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Shopify API 2025: Retrieves a count of checkouts

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Retrieving a count of checkouts will tell you how many clients abandon the checkout after the first page. It will collect a count of checkouts from the past 90 days.

Today, I will show you how to retrieve a count of checkouts with Shopify API using Postman.

Step 1 : Generate API credentials from the Shopify admin

  • Log in to your Shopify admin

  • Go to Apps – Manage private apps

Generate API credentials from the Shopify admin

  • Click Create a new private app

  • In the App details section, enter a name for your app, and an emergency developer email.

  • In the Admin API section, select the areas of your store that you want the app to access

Generate API credentials from the Shopify admin

  • Click Save

The Admin API section displays the app’s API key and password when you save the app’s details.

Step 2: Retrieves A Count Of Checkouts With Postman

Log in to your Postman and create a new workspace

Create a new request with this URL:

https://{username}:{password}@{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/api/{api-version}/{resource}.json

     

      1. {username} – The API key that you generated.

      1. {password} – The API password that you generated.

      1. {shop} – The name of your development store.

      1. {api-version} – The supported API version that you want to use.

      1. {resource} – A resource endpoint from the REST Admin API.

    Or you can copy this example in the Shopify Admin, remember change {resource} to {checkouts/count}:

    https://33a72f01e02987636e1c1a9a4e95c840:[email protected]/admin/api/2021-10/checkouts/count.json

    Example URL

       

        • Paste the URL above and click Send

      Retrieves a count of checkouts

      Response:

      Number of checkouts from the past 90 days

      Response

      Explain the parameters in the response:

         

          1. {Created_at_max} – Count checkouts created before the specified date.

          1. {created_at_min} – Count checkouts created after the specified date.

          1. {updated_at_max} – Count checkouts last updated before the specified date.

          1. {updated_at_min} – Count checkouts last updated after the specified date.

          1. {status}: default open – Count checkouts with a given status; count only open abandoned checkouts.

        I have shown you all steps to retrieve a count of checkouts with Shopify API using Postman. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below or refer to our Devdocs. 

        If you still do not understand the tutorial’s content, you can watch the video below for a more overview.

        https://youtu.be/SjeF3lrDdUk
        Shopify API: Retrieves a count of checkouts

        Hopefully, you can do it!

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