List metafield definitions

GET 
/openapi/2026-07/metafield_definition/:owner_resource

Retrieve a list of all metafield definitions.

Request

Path Parameters

owner_resource stringrequired
Resource type the metafield definition is attached to:
• shop: Shop
• product: Product
• product_image: Product image
• product_variant: Product variant
• order: Order
• page: Custom page
• customer: Customer
• collection: Collection
• blog: Blog
• article: Article
• app: App

Responses

200

OK

application/json

Schema

Schema

codestring

error code

messagestring

error message

data object
definitions object[]
The list of metafield definitions
Array [
idstring
The unique identifier for the metafield definition
keystring
The key of the metafield (unique within the namespace). For example, "color"
namestring
Name of the metafield definition (displayed in the admin panel)
namespacestring
A container for a group of metafields. Grouping metafields within a namespace prevents your metafields from conflicting with other metafields with the same key name. For example, "global"
owner_resourcestring
Resource type the metafield definition is attached to:
• shop: Shop
• product: Product
• product_image: Product image
• product_variant: Product variant
• order: Order
• page: Custom page
• customer: Customer
• collection: Collection
• blog: Blog
• article: Article
• app: App
typestring
Field type of the metafield:
• date: Date
• date_time: Date and time
• weight: Weight
• volume: Volume
• dimension: Dimension
• integer: Integer
• number_decimal: Decimal
• file_reference: File reference
• single_line_text_field: Single-line text
• multi_line_text_field: Multi-line text
• json: JSON
• color: Color
• rating: Rating
• url: URL
• boolean: Boolean (true or false)
• string: String
descriptionstring
A brief description of the metafield definition
create_atstring
Creation timestamp, in ISO-8601 format
updated_atstring
Last update timestamp, in ISO-8601 format
]

Example

{
  "code": "string",
  "message": "string",
  "data": {
    "definitions": [
      {
        "id": "string",
        "key": "string",
        "name": "string",
        "namespace": "string",
        "owner_resource": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "description": "string",
        "create_at": "string",
        "updated_at": "string"
      }
    ]
  }
}