enable assets

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

A developer is encountering a 404 error while attempting to enable assets in Shopify using the Admin API.

Technical Approach:

  • Using PHP with cURL to interact with Shopify’s Theme Assets API (version 2024-04)
  • Attempting to GET config/settings_data.json from a specific theme
  • Planning to modify block settings and PUT the updated configuration back

Current Issue:

  • Receiving HTTP 404 errors on API requests
  • The developer has verified their credentials and parameters but the error persists

Code Structure:
The implementation follows a two-step process:

  1. Fetch current settings via GET request
  2. Update settings via PUT request with modified block configuration

Status: The issue remains unresolved with no responses or solutions provided yet. The 404 suggests potential problems with the shop domain, theme ID, access token permissions, or API endpoint formatting.

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we are to trying like this to enable assetes but getting 404 ?
$shopifyDomain = “your-domain”;
$accessToken = “your-access-tocken”;
$themeId = “your-themid”;
$assetKey = “config/settings_data.json”;
$blockIdToEnable = “your block id”; // Block ID to modify

// 1. GET current settings_data.json
$getUrl = “https://$shopifyDomain/admin/api/2024-04/themes/$themeId/assets.json?asset[key]=$assetKey”;

$ch = curl_init($getUrl);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
“X-Shopify-Access-Token: $accessToken”,
“Content-Type: application/json”
]
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);

// Check if GET request was successful
if ($httpCode !== 200) {
die(“Error fetching current settings: HTTP $httpCode\n” . curl_error($ch));
}

// Decode response to get settings data
$assetData = json_decode($response, true);
if (!isset($assetData[‘asset’][‘value’])) {
die(“Error: settings_data.json not found or no value returned.”);
}

// Decode settings_data.json content
$settings = json_decode($assetData[‘asset’][‘value’], true);

// 2. Verify if the block ID exists before modifying
if (isset($settings[‘current’][‘blocks’][$blockIdToEnable])) {
$settings[‘current’][‘blocks’][$blockIdToEnable][‘disabled’] = false; // Enable block (set to false)
} else {
die(“Block ID $blockIdToEnable not found in theme settings.”);
}

// 3. Prepare PUT request data
// PUT request URL
$putUrl = “https://$shopifyDomain/admin/api/2024-04/themes/$themeId/assets.json”;

// Prepare the PUT payload
$putData = [
‘asset’ => [
‘key’ => $assetKey,
‘value’ => json_encode($settings, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_PRETTY_PRINT)
]
];

// Initialize cURL for PUT request
$ch = curl_init($putUrl);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => “PUT”,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode($putData),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
“X-Shopify-Access-Token: $accessToken”,
“Content-Type: application/json”
]
]);

// Execute PUT request
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);

if ($httpCode === 200) {
echo “Successfully updated app embed settings.\n”;
} else {
echo “Error updating settings: HTTP $httpCode\n”;
print_r(json_decode($response, true));
}

curl_close($ch)

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I varified these changes still getting 404 not found