Action: Create Blog Entry

Shopify Operation

The Create Blog Entry action creates a new blog post in your store's blog section.

Example User Story

I want to add a last-minute discount item to a customer’s order so they get extra value without rechecking out.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
title	String	Yes
body_html	String	Yes
author	String	No
tags	String	No
published_at	String	No

Related Connections

Shopify

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "create-blog-entry",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Create Blog Entry",
    "description": "Creates a new blog entry in Shopify."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "title",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The title of the blog entry."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "body_html",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The HTML content of the blog entry."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "author",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The author of the blog entry."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "tags",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Comma-separated tags for the blog entry."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "published_at",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The date and time when the blog entry is published."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "id",
      "type": "Integer",
      "selector": ["id"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the created blog entry."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "title",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["title"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The title of the created blog entry."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "body_html",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["body_html"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The HTML content of the created blog entry."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "author",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["author"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The author of the created blog entry."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "tags",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["tags"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The tags of the created blog entry."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "published_at",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["published_at"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The publication date of the created blog entry."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/admin/api/2023-10/blogs/{{blog_id}}/articles.json",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
          "X-Shopify-Access-Token": "{{access_token}}"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"article\": {\"title\": \"{{title}}\", \"body_html\": \"{{body_html}}\", \"author\": \"{{author}}\", \"tags\": \"{{tags}}\", \"published_at\": \"{{published_at}}\"}}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "title",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The title of the blog entry.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "body_html",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The HTML content of the blog entry.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "author",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The author of the blog entry.",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "tags",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "Comma-separated tags for the blog entry.",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "published_at",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The date and time when the blog entry is published.",
              "required": false
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}