Shopify has introduced new APIs for reading and writing shipping options within delivery profiles, enabling support for multiple tiered rates grouped together. This enhancement aligns with Shopify's upgraded UI for creating shipping options and replaces the previous DeliveryMethodDefinition and DeliveryMethodDefinitionInput approach. Apps currently managing merchant-managed delivery profiles need to evaluate whether migration to these new unstable APIs is necessary.
For developers building shipping and delivery management apps, this update provides more flexibility in how tiered shipping rates are structured and presented to merchants. The new APIs offer improved functionality that matches Shopify's evolving shipping capabilities, but apps relying on the older methods may experience compatibility issues if not updated. This is particularly important for apps that read or write merchant-managed delivery profiles, as the transition to new APIs ensures continued functionality and access to the latest shipping features.
If your app needs to authenticate with Shopify to access these new shipping APIs, GetShopifyToken simplifies the OAuth process, ensuring you have the correct scopes and tokens to read and write delivery profile data securely.