Can Shopify product objects be extended?

[dungle-scrubs]

This is actually a big one for me and I'm currently looking for a solution.

In normal Shopify builds we usually rely on metafield apps to append extra data to Shopify objects (product, variant, collection, etc).

Is it a current feature to append additional types of information to a product object within Statamic, eliminating the need for Shopify metafields?

Info types such as: text, textarea, image, etc.

[jackabox]

Yes, they can be extended. They use collections under the hood. This lets you append any additional fields to either the product or variants. Therefore, you can append any field in Statamic to it by editing the blueprint.

You wouldn't need to use meta fields and it's one of the key reasons I built this to be extendable and easier to control :)

[jackabox]

Disclosure: I've tested this on 1000 products, but never 10k.

Initial import would be heavy, but make sure it runs on the queue.

In theory, it will work yes. I want to add a webhook for checking when a product is updated and pushing that change to the app - this should mean you only have to run the initial sync of all products once, then it can be done 1 by 1.

[jackabox]

FYI: added two new webhooks for v.1.2.0 that can be set up for product created and updated :)

[dungle-scrubs]

Awesome, this might be helpful for you as well. Shopify's BulkOperation might be helpful for a future release when it comes to large inventory shops.

The Gatsby team released video demonstrating how it helped them with 10k product shops for the new version of their source plugin.

That, combined with extending objects with the metafields at the CMS level could be pretty solid.

[jackabox]

We don't need bulk operation. We can't insert them quicker into the data. The products are all queued on initial load and don't need to be again, as you can call products 1by1

[dungle-scrubs]

Thx, that makes sense now.