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Shopify storefronts now offer direct catalog counts and unauthenticated commerce tools

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A recent analysis of Shopify's storefronts revealed that the previously assumed inability to pre-compute catalog page counts was incorrect. Developers can now access the `published_products_count` directly from the `/meta.json` endpoint, allowing for more efficient pagination rather than iterating through empty pages. Additionally, Shopify storefronts now expose a Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) endpoint, enabling unauthenticated access to a suite of commerce tools, including catalog search and order management, via the MCP protocol. AI

IMPACT Enables more efficient data extraction for AI models and applications interacting with Shopify storefronts.

RANK_REASON Analysis of existing product features and API behavior.

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Shopify storefronts now offer direct catalog counts and unauthenticated commerce tools

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · FetchSmith ·

    We said you can't pre-compute Shopify's catalog page count. We were wrong — the number was in the other endpoint

    <p>Shopify storefronts publish their whole catalog as unauthenticated JSON. No key, no cookie, no<br /> headless browser: if a URL loads in your browser, <code>curl</code> can have the catalog.</p> <p>We <a href="https://fetchsmith.com/blog/shopify-catalog-products-json-no-login"…

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