How Do I get Line Item compare at price in order Export?

Technical Q&A

Topic summary

Missing line item “compare at price” in order exports when orders are created via API, while the value appears correctly for orders placed through the storefront (standard flow).

  • Attempts: The API payload included multiple fields within line_items (variant_id, quantity, price, original_price, compare_at_price, line_item_compare_at_price, lineItem_compare_at_price, sku), but none resulted in the compare-at value appearing in the export.
  • Technical context: “Compare at price” is the higher reference price shown against the current sale price; the thread concerns whether this value can be captured on each order line via API so it shows in exports.
  • Community feedback: Additional participants report the same issue and ask if a solution exists; no fix or workaround is provided.
  • Attachments: A code snippet is central to understanding the attempted API fields.

Status: Unresolved and ongoing. Key open question: How to reliably include line item “compare at price” in order exports for API-created orders.

Summarized with AI on January 26. AI used: gpt-5.
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Currently while exporting order the line item compare at price is empty . I create order via API and the line item compare at price is empty(the line item has compare at price) but when I use the standard flow by going to the shopify store and placing the order the line item compare at price is present in the order export.

Here is everything I have tried sending with the line item but it wont work

"line_items": [
            {
                "variant_id": 39813959024802,
                "quantity": 1,
                "price": 599.00,
                "original_price":1000.00,
                "compare_at_price":1000.00,
                "line_item_compare_at_price":1000.00,
                "lineItem_compare_at_price":1000.00,
                "sku":18406
            }
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Hi @Nitin8 have you found a solution to this issue? We have faced the same issue as well and are unsure of the solution

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Hello @Nitin8 and @arrowdev , did anyone of you finds any solution, i am also getting the same issue