# Shopify/shopify_python_api

ShopifyAPI library allows Python developers to programmatically access the admin section of stores

Repository: https://github.com/Shopify/shopify_python_api
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/shopify_python_api
Homepage: http://shopify.github.io/shopify_python_api
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-25T20:49:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5490, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1434, forks 387 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:43.300309+00:00)

## What it is
ShopifyAPI is a Python client library for programmatically accessing the Shopify Admin API, built on pyactiveresource to provide a Ruby-gem-like interface for managing store resources. The package is officially deprecated and no longer maintained; Shopify directs users to the shopifyapp package instead.

## Use cases
- manage shopify store products from python
- create shopify orders via admin api
- authenticate a shopify app with oauth
- query shopify graphql admin api from python
- sync inventory between systems and shopify
- paginate through shopify customers cursor-based

## When to choose
- maintaining an existing integration already built on ShopifyAPI
- working with an older Shopify store setup where migration is not yet possible

## When to avoid
- starting a new Shopify integration in Python
- needing support for the latest Shopify platform features
- requiring security fixes or ongoing maintenance

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-client, sdk, auth
- domain: e-commerce, apis, web-development, backend
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: shopify, rest-api-client, deprecated, pyactiveresource, admin-api

## Member repositories
- Shopify/shopify_python_api (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.300309+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:36:53.835445+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Shopify/shopify_python_api (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.300309+00:00, sha 464e2cf3d98b)
  - homepage: http://shopify.github.io/shopify_python_api (fetched 2026-08-29T11:47:56.501465+00:00, sha 007e2011043d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.