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Use this this task to monitor for the addition of a new product tag, and to schedule the product to be untagged some number of days later. Useful for temporarily adding a product to a collection, or qualifying the product for some other temporary functionality.
Runs Occurs whenever a product is updated, or whenever a product is ordered, or whenever a variant is added, removed, or updated and Occurs whenever user/task/untag_product is triggered. Configuration includes tag to monitor and days to wait before untagging.
Use this this task to monitor for the addition of a new product tag, and to schedule the product to be untagged some number of days later. Useful for temporarily adding a product to a collection, or qualifying the product for some other temporary functionality.
This task monitors new and updated products, watching for the configured product tag.
As soon as that tag is detected, the task will add a second tag, indicating that the product is scheduled to be untagged. (For example, if the task is configured to watch for the tag "Approved", the task will add the tag "Approved - will be auto-removed by Mechanic".) The task will then schedule a followup event for the future, according to the configured number of days to wait. At that time, the task will remove both tags.
Important note: To prevent the task from untagging the product later, manually remove the task's additional tag (i.e. the "will be auto-removed by Mechanic" tag). If the additional tag is found missing, the task will leave the tag in place instead of auto-removing it.
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shopify/products/update user/task/untag_product
{% if event.topic == "user/task/untag_product" %}
{% assign product_id = event.data.product_id %}
{% else %}
{% assign product_id = product.admin_graphql_api_id %}
{% endif %}
{% assign tag = options.tag_to_monitor__required %}
{% assign untag_flag_tag = tag | append: " - will be auto-removed by Mechanic" %}
{% assign tag_removal_interval_s = options.days_to_wait_before_untagging__number_required | times: 24 | times: 60 | times: 60 | round %}
{% assign now_s = "now" | date: "%s" | times: 1 %}
{% assign metafield_key = task.id | sha256 | slice: 0, 7 %}
{% capture query %}
query {
product(id: {{ product_id | json }}) {
id
tags
metafield(
namespace: "mechanic"
key: {{ metafield_key | json }}
) {
id
value
}
}
}
{% endcapture %}
{% assign result = query | shopify %}
{% if event.preview %}
{% capture result_json %}
{
"data": {
"product": {
"id": "gid://shopify/Product/1234567890",
"tags": [{{ tag | json }}],
"metafield": null
}
}
}
{% endcapture %}
{% assign result = result_json | parse_json %}
{% endif %}
{% assign product = result.data.product %}
{% if product.tags contains tag %}
{% assign time_to_remove_s = product.metafield.value | times: 1 %}
{% if product.metafield == nil or time_to_remove_s == 0 %}
{% action "shopify" %}
mutation {
tagsAdd(
id: {{ product.id | json }}
tags: {{ untag_flag_tag | json }}
) {
node {
... on Product {
tags
}
}
userErrors {
field
message
}
}
productUpdate(
input: {
id: {{ product.id | json }}
metafields: [
{
namespace: "mechanic"
key: {{ metafield_key | json }}
value: {{ now_s | plus: tag_removal_interval_s | append: "" | json }}
type: "number_integer"
}
]
}
) {
product {
metafield(
namespace: "mechanic"
key: {{ metafield_key | json }}
) {
id
}
}
userErrors {
field
message
}
}
}
{% endaction %}
{% action "event" %}
{
"topic": "user/task/untag_product",
"data": {
"product_id": {{ product.id | json }}
},
"run_at": {{ now_s | plus: tag_removal_interval_s | json }},
"task_id": {{ task.id | json }}
}
{% endaction %}
{% elsif product.tags contains untag_flag_tag %}
{% if now_s < time_to_remove_s %}
{% log message: "This product is scheduled to be untagged, but it's not time yet. Skipping.", tag: tag, untag_flag_tag: untag_flag_tag, now_s: now_s, time_to_remove_s: time_to_remove_s %}
{% else %}
{% log message: "This product is scheduled to be untagged, and that time is now.", tag: tag, untag_flag_tag: untag_flag_tag, now_s: now_s, time_to_remove_s: time_to_remove_s %}
{% action "shopify" %}
mutation {
tagsRemove(
id: {{ product.id | json }}
tags: [{{ tag | json }}, {{ untag_flag_tag | json }}]
) {
node {
... on Product {
tags
}
}
userErrors {
field
message
}
}
metafieldDelete(
input: {
id: {{ product.metafield.id | json }}
}
) {
userErrors {
field
message
}
}
}
{% endaction %}
{% endif %}
{% else %}
{% log message: "This product has a tag removal time recorded, but the 'untag flag tag' has been removed. Skipping.", tag: tag, untag_flag_tag: untag_flag_tag, now_s: now_s, time_to_remove_s: time_to_remove_s %}
{% endif %}
{% elsif event.topic == "user/task/untag_product" %}
{% log message: "The tag auto-removal event has arrived, but the product has already been untagged by someone/something else. Skipping.", tag: tag, product_tags: product.tags %}
{% endif %}