How to deletc all prodcuts at one API Call

[FORZAC]

Hi,

Can I delete more than one product in one API call?

In the API document， the demo can only delete one product at a time.

DELETE /admin/api/2021-04/products/632910392.json

[garyrgilbert]

Hi,

There is no way to bulk delete products in shopify at this time in either the REST api or the Graphql api.

Cheers,

Gary

[FORZAC]

Hi Gary,

Thanks for the answer.

Can I ask you another question?

The rate limit is 40/40. What is the best way to maximize the API calls?

Regards,

FORZA

[garyrgilbert]

sure, no problem, but please accept the answer as the answer. I would suggest to use graphql for such things as generally a mutation only costs 5 so you have more bang for your buck.. Either way though you need to build your code to either inspect the response header from the rest api and when you get a status code of 429 build in a wait/retry loop, or if you use graphql inspect the cost object that comes back and do similar.

https://shopify.dev/api/usage/rate-limits

X-Shopify-Shop-Api-Call-Limit: 40/40
Retry-After: 2.0

so when you get the 429.. just wait 2 seconds and retry..

with graphQL

"extensions": {
    "cost": {
      "requestedQueryCost": 101,
      "actualQueryCost": 46,
      "throttleStatus": {
        "maximumAvailable": 1000,
        "currentlyAvailable": 954,
        "restoreRate": 50
      }
    }
  }

I compare the requested cost against the currently available and do a wait before returning so that the next call will be guaranteed to succeed.

Hope this helps

Cheers

Gary

[FORZAC]

Thanks Gary