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Copy data from Shopify using Azure Data Factory or Synapse Analytics (Preview)

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This article outlines how to use the Copy Activity in an Azure Data Factory or Synapse Analytics pipeline to copy data from Shopify. It builds on the copy activity overview article that presents a general overview of copy activity.

Important

This connector is currently in preview. You can try it out and give us feedback. If you want to take a dependency on preview connectors in your solution, please contact Azure support.

Supported capabilities

This Shopify connector is supported for the following capabilities:

Supported capabilities IR
Copy activity (source/-) ① ②
Lookup activity ① ②

① Azure integration runtime ② Self-hosted integration runtime

For a list of data stores that are supported as sources/sinks, see the Supported data stores table.

The service provides a built-in driver to enable connectivity, therefore you don't need to manually install any driver using this connector.

The connector supports the Windows versions in this article.

The billing_on column property was removed from the following tables. For more information, see this article.

  • Recurring_Application_Charges
  • UsageCharge

Getting started

To perform the Copy activity with a pipeline, you can use one of the following tools or SDKs:

Create a linked service to Shopify using UI

Use the following steps to create a linked service to Shopify in the Azure portal UI.

  1. Browse to the Manage tab in your Azure Data Factory or Synapse workspace and select Linked Services, then click New:

  2. Search for Shopify and select the Shopify connector.

    Screenshot of the Shopify connector.

  3. Configure the service details, test the connection, and create the new linked service.

    Screenshot of linked service configuration for Shopify.

Connector configuration details

The following sections provide details about properties that are used to define Data Factory entities specific to Shopify connector.

Linked service properties

The following properties are supported for Shopify linked service:

Property Description Required
type The type property must be set to: Shopify Yes
host The endpoint of the Shopify server. (that is, mystore.myshopify.com) Yes
accessToken The API access token that can be used to access Shopify’s data. The token does not expire if it is offline mode. Mark this field as a SecureString to store it securely, or reference a secret stored in Azure Key Vault. Yes
useEncryptedEndpoints Specifies whether the data source endpoints are encrypted using HTTPS. The default value is true. No
useHostVerification Specifies whether to require the host name in the server's certificate to match the host name of the server when connecting over TLS. The default value is true. No
usePeerVerification Specifies whether to verify the identity of the server when connecting over TLS. The default value is true. No

Example:

{
    "name": "ShopifyLinkedService",
    "properties": {
        "type": "Shopify",
        "typeProperties": {
            "host" : "mystore.myshopify.com",
            "accessToken": {
                 "type": "SecureString",
                 "value": "<accessToken>"
            }
        }
    }
}

Dataset properties

For a full list of sections and properties available for defining datasets, see the datasets article. This section provides a list of properties supported by Shopify dataset.

To copy data from Shopify, set the type property of the dataset to ShopifyObject. The following properties are supported:

Property Description Required
type The type property of the dataset must be set to: ShopifyObject Yes
tableName Name of the table. No (if "query" in activity source is specified)

Example

{
    "name": "ShopifyDataset",
    "properties": {
        "type": "ShopifyObject",
        "typeProperties": {},
        "schema": [],
        "linkedServiceName": {
            "referenceName": "<Shopify linked service name>",
            "type": "LinkedServiceReference"
        }
    }
}

Copy activity properties

For a full list of sections and properties available for defining activities, see the Pipelines article. This section provides a list of properties supported by Shopify source.

Shopify as source

To copy data from Shopify, set the source type in the copy activity to ShopifySource. The following properties are supported in the copy activity source section:

Property Description Required
type The type property of the copy activity source must be set to: ShopifySource Yes
query Use the custom SQL query to read data. For example: "SELECT * FROM "Products" WHERE Product_Id = '123'". No (if "tableName" in dataset is specified)

Example:

"activities":[
    {
        "name": "CopyFromShopify",
        "type": "Copy",
        "inputs": [
            {
                "referenceName": "<Shopify input dataset name>",
                "type": "DatasetReference"
            }
        ],
        "outputs": [
            {
                "referenceName": "<output dataset name>",
                "type": "DatasetReference"
            }
        ],
        "typeProperties": {
            "source": {
                "type": "ShopifySource",
                "query": "SELECT * FROM \"Products\" WHERE Product_Id = '123'"
            },
            "sink": {
                "type": "<sink type>"
            }
        }
    }
]

Lookup activity properties

To learn details about the properties, check Lookup activity.

Related content

For a list of data stores supported as sources and sinks by the copy activity, see supported data stores.