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Topic summary

Main issue: whether a Shopify store can rely on custom APIs for product data instead of Shopify’s own APIs.

  • The poster has registered with Shopify and asks if they can integrate their custom API to render/get all products solely from that API.
  • The intent is to avoid posting products to Shopify’s API, effectively bypassing Shopify’s product endpoints.
  • API (Application Programming Interface) is the mechanism to programmatically access and exchange data; the question is about substituting Shopify’s APIs with a custom one for product data.
  • No responses or solutions are provided; there are no decisions or action items.
  • Status: unresolved and open, with a key unanswered question about feasibility and platform constraints when not using Shopify’s product API.
Summarized with AI on February 25. AI used: gpt-5.
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I registered myself with shopify.

Now, I see shopify provides its own API’s but what if I want to integrate my custom api’s here i.e instead of having to post product to shopify api, what if I want to use my custom API’s and render/get all the products from my custom api only.