How can I access the Shopify object in JavaScript?

[Joe63]

Hi 

Is there any docs regarding the 'Shopify' object available in javascript? I keep seeing functions in theme docs for example Shopify.money_format() but no specific reference?

Thanks for any advice.

Joe

[Ruairi_H]

Hi Joe,

Ruairi from Shopify here 🙂

You may be referring to the 'shop' liquid object, there is a 'shop.money_format' attribute which returns a string that is used by Shopify to format money without showing the currency.

You can read more about the shop object and its other attributes here: https://docs.shopify.com/themes/liquid-documentation/objects/shop

If this isn't what you are looking for, can you post a link of an example of the object you saw?

- Ruairi

[Ruairi_H]

Hi Joe,

Ruairi from Shopify here again 🙂

After discussing this with a colleague I realised that you may be referring to a javascript object that is created by various Shopify scripts (such as option selectors, linked options, etc). The 'Shopify' js script is a global object that the scripts use to place all their functions and variables.

There are no documents on it specifically, but there is a tutorial here on using product javascript, which is related: https://docs.shopify.com/support/other/general-information/tutorial-on-using-product-javascript

- Ruairi

[amruthcharank]

The link isn't working!

[reed-lu]

The link isn't working.

Looking for the official reply.

there is a similar question asked without any reply.

[AllAwareTommy]

@Ruairi_H Could you please provide a working link for any documentation related to the Shopify object?

[aidantj]

The "Tutorial on Using Product Javascript" is on the Internet Archive, but it's not a lot of info.

I don't have any additional docs to share, but I do have some reassurance that Shopify's not going to imminently decommission this object.

As folks here probably know, Dawn is Shopify's open-source, flagship theme.

Dawn not only extends the Shopify object, but Dawn also relies upon one of the Shopify object's undocumented properties. Granted, the property it relies doesn't power a customer-facing, experience-breaking feature. But the fact that Shopify's own premier theme is still relying on part of the object reassures me that they're not going to drop it for now.

[Patrick_S]

You can try to learn about the global Shopify object by going to a Shopify store, opening inspect tool, and typing Shopify into the console.

You can also search for the "Shopify." object in VSCode and read the JavaScript files.