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Add note to new orders with their fulfillment locations

Monitoring for brand-new orders, this task add a note to each order with the fulfillment locations that Shopify automatically assigns at the moment of order creation.

Runs Occurs whenever an order is created.

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Code
{% if event.preview %}
  {% assign order = hash %}
  {% assign order["admin_graphql_api_id"] = "gid://shopify/Order/1234567890" %}
{% endif %}

{% capture query %}
  query {
    order(id: {{ order.admin_graphql_api_id | json }}) {
      note
      fulfillmentOrders(first: 250) {
        edges {
          node {
            assignedLocation {
              name
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
{% endcapture %}

{% assign result = query | shopify %}

{% if event.preview %}
  {% capture result_json %}
    {
      "data": {
        "order": {
          "note": "An existing note",
          "fulfillmentOrders": {
            "edges": [
              {
                "node": {
                  "assignedLocation": {
                    "name": "Store #12345"
                  }
                }
              },
              {
                "node": {
                  "assignedLocation": {
                    "name": "Store #67890"
                  }
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  {% endcapture %}

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

{% assign fulfillment_location_names = result.data.order.fulfillmentOrders.edges | map: "node" | map: "assignedLocation" | map: "name" | join: ", " %}

{% assign note = "Fulfilled from: " | append: fulfillment_location_names %}
{% if result.data.order.note != blank %}
  {% assign note = note | prepend: newline | prepend: newline | prepend: result.data.order.note %}
{% endif %}

{% action "shopify" %}
  mutation {
    orderUpdate(
      input: {
        id: {{ order.admin_graphql_api_id | json }}
        note: {{ note | json }}
      }
    ) {
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }
{% endaction %}
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