Bulk update inventory quantities using inventorySetQuantities

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Using the inventorySetQuantities mutation (Admin GraphQL 2024-07) to update large numbers of inventory items. The original questions: 1) how many quantity updates can be sent per request, and 2) whether it’s supported by Shopify’s Bulk Operation import.

Latest findings:

  • Bulk Operation: Not supported. A test confirmed inventorySetQuantities cannot run as a bulk mutation via the bulk operations/imports API.
  • Per-request limit: Not documented in public docs. A community reply indicates a practical limit of 250 quantity updates per request.
  • Performance report: One implementer updates ~10,000 items by batching 100 per call in about 20 seconds.

Implications/notes:

  • Large-scale updates are feasible by batching standard mutations (e.g., 100–250 per call) rather than using bulk operations.
  • There is no official confirmation on the exact maximum batch size; 250 is community guidance.

Status: Partially answered. Bulk support is ruled out; the precise, officially documented per-request limit remains unclear. The original poster may test and share results later.

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Hello there,

My app requires to update inventory quantities for (potentially) thousands of inventory items at a time.

I am looking at the mutation inventorySetQuantities which is available in the GraphQL API version 2024-07 and I have a couple of questions that I can’t answer by looking at the public docs:

Thanks in advance!

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Update:

For those interested, I tried to the inventorySetQuantities in a bulk mutation and it does not work. The only question to answer now is, how many quantities can I update with a single inventorySetQuantities mutation?

I may try that later and will post it.

Cheers.

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I’m using inventorySetQuantities as well, the limit per request should be 250. Wish it was supported in bulk mutation though.

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For anyone interested we’re able to update ~10k using this API in batches of 100 in about 20 seconds.