ShipIt! Presents: A Look at Shopify's API Health Report

Summary

On July 17, 2020, ShipIt! hosted a discussion of Shopify’s API Health Report with Shuting Chang, Robert Saunders, Karen Xie, and Vrishti Dutta. The tool was built to surface breaking changes affecting Shopify Partner apps, and the event presented its role alongside the work of the multidisciplinary team behind it. Related materials cover Shopify’s API versioning, including how Shopify manages versioning and breaking changes, plus GraphQL Admin API references, an explorer, and learning resources. The event information also directs questions about API versioning and upcoming migrations to monitored API forums, the Partner Dashboard Support Form, and ShopifyDevs on Twitter, while linking to Shopify Partners, Shopify Developers, and REST/HTTP API evolution material.

Context

The event focused on Shopify’s API Health Report, a tool built to surface breaking changes affecting Shopify Partner apps; the supplied support information also covers API versioning and upcoming migrations.

Approach / What changed

Shopify’s API Health Report surfaces breaking changes affecting Partner apps. The event materials direct readers to API versioning documentation, GraphQL Admin API references, learning resources, and monitored support channels.

Takeaways

• The API Health Report was built to surface breaking changes affecting Shopify Partner apps.
• The event brought together Shuting Chang, Robert Saunders, Karen Xie, and Vrishti Dutta as a multidisciplinary team discussing the report.
• Monitored API forums, the Partner Dashboard support form, and ShopifyDevs on Twitter were identified as support channels for API versioning and upcoming migrations.

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