": ["object", "null"],
      "description": "The collection image",
      "properties": {
        "src": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri",
          "description": "The image URL"
        },
        "alt": {
          "type": ["string", "null"],
          "description": "Alt text for the image"
        },
        "width": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "height": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "created_at": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time"
        }
      }
    },
    "rules": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "The rules for smart collections that automatically include products",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "column": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The property to match against",
            "enum": ["title", "type", "vendor", "variant_price", "tag", "variant_compare_at_price", "variant_weight", "variant_inventory", "variant_title"]
          },
          "relation": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The comparison operator",
            "enum": ["equals", "not_equals", "starts_with", "ends_with", "contains", "not_contains", "greater_than", "less_than"]
          },
          "condition": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The value to compare against"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "disjunctive": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether products need to match all rules (false) or any rule (true)"
    },
    "admin_graphql_api_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The GraphQL Admin API identifier"
    }
  },
  "required": ["id", "title"]
}

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