> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://learn.mechanic.dev/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://learn.mechanic.dev/core/shopify/read/the-shopify-action.md).

# The Shopify action

The [**Shopify action**](/core/actions/shopify.md) allows developers to submit any request to the Shopify Admin API. By [**responding to action results**](/techniques/responding-to-action-results.md), the data returned by Shopify can be retrieved, and re-used by the calling task.

This approach should (probably) only be used as a last resort, when Mechanic's other methods of [**reading data**](/core/shopify/read.md) do not cover the scenario.


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