[Feature]: Import `.shopify/metafields.json` file in Shopify Admin ?

[msev]

What area(s) will this request affect?

Theme

What type of change do you want to see?

New feature

Overview

Since Shopify CLI 3.73.0, there's a new shopify theme metafields pull command that creates the .shopify/metafields.json file containing the metafields definitions.

Are there any plans to import this file into Shopify admin in the future?

Motivation

This would be very useful when you want to use the same metafields on several stores (for example, a single store owner with several stores) without having to create the definitions manually.

[rcasimmons]

This.

This would be a MASSIVE help - especially if we're importing the same set of metafields into different stores.

[aswamy]

Hello @msev @rcasimmons. Thanks for the interest in this command! Internally, the command just uses the public GraphQL Admin Endpoints which you could use today to upload metafields across shops.

The reason I'd choose this approach over using the metafields CLI command is that the metafields command is used internally for tooling purposes (e.g. code completion). The file will only have a subset of metafield definitions defined on Admin (and is subject to change depending on the tool's needs). The GraphQL queries/mutations are more stable and you should be able to fetch the name, namespace, key, description, and type without running into any permission issues.