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Metafield Definition → Get
AI-generatedSummary
Retrieve a Shopify metafield definition by its global ID to inspect the definition in a workflow.
Inputs
- authentication — Choose Admin API Credentials (default) or OAuth2 to authenticate with Shopify.
- definitionId (required) — The Shopify global ID of the metafield definition to retrieve, in gid://shopify/... format.
- outputMode — Choose Simplified (default), Raw, or Selected Fields output.
- selectedFields — Specify the fields to include when Output Mode is Selected Fields.
Output shape
A single metafield definition, with its output representation controlled by Output Mode.
The signature-only source does not reveal the returned definition fields, raw response structure, or behavior when the ID is not found.