Best Practices for Managing Theme App Extension Settings Programatically

[sakshigupta]

Hey folks, I had a question regarding the schema object for Theme App Extensions.

With Shopify removing write access to assets, apps can no longer modify the theme schema JSON directly. We’ve had special cases where this access was approved, but it’s not a scalable approach.

Is there a recommended way to programmatically update settings for Theme App Extensions without relying on asset access? Curious to hear how others are handling this!
Apps need to be able to predefine dynamic defaults per merchant so just a static schema default does not work. Unless we had a way to set the settings via an api

[CafeDelMar]

You set the settings in metafields or metaobjects and then source them in your extension. This is a standard approach. If I understood your question correctly.

[Promer-Aila]

Hi @sakshigupta 

Because Shopify has restricted write access, the best approach is to use Theme App Extensions with App Blocks and Metafields. Use Metafields for store dynamic settings per merchant and retrieve them in your extension. Shopify's Admin API allows you to update metafields programmatically.