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.

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Table of Contents

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

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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

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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

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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.

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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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