How to Use a Shopify Access Token

REST: get shop info

curl -X GET \
  "https://{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2026-04/shop.json" \
  -H "X-Shopify-Access-Token: shpat_xxxxxxxxxxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

REST: list products

curl -X GET \
  "https://{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2026-04/products.json?limit=10" \
  -H "X-Shopify-Access-Token: shpat_xxxxxxxxxxxx"

GraphQL: query shop

curl -X POST \
  "https://{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2026-04/graphql.json" \
  -H "X-Shopify-Access-Token: shpat_xxxxxxxxxxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"{ shop { name myshopifyDomain plan { displayName } } }"}'

REST with fetch

// Node 18+ has fetch built-in
const SHOP = "your-store.myshopify.com";
const TOKEN = process.env.SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN;
const API_VERSION = "2026-04";

const res = await fetch(
  `https://${SHOP}/admin/api/${API_VERSION}/products.json?limit=10`,
  {
    headers: {
      "X-Shopify-Access-Token": TOKEN,
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
  }
);

if (!res.ok) {
  throw new Error(`Shopify API error ${res.status}: ${await res.text()}`);
}

const { products } = await res.json();
console.log(products);

GraphQL with fetch

const SHOP = "your-store.myshopify.com";
const TOKEN = process.env.SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN;
const API_VERSION = "2026-04";

const query = `
  query getProducts($first: Int!) {
    products(first: $first) {
      edges {
        node { id title status totalInventory }
      }
      pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor }
    }
  }
`;

const res = await fetch(
  `https://${SHOP}/admin/api/${API_VERSION}/graphql.json`,
  {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "X-Shopify-Access-Token": TOKEN,
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ query, variables: { first: 10 } }),
  }
);

const { data, errors } = await res.json();
if (errors) throw new Error(JSON.stringify(errors));
console.log(data.products.edges);

REST with requests

import os
import requests

SHOP = "your-store.myshopify.com"
TOKEN = os.environ["SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN"]
API_VERSION = "2026-04"

resp = requests.get(
    f"https://{SHOP}/admin/api/{API_VERSION}/products.json",
    headers={"X-Shopify-Access-Token": TOKEN},
    params={"limit": 10},
    timeout=10,
)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(resp.json()["products"])

GraphQL with requests

import os
import requests

SHOP = "your-store.myshopify.com"
TOKEN = os.environ["SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN"]
API_VERSION = "2026-04"

query = """
  query getProducts($first: Int!) {
    products(first: $first) {
      edges { node { id title status totalInventory } }
    }
  }
"""

resp = requests.post(
    f"https://{SHOP}/admin/api/{API_VERSION}/graphql.json",
    headers={
        "X-Shopify-Access-Token": TOKEN,
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"query": query, "variables": {"first": 10}},
    timeout=10,
)
resp.raise_for_status()
body = resp.json()
if "errors" in body:
    raise RuntimeError(body["errors"])
print(body["data"]["products"]["edges"])

REST with cURL

<?php
$shop = 'your-store.myshopify.com';
$token = getenv('SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN');
$version = '2026-04';

$ch = curl_init("https://{$shop}/admin/api/{$version}/products.json?limit=10");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "X-Shopify-Access-Token: {$token}",
        "Content-Type: application/json",
    ],
]);
$body = curl_exec($ch);
$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);

if ($status >= 400) {
    throw new Exception("Shopify API error {$status}: {$body}");
}

$data = json_decode($body, true);
print_r($data['products']);