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Auto-connect new products to all locations

Using Shopify's multi-locations feature, and importing products in bulk? Use this task to automatically connect each new product to every location for your store.

Runs Occurs whenever a product is created.

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Code
{% comment %}
  -- get all locations in the shop (up to 1K); by default legacy locations (fulfillment services) and inactive locations are excluded from results
{% endcomment %}

{% assign cursor = nil %}
{% assign locations = array %}

{% for n in (1..4) %}
  {% capture query %}
    query {
      locations(
        first: 250
        after: {{ cursor | json }}
        query: {{ search_query | json }}
      ) {
        pageInfo {
          hasNextPage
          endCursor
        }
        nodes {
          id
          name
        }
      }
    }
  {% endcapture %}

  {% assign result = query | shopify %}

  {% if event.preview %}
    {% capture result_json %}
      {
        "data": {
          "locations": {
            "nodes": [
              {
                "id": "gid://shopify/Location/1234567890"
              },
              {
                "id": "gid://shopify/Location/2345678901"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    {% endcapture %}

    {% assign result = result_json | parse_json %}
  {% endif %}

  {% assign locations = locations | concat: result.data.locations.nodes %}

  {% if result.data.locations.pageInfo.hasNextPage %}
    {% assign cursor = result.data.locations.pageInfo.endCursor %}
  {% else %}
    {% break %}
  {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

{% comment %}
  -- if there is only one active location configured in the shop, then there will be nothing for this task to do
{% endcomment %}

{% if locations.size == 1 %}
  {% break %}
{% endif %}

{% comment %}
  -- get all variants for this product (up to 2K)
{% endcomment %}

{% assign cursor = nil %}
{% assign variants = array %}

{% for n in (1..8) %}
  {% capture query %}
    query {
      product(id: {{ product.admin_graphql_api_id | json }}) {
        variants(
          first: 250
          after: {{ cursor | json }}
        ) {
          pageInfo {
            hasNextPage
            endCursor
          }
          nodes {
            id
            inventoryItem {
              id
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  {% endcapture %}

  {% assign result = query | shopify %}

  {% if event.preview %}
    {% capture result_json %}
      {
        "data": {
          "product": {
            "variants": {
              "nodes": [
                {
                  "id": "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/1234567890",
                  "inventoryItem": {
                    "id": "gid://shopify/inventoryItem/1234567890"
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      }
    {% endcapture %}

    {% assign result = result_json | parse_json %}
  {% endif %}

  {% assign product = result.data.product %}
  {% assign variants = variants | concat: result.data.product.variants.nodes %}

  {% if result.data.product.variants.pageInfo.hasNextPage %}
    {% assign cursor = result.data.product.variants.pageInfo.endCursor %}
  {% else %}
    {% break %}
  {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

{% comment %}
  -- activate each variant's inventory at all active locations
{% endcomment %}

{% for variant in variants %}
  {% action "shopify" %}
    mutation {
      inventoryBulkToggleActivation(
        inventoryItemId: {{ variant.inventoryItem.id | json }}
        inventoryItemUpdates: [
          {% for location in locations %}
            {
              locationId: {{ location.id | json }}
              activate: true
            }
          {% endfor %}
        ]
      ) {
        inventoryItem {
          id
        }
        inventoryLevels {
          location {
            id
            name
          }
        }
        userErrors {
          field
          message
          code
        }
      }
    }
  {% endaction %}
{% endfor %}
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