Shopify Flow

Authorize Shopify Flow with your Store ID and start MESA workflows from Flow, which can send customer, order and product data.

Connection

If you don’t already have a Shopify Flow connection created, enter your Shopify Store ID and click Authorize in Shopify.

Configure

Start a MESA Workflow From Shopify Flow

MESA can receive Customer, Order, and Product data from Shopify Flow.

1. In MESA, create a new workflow using a Shopify Flow trigger.

Screenshot of MESA creating a new workflow using a Shopify Flow trigger. Spotlight the Shopify Flow trigger.

2. In Shopify Flow, create a workflow with the Add action button. Then, select the corresponding MESA action from Step 1.

Screenshot of Shopify Flow creating a workflow, click the Add action button and select the corresponding MESA action from Step 1. Spotlight the Add action button.

If you select the Send to Mesa action in Shopify Flow, you can copy the Workflow Key from your MESA workflow’s Dashboard tab.

Screenshot of a MESA workflow Dashboard tab showing the Workflow Key to copy for the Send to Mesa action. Spotlight the Workflow Key.

Start a Shopify Flow Workflow From MESA

1. Add a Shopify Flow action in MESA.

2. Complete any required fields referencing an ID. In most cases, you want to use MESA’s Variables feature and locate the variable that represents the entity’s ID (e.g. Product ID, Customer ID, Order ID).

Screenshot of a Shopify Flow action in MESA, complete the required ID fields using MESA's Variables feature to insert the entity's ID. Spotlight the ID field variable selector.

3. Create a new workflow in Shopify Flow.

4. Within Shopify Flow’s “Start When” block, select a MESA Action.

Screenshot of Shopify Flow, in the Start When block select a MESA Action. Spotlight the MESA Action option.

Technical Notes

Send Custom Data to Shopify Flow step

Use this step to send unstructured or custom data to your Shopify Flow. This will allow you to define a key-value pair array (similar to the Line Items properties), and you can read this in your Shopify Flow.

For example, we want to send a Shopify Order’s Name and ID to our Flow. We can set this up by doing the following.

Screenshot of the MESA Send Custom Data to Shopify Flow step configured to send a Shopify Order's Name and ID as key-value pairs. Spotlight the key-value pair array.

In Shopify Flow, we can reference the data as {{ custom_data.data[0].value }} and this will represent the Order’s Name.

Send Custom Data from Shopify Flow to MESA

To send custom data from Shopify Flow to MESA, create a workflow in Shopify Flow with a Send to Mesa action.

Screenshot of a Shopify Flow workflow with a Send to Mesa action used to send custom data to MESA. Spotlight the Send to Mesa action.

Next, open the Send to Mesa action, enter the desired key, then select Add a variable to see the available data.

For example, this Send to Mesa action will send the contact email from Shopify Flow to MESA.

Screenshot of the Shopify Flow Send to Mesa action configured to send the contact email to MESA, with a key entered and Add a variable selected. Spotlight the payload key-value fields.

Your payload should follow a similar structure to the one shown above.

How to use Data from Shopify Flow

When sending Orders, Customers, and Products from Shopify Flow, there must be a previous step to designate the object’s ID.

This Shopify Flow workflow will send the Order ID to MESA when an order is created.

Screenshot of a Shopify Flow workflow that designates and sends the Order ID to MESA when an order is created. Spotlight the Order ID step.