metafield-bulk-update
Purpose
Queries products (or variants, or customers) matching a filter and bulk-sets or bulk-deletes metafield values. Used for structured data updates like material composition, care instructions, product specifications, or custom attributes that power storefront features.
Prerequisites
- Authenticated Shopify CLI session:
shopify store auth --store <domain> --scopes read_products,write_products - API scopes:
read_products,write_products - Metafield namespace and key must already exist or be created on first set
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| store | string | yes | — | Store domain (e.g., mystore.myshopify.com) |
| resource_type | string | no | product | Resource to update: product, variant, or customer |
| filter | string | yes | — | Filter query (e.g., tag:summer-2026, vendor:Nike) |
| namespace | string | yes | — | Metafield namespace (e.g., custom) |
| key | string | yes | — | Metafield key (e.g., material) |
| value | string | no | — | Value to set. If omitted and action: delete, metafield is deleted |
| value_type | string | no | single_line_text_field | Metafield type (e.g., single_line_text_field, boolean, number_integer) |
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