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Auto-fulfill items that don't require shipping

Useful for digital products, memberships, or anything else that needs to be fulfilled instantly. This task watches for paid orders, and auto-fulfills all line items that don't require shipping.

Runs Occurs whenever an order is paid and Occurs when a user sends an order to Mechanic. Configuration includes include products with any of these tags, exclude products with any of these tags, and wait until any other shippable items are fulfilled.

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Useful for digital products, memberships, or anything else that needs to be fulfilled instantly. This task watches for paid orders, and auto-fulfills all line items that don't require shipping.

Optionally, choose to include or exclude products by tag, and wait until other shippable items are fulfilled, if any.

Note: exclusion tags on a product will take priority over inclusion tags.

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shopify/orders/paid
{% if options.wait_until_any_other_shippable_items_are_fulfilled__boolean %}
  shopify/orders/partially_fulfilled
  shopify/orders/fulfilled
{% endif %}
mechanic/user/order
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Options
include products with any of these tags (array), exclude products with any of these tags (array), wait until any other shippable items are fulfilled (boolean)
Code
{% assign inclusion_tags = options.include_products_with_any_of_these_tags__array %}
{% assign exclusion_tags = options.exclude_products_with_any_of_these_tags__array %}
{% assign wait_until_any_other_shippable_items_are_fulfilled = options.wait_until_any_other_shippable_items_are_fulfilled__boolean %}

{% comment %}
  -- get all open or in progress fulfillment orders
{% endcomment %}

{% capture query %}
  query {
    order(id: {{ order.admin_graphql_api_id | json }}) {
      id
      fulfillmentOrders(
        first: 10
        query: "status:open OR status:in_progress"
      ) {
        nodes {
          id
          assignedLocation {
            location {
              id
            }
          }
          lineItems(first: 30) {
            nodes {
              id
              inventoryItemId
              remainingQuantity
              requiresShipping
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
{% endcapture %}

{% assign result = query | shopify %}

{% if event.preview %}
  {% capture result_json %}
    {
      "data": {
        "order": {
          "id": "gid://shopify/Order/1234567890",
          "fulfillmentOrders": {
            "nodes": [
              {
                "id": "gid://shopify/FulfillmentOrder/1234567890",
                "assignedLocation": {
                  "location": {
                    "id": "gid://shopify/Location/1234567890"
                  }
                },
                "lineItems": {
                  "nodes": [
                    {
                      "id": "gid://shopify/FulfillmentOrderLineItem/1234567890",
                      "inventoryItemId": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/1234567890",
                      "remainingQuantity": 1,
                      "requiresShipping": false
                    },
                    {
                      "id": "gid://shopify/FulfillmentOrderLineItem/2345678901",
                      "inventoryItemId": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/2345678901",
                      "remainingQuantity": 2,
                      "requiresShipping": false
                    }
                  ]
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  {% endcapture %}

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

{% assign fulfillment_orders = result.data.order.fulfillmentOrders.nodes %}

{% if fulfillment_orders == blank %}
  {% log "There are no open fulfillment orders to fulfill on this order." %}
  {% break %}
{% endif %}

{% comment %}
  NOTE: fulfillments can only be created for one location at a time, so need to group fulfillment orders by location
{% endcomment %}

{% assign fulfillment_orders_by_location = hash %}
{% assign has_unfulfilled_shippable_items = nil %}

{% for fulfillment_order in fulfillment_orders %}
  {% assign fulfillment_order_data = hash %}
  {% assign fulfillment_order_data["fulfillment_order_id"] = fulfillment_order.id %}

  {% for fulfillment_order_line_item in fulfillment_order.lineItems.nodes %}
    {% comment %}
      -- skip items that do not require shipping, but set flag if any are unfulfilled
    {% endcomment %}

    {% if fulfillment_order_line_item.requiresShipping %}
      {% if fulfillment_order_line_item.remainingQuantity > 0 %}
        {% assign has_unfulfilled_shippable_items = true %}
      {% endif %}

      {% continue %}
    {% endif %}

    {% if inclusion_tags != blank or exclusion_tags != blank %}
      {% assign has_exclusion_tag = nil %}
      {% assign has_inclusion_tag = nil %}

      {% comment %}
        -- use the inventory item Id to query for product tags; product access from fulfillment order line items has been deprecated
      {% endcomment %}

      {% capture query %}
        query {
          inventoryItem(id: {{ fulfillment_order_line_item.inventoryItemId | json }}) {
            variant {
              product {
                tags
              }
            }
          }
        }
      {% endcapture %}
      
      {% assign result = query | shopify %}
      
      {% if event.preview %}
        {% capture result_json %}
          {
            "data": {
              "inventoryItem": {
                "variant": {
                  "product": {
                    "tags": {{ inclusion_tags.first | json }}
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        {% endcapture %}
      
        {% assign result = result_json | parse_json %}
      {% endif %}
      
      {% assign product_tags = result.data.inventoryItem.variant.product.tags %}

      {% for exclusion_tag in exclusion_tags %}
        {% if product_tags contains exclusion_tag %}
          {% assign has_exclusion_tag = true %}
          {% break %}
        {% endif %}
      {% endfor %}

      {% for inclusion_tag in inclusion_tags %}
        {% if product_tags contains inclusion_tag %}
          {% assign has_inclusion_tag = true %}
          {% break %}
        {% endif %}          
      {% endfor %}

      {% comment %}
        -- exclusion tags have priority over inclusion tags
      {% endcomment %}

      {% if has_exclusion_tag %}
        {% log
          message: "This line item's product has at least one of the configured exclusion tags; skipping",
          fulfillment_order_line_item: fulfillment_order_line_item,
          product_tags: product_tags,
          exclusion_tags: exclusion_tags
        %}
        {% continue %}

      {% elsif inclusion_tags != blank %}
        {% unless has_inclusion_tag %}
          {% log
            message: "This line item's product does not contain any of the configured inclusion tags; skipping",
            fulfillment_order_line_item: fulfillment_order_line_item,
            product_tags: product_tags,
            inclusion_tags: inclusion_tags
          %}
          {% continue %}
        {% endunless %}
      {% endif %}
    {% endif %}

    {% comment %}
      -- save unfulfilled line items that do not require shipping
    {% endcomment %}

    {% if fulfillment_order_line_item.remainingQuantity > 0 %}
      {% assign fulfillment_order_data["unfulfilled_line_items"]
        = fulfillment_order_data["unfulfilled_line_items"]
        | default: array
        | push: fulfillment_order_line_item
      %}
    {% endif %}
  {% endfor %}

  {% comment %}
    -- group unfulfilled line items by location for fulfillment
  {% endcomment %}

  {% if fulfillment_order_data.unfulfilled_line_items != blank %}
    {% assign fulfillment_orders_by_location[fulfillment_order.assignedLocation.location.id]
      = fulfillment_orders_by_location[fulfillment_order.assignedLocation.location.id]
      | default: array
      | push: fulfillment_order_data
    %}
  {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

{% if wait_until_any_other_shippable_items_are_fulfilled and has_unfulfilled_shippable_items %}
  {% log "Unfulfilled shippable items exist on this order and the 'Wait until any other shippable items are fulfilled' option is checked; no auto fulfillments will be made in this task run." %}
  {% break %}
{% endif %}

{% for keyval in fulfillment_orders_by_location %}
  {% action "shopify" %}
    mutation {
      fulfillmentCreateV2(
        fulfillment: {
          lineItemsByFulfillmentOrder: [
            {% for fulfillment_order_data in keyval[1] %}
              {
                fulfillmentOrderId: {{ fulfillment_order_data.fulfillment_order_id | json }}
                fulfillmentOrderLineItems: [
                  {% for unfulfilled_line_item in fulfillment_order_data.unfulfilled_line_items %}
                    {
                      id: {{ unfulfilled_line_item.id | json }}
                      quantity: {{ unfulfilled_line_item.remainingQuantity }}
                    }
                  {% endfor %}
                ]
              }
            {% endfor %}
          ]
          notifyCustomer: false
        }
      ) {
        fulfillment {
          id
          status
        }
        userErrors {
          field
          message
        }
      }
    }
  {% endaction %}
{% endfor %}
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