no info on Using the reports etc

[Melonendk]

So im here trying to build some stuff a simple app that wants to take some data from analytics and maybe even create a custom report etc.

BUT i cant seem to get the data to my app i can create the reports fine etc, but i cent get any data back other than the report id etc.

What am i doing wrong or how should i proceed with this as the app relys on vendor earnings etc.

[CloudlabSam]

You can't get the actual data from the Shopify Analytics using the API. They used to have a ShopifyQL language, but it has been deprecated.

The only way to get data is to use the individual APIs and web hooks. 

[Melonendk]

So in general to use all the different and count the sales in orders ? And group them etc. 

Doesn't that seem more inappropriate ?

Or isnt it just gonna make long API requests in the long run ? 

[CloudlabSam]

I can't really explain why they don't have API access to be able to aggregate data. I just know they don't because we have a reporting app and we had to build it all from scratch.

[Melonendk]

Well let's hope a dev sees this and can give an explanation that would be lovely.