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Shopify Bulk Upload by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Shopify Bulk Upload
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: modbender

Shopify Bulk Upload

Bulk upload products to Shopify stores. Read product data from Excel/CSV, automatically create products, images, variants, prices and inventory. Use cases: (1) Batch list new products (2) Migrate products from other platforms to Shopify (3) Batch update existing product information.

modbender Updated Sep 9, 2026 12 repo stars

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Shopify Bulk Upload Tool

A powerful tool to bulk upload products to your Shopify store from Excel/CSV files.

Features

✅ Read Excel/CSV product data
✅ Create products with multiple images
✅ Support product variants (color, size, etc.)
✅ Auto image upload processing
✅ Inventory management
✅ Error logging and retry
✅ Incremental update by SKU
✅ Upload progress display

Quick Start

1. Prepare Product Data File

Prepare product data in assets/products.xlsx or assets/products.csv:

Field	Required	Description
title	✅	Product title
description	✅	Product description (HTML supported)
vendor	✅	Brand/Supplier
product_type	✅	Product type
price	✅	Price
compare_at_price	❌	Original price (for showing discount)
sku	✅	SKU code
inventory_quantity	❌	Stock quantity
weight	❌	Weight (unit: kg)
weight_unit	❌	Weight unit: kg, g, lb, oz
status	❌	active, draft, archived
tags	❌	Tags (comma separated)
images	❌	Image URLs (comma separated, multiple)
variant_title	❌	Variant name (e.g., Color, Size)
option1_name	❌	Variant option 1 name (e.g., Color)
option1_value	❌	Variant option 1 value (e.g., Red)
option2_name	❌	Variant option 2 name (e.g., Size)
option2_value	❌	Variant option 2 value (e.g., M)

2. Configure Shopify API

Configure in .env file:

SHOPIFY_STORE_URL=https://your-store.myshopify.com
SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_access_token
SHOPIFY_API_VERSION=2024-01

To get Access Token:

Login to Shopify Admin
Go to Settings → Apps and sales channels → Develop apps
Create App → Configure Admin API scopes
Check write_products, write_inventory permissions
Install app → Get Access Token

3. Install Dependencies

cd scripts
pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run Upload Script

python shopify_bulk_upload.py

Output Results

After completion:

logs/upload.log - Upload log
logs/error.log - Error details
output/products_created.json - Successfully created products
output/products_failed.json - Failed products

Configuration

Edit scripts/config.py to customize:

CONFIG = {
    "batch_size": 10,           # Products per batch
    "retry_count": 3,           # Retry attempts on failure
    "retry_delay": 2,           # Retry interval (seconds)
    "image_timeout": 30,       # Image upload timeout (seconds)
    "default_status": "active" # Default product status
}

Documentation

Shopify Admin API: See references/shopify-api.md
Template example: See assets/products-template.csv

Requirements

Python 3.8+
pandas
requests
python-dotenv
openpyxl

---name: shopify-bulk-uploaddescription: Bulk upload products to Shopify stores. Read product data from Excel/CSV, automatically create products, images, variants, prices and inventory. Use cases: (1) Batch list new products (2) Migrate products from other platforms to Shopify (3) Batch update existing product information.--- # Shopify Bulk Upload Tool A powerful tool to bulk upload products to your Shopify store from Excel/CSV files. ## Features - ✅ Read Excel/CSV product data - ✅ Create products with multiple images - ✅ Support product variants (color, size, etc.) - ✅ Auto image upload processing - ✅ Inventory management - ✅ Error logging and retry - ✅ Incremental update by SKU - ✅ Upload progress display ## Quick Start ### 1. Prepare Product Data File Prepare product data in `assets/products.xlsx` or `assets/products.csv`: | Field | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | title | ✅ | Product title | | description | ✅ | Product description (HTML supported) | | vendor | ✅ | Brand/Supplier | | product_type | ✅ | Product type | | price | ✅ | Price | | compare_at_price | ❌ | Original price (for showing discount) | | sku | ✅ | SKU code | | inventory_quantity | ❌ | Stock quantity | | weight | ❌ | Weight (unit: kg) | | weight_unit | ❌ | Weight unit: kg, g, lb, oz | | status | ❌ | active, draft, archived | | tags | ❌ | Tags (comma separated) | | images | ❌ | Image URLs (comma separated, multiple) | | variant_title | ❌ | Variant name (e.g., Color, Size) | | option1_name | ❌ | Variant option 1 name (e.g., Color) | | option1_value | ❌ | Variant option 1 value (e.g., Red) | | option2_name | ❌ | Variant option 2 name (e.g., Size) | | option2_value | ❌ | Variant option 2 value (e.g., M) | ### 2. Configure Shopify API Configure in `.env` file: ```bash SHOPIFY_STORE_URL=https://your-store.myshopify.com SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_access_token SHOPIFY_API_VERSION=2024-01 ``` To get Access Token: 1. Login to Shopify Admin 2. Go to Settings → Apps and sales channels → Develop apps 3. Create App → Configure Admin API scopes 4. Check `write_products`, `write_inventory` permissions 5. Install app → Get Access Token ### 3. Install Dependencies ```bash cd scripts pip install -r requirements.txt ``` ### 4. Run Upload Script ```bash python shopify_bulk_upload.py ``` ## Output Results After completion: - `logs/upload.log` - Upload log - `logs/error.log` - Error details - `output/products_created.json` - Successfully created products - `output/products_failed.json` - Failed products ## Configuration Edit `scripts/config.py` to customize: ```python CONFIG = { "batch_size": 10, # Products per batch "retry_count": 3, # Retry attempts on failure "retry_delay": 2, # Retry interval (seconds) "image_timeout": 30, # Image upload timeout (seconds) "default_status": "active" # Default product status } ``` ## Documentation - Shopify Admin API: See [references/shopify-api.md](references/shopify-api.md) - Template example: See [assets/products-template.csv](assets/products-template.csv) ## Requirements - Python 3.8+ - pandas - requests - python-dotenv - openpyxl

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