Shopify Dev collects official platform engineering writing — Shopify’s own engineering blog, the partners blog, and changelog entries covering the core commerce platform, Liquid, and theme architecture. If a post comes from Shopify itself explaining how something in the platform works or has changed, it lands here.
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DEV.to Shopify· Nov 11, 2026· 7/10
Shows how most Shopify stores expose their full catalog as JSON, enabling automated competitor price tracking.
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DEV.to Shopify· Nov 1, 2026· 7/10
Details architecture of a headless Shopify tracking widget, focusing on performance and branding.
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Shopify Dev· Oct 22, 2026· 9/10
New UCP location APIs let storefronts query a merchant’s physical store locations via the storefront MCP.
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DEV.to Shopify· Oct 19, 2026· 7/10
Testing /products.json across 68 stores reveals limits and inconsistencies, highlighting potential API constraints for developers.
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DEV.to Shopify· Oct 14, 2026· 7/10
Guide to accessing a store's full product catalog via the public products.json endpoint.
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DEV.to Shopify· Oct 14, 2026· 7/10
A guide to using the public products.json endpoint to scrape competitor pricing and inventory data from any Shopify store.
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Shopify Dev· Oct 9, 2026· 9/10
Deprecates the Global Catalog REST API, urging migration to Global Catalog MCP before Nov 2.
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Shopify Dev· Oct 9, 2026· 8/10
Catalog API now exposes compare‑at prices as list_price, enabling apps to detect markdowns.
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DEV.to Shopify· Oct 7, 2026· 7/10
Method to scrape competitor prices via public products.json endpoint without API keys.
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DEV.to Shopify· Oct 5, 2026· 7/10
Shows how to pull a complete product catalog via the public /products.json endpoint, including currency nuances.
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DEV.to Shopify· Sep 30, 2026· 6/10
Measures how many fashion sources allow programmatic access to products.json, revealing anti-bot wall effectiveness.
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DEV.to Shopify· Sep 29, 2026· 7/10
Public /products.json supports a maximum of 250 items per page and caps at 25,000 total products.
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DEV.to Shopify· Sep 11, 2026· 7/10
Explores API-first platforms enabling limitless headless commerce for custom Shopify builds.
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MedusaJS· Aug 4, 2026· 6/10
A discussion on faster storefronts, deployment rules, and budget alerts in Medusa
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DEV.to Shopify· Jul 17, 2026· 9/10
The Shopify Storefront API enables customization
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Shopify Dev· Jul 15, 2026· 9/10
Storefront API `@inContext` now supports `channelId`.
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Shopify Dev· Jul 15, 2026· 8/10
POS UI Extensions 2026-07 adds discount allocations to bundle components
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DEV.to Shopify· Jul 12, 2026· 9/10
A developer compares Shopify and WooCommerce, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses in 2026.
Admin/GraphQL APIStorefront API
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Shopify Dev· Jun 29, 2021· 7/10
The Storefront API has received new updates.
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Shopify Dev· Jun 17, 2026· 8/10
Shopify introduces a new Collection model and APIs, enhancing storefront capabilities.
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Shopify Dev· Jun 17, 2026· 7/10
Standard storefront events and actions introduced
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DEV.to Shopify· Jun 17, 2026· 6/10
Case study on extending a Shopify-style reporting
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DEV.to Shopify· Jun 10, 2026· 7/10
Beaconmon's approach to monitoring Shopify competitor storefronts at scale
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Shopify Dev· May 11, 2026· 8/10
The Storefront API's Cart object now exposes warnings for unavailable delivery options.
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Shopify Dev· Jul 1, 2023· 8/10
Search and predictive search are now available on Storefront API.
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