Shopify Forms MetaObject Definitions

GraphQL Admin API Troubleshooting
1

Hi, I used to be able to retrieve shopify forms metaobject definitions via the api. But recently, my api calls do not return shopify forms. I have not changed the code so I am bit confused as to why this is happening. This is my code snippet below;

url = "https://example.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-01/graphql.json"
headers = {
  "Content-Type" => "application/json",
  "X-Shopify-Access-Token" => "example"
}

query = {
  query: <<-GRAPHQL
    {
      metaobjectDefinitions(first: 50) {
        edges {
          node {
            type
            name
            fieldDefinitions {
              name
              key
              type {
                name
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  GRAPHQL
}


response = HTTParty.post(url, headers: headers, body: query.to_json)
parsed = JSON.parse(response.body)
puts JSON.pretty_generate(parsed)

shopify_forms = parsed["data"]["metaobjectDefinitions"]["edges"].select do |edge|
  edge["node"]["type"].include?("shopify-forms")
end

Like I mentioned above, this code used to work fine in retrieving Shopify forms on a store. Is there any reason why this is not working at the moment ?

2

Hi Keem - where is this query being run? If you try in GraphiQL, is it working?

3

Hi @Liam-Shopify , it does not work even in the GraphiQL interface. I have to note that, it returns other type of Metaobject Definitions but does not return Shopify forms.

This same query used to return Shopify forms Metaobject Definitions. So it is obvious something changed recently. I have customers who rely on this, so I am desperate to find a solution

4

Hi again Keem,

From digging into this further it appears that app-owned metaobjects (like the Shopify Forms ones) were never meant to be readable. The earlier access was unintended, unfortunately the undocumented operation you were relying on previously isn’t supported anymore.

5

Hi @Liam-Shopify, in that case what are my options for retrieving a Shopify form. My app has a workflow that relies on Shopify forms and I have merchants using this worklflow. Are there any api’s or workarounds I can use ?

I could probably make do with retrieving Shopify form submissions. Any idea if that is possible ?

6

You could look at how Flow works with Forms to see if you can fetch the data you need this way: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/promoting-marketing/create-marketing/forms-app/flow

7

Hey @Keem - marking this as resolved so other devs can know that accessing metaobjects from Shopify Forms is no longer possible.