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Articles

An Article is a single blog post in your Shopify blog.
With DataEase you can:

  • Update hundreds of titles, bodies, or tags in one upload.
  • Fix author names, publish dates, or summaries fast.
  • Replace blog-post images without opening each post by hand.

Official Shopify article guide.

Note: Excel cells can hold only 32 767 characters. Very long bodies may be cut. Use CSV if your posts are large.

Table of Contents

  1. Export
  2. Import
  3. Field reference
  4. Filters

2. Export

  1. Choose CSV or Excel. (CSV is faster—tags slow Excel by ~15×.)
  2. Select Article as the entity.
  3. Pick the fields you need, such as title, authorName, or tags.
  4. Run the task and download your file.

Full steps: Export guide

3. Import

Supported commands in command column: CREATE, UPDATE, DELETE
Supported tag commands in tagsCommand: ADD, REMOVE, REPLACE

  1. Download the sample file: Article-import-sample.xlsx
  2. Edit or add rows. Required for CREATE: blogId, title, handle (unique).
  3. In DataEase, match the columns, upload the file, and start the import.

More detail: Import guide

4. Field reference

Basic

id

Unique article ID. Export only.

command

Action for the row: CREATE, UPDATE, DELETE.

title

Blog-post title shown to readers.

handle

URL-friendly string used in the post link. Must be unique or import will fail.

body

Full HTML body of the post.

authorName

Display name of the author.

commentsCount

Number of comments. Export only.

createdAt

When the post was created (ISO 8601). Export only.

updatedAt

Last update time (ISO 8601). Export only.

isPublished

true to show the post on the Online Store.

publishedAt

Date you want the post to show. Cannot be in the future.

summary

Short summary used by themes.

tags

Comma-separated list of tags. Learn more in the tag guide.

tagsCommand

ADD, REMOVE, or REPLACE tags for this article.

templateSuffix

Alternate Liquid template name (without .liquid).

Blog

blogId

ID of the blog that owns the post.

blogTitle

Title of the blog. Export only.

Image

imageAltText

Alt text for the featured image.

imageWidth

Original image width (px). Export only.

imageUrl

URL of the featured image. Include to replace the image.

imageHeight

Original image height (px). Export only.

Metafields

metafields

Dynamic extra fields. See the Metafields guide.

5. Filters

Author

Export posts by a specific authorName.

BlogTitle

Export posts that belong to one blogTitle.

CreatedAt

Choose a creation date or date range.

UpdatedAt

Filter by last update date.

Tag

Export posts that include a specific tag.

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