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Shopify · Store building

Shopify APIs, libraries, and tools

Turn fashion and lifestyle store ideas into production Shopify builds — Liquid themes, Storefront and Admin APIs, ShopifyQL analytics, checkout extensions, and agent-ready UCP commerce.

About Shopify APIsAuthentication, versioning, rate limits, and cross-API topics that power every integration — the same reference stack used to launch and grow client stores.
Diagram linking agent, profile, and Shopify store through UCP with secure access
Agent · profile · Shopify via UCP

Technologies that power every store

Full Shopify API reference stack

Every integration below maps to shopify.dev/docs/api — the same stack used to build, launch, and grow client stores.

GET STARTED

Set up your development environment

Essential tools and packages for building on Shopify — CLI, dev stores, libraries, and app scaffolds.

APP DATA AND LOGIC

Read and write store data

Core APIs and backend tools for reading, writing, and reacting to store data in real time.

POLARIS · EXTEND SURFACES

Extend every Shopify surface

Interfaces that render natively across admin, checkout, customer accounts, and POS.

STOREFRONTS

Build custom commerce experiences

Buyer-facing storefronts — headless commerce, themes, identity, and privacy.

APP MANAGEMENT

Manage and monitor your apps

Automate Partner Dashboard operations and track app behaviour, billing, and usage.

ADDITIONAL APIS

Specialized tools

Complementary APIs for analytics, identity, and wallet checkout.

Framework · Liquid

Shopify Liquid

Liquid tags, filters, and objects for dynamic themes — sections, snippets, product data, and merchant-ready storefronts across every surface in the Shopify API reference.

{% if product.available %}  {{ product.title | upcase }}{% else %}  Sold out{% endif %}

Analytics · ShopifyQL

ShopifyQL

SQL-like queries over store data — sales, orders, and merchandising insights with the same syntax palette as the Shopify dev reference.

FROM sales
SHOW total_sales, orders
WHERE product_type = 'Fashion'
SINCE -30d

UCP · Agents

Building & growing stores with AI agents

Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) connects your agent, buyer profile, and Shopify storefront — discovery, carts, checkout handoff, and order tracking through Shopify's agent toolkit. Shopify agents & UCP.