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Auto-tag customers when they purchase a matching product

Configure this task with search terms that describe certain products, and this task will apply the tags of your choice to every customer who purchases a matching product or product variant. Run this task manually to tag all customers who have a qualifying order already on file.

Runs Occurs whenever an order is paid, Occurs when a user manually triggers the task, and Occurs when a bulk operation is completed. Configuration includes search query, search for products, search for product variants, customer tags to apply, and test mode.

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Configure this task with search terms that describe certain products, and this task will apply the tags of your choice to every customer who purchases a matching product or product variant. Run this task manually to tag all customers who have a qualifying order already on file.

This task auto-tags customers who have paid orders on file for products or product variants that match the search query you add.

Sample searches:

  • A specific SKU: search product variants for sku:ABC123
  • All products with a certain tag: search products for tag:holiday
  • All products with a certain type: search products for product_type:"Gift Card"
  • A product with a certain title: search products for title:"Short sleeve t-shirt"

To ensure expected results, use this task with test mode enabled, before disabling test mode.

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Subscriptions
shopify/orders/paid
mechanic/user/trigger
mechanic/shopify/bulk_operation
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Options
search query (required), search for products (boolean), search for product variants (boolean), customer tags to apply (required, array), test mode (boolean)
Code
{% comment %}
  Ordering the task options:

  {{ options.search_query__required }}
  {{ options.search_for_products__boolean }}
  {{ options.search_for_product_variants__boolean }}
  {{ options.customer_tags_to_apply__required_array }}
  {{ options.test_mode__boolean }}
{% endcomment %}

{% if options.search_for_products__boolean and options.search_for_product_variants__boolean %}
  {% error "Choose only one of 'Search for products' and 'Search for product variants'. :)" %}
{% elsif options.search_for_products__boolean == false and options.search_for_product_variants__boolean == false %}
  {% error "Choose either 'Search for products' and 'Search for product variants'." %}
{% endif %}

{% assign cursor = nil %}
{% assign qualifier_resource_ids = array %}
{% assign qualifier_resource_summaries = array %}
{% assign jobs = array %}

{% for n in (0..100) %}
  {% capture query %}
    query {
      {% if options.search_for_products__boolean %}
        resources: products(
      {% else %}
        resources: productVariants(
      {% endif %}
        first: 250
        after: {{ cursor | json }}
        query: {{ options.search_query__required | json }}
      ) {
        edges {
          node {
            id
            legacyResourceId
            {% if options.search_for_products__boolean %}
              displayName: title
            {% else %}
              displayName
            {% endif %}
          }
        }
      }
    }
  {% endcapture %}

  {% assign result = query | shopify %}

  {% if event.preview %}
    {% capture result_json %}
      {
        "data": {
          "resources": {
            "edges": [
              {
                "node": {
                  "id": "gid://shopify/Product/1234567890",
                  "displayName": "Bundle",
                  "legacyResourceId": "1234567890"
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    {% endcapture %}

    {% assign result = result_json | parse_json %}
  {% endif %}

  {% log %}
    {
      "qualifier_resources": {{ result.data.resources.edges | map: "node" | json }}
    }
  {% endlog %}

  {% assign qualifier_resource_ids = result.data.resources.edges | map: "node" | map: "legacyResourceId" | concat: qualifier_resource_ids %}

  {% if result.data.resources.pageInfo.hasNextPage %}
    {% assign cursor = result.data.resources.edges.last.cursor %}
  {% else %}
    {% break %}
  {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

{% if event.topic contains "shopify/orders/" %}
  {% if event.preview %}
    {% capture order_json %}
      {
        "financial_status": "paid",
        "name": "#1234",
        "customer": {
          "email": "customer@example.com",
          "tags": "",
          "admin_graphql_api_id": "gid://shopify/Customer/1234567890"
        },
        "line_items": [
          {
            "product_id": 1234567890,
            "variant_id": 1234567890,
            "title": "IPod Nano - 8GB"
          }
        ]
      }
    {% endcapture %}

    {% assign order = order_json | parse_json %}
  {% endif %}

  {% assign order_qualifies = false %}
  {% assign order_qualifying_resource = nil %}

  {% if order.financial_status == "paid" and order.customer %}
    {% for line_item in order.line_items %}
      {% if options.search_for_products__boolean %}
        {% assign id = line_item.product_id | append: "" %}
      {% else %}
        {% assign id = line_item.variant_id | append: "" %}
      {% endif %}

      {% if qualifier_resource_ids contains id %}
        {% assign order_qualifies = true %}
        {% assign order_qualifying_resource = line_item.title %}
        {% break %}
      {% endif %}
    {% endfor %}
  {% endif %}

  {% if order_qualifies %}
    {% assign job = hash %}
    {% assign job["customer_id"] = order.customer.admin_graphql_api_id %}
    {% assign job["customer_email"] = order.customer.email %}
    {% assign job["customer_existing_tags"] = order.customer.tags | split: ", " %}
    {% assign job["reason"] = order_qualifying_resource | append: ", in order " | append: order.name %}
    {% assign jobs[jobs.size] = job %}
  {% endif %}
{% elsif event.topic == "mechanic/user/trigger" %}
  {% assign orders_query = "financial_status:paid" %}

  {% capture bulk_operation_query %}
    query {
      customers(
        query: "orders_count:>0"
      ) {
        edges {
          node {
            __typename
            id
            email
            tags
            orders(
              query: "financial_status:paid"
            ) {
              edges {
                node {
                  __typename
                  id
                  name
                  lineItems {
                    edges {
                      node {
                        __typename
                        id
                        {% if options.search_for_products__boolean %}
                          resource: product {
                            legacyResourceId
                            displayName: title
                          }
                        {% else %}
                          resource: variant {
                            legacyResourceId
                            displayName
                          }
                        {% endif %}
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  {% endcapture %}

  {% action "shopify" %}
    mutation {
      bulkOperationRunQuery(
        query: {{ bulk_operation_query | json }}
      ) {
        bulkOperation {
          id
          status
        }
        userErrors {
          field
          message
        }
      }
    }
  {% endaction %}
{% elsif event.topic == "mechanic/shopify/bulk_operation" %}
  {% if event.preview %}
    {% capture bulkOperation_json %}
      {
        "objects": [
          {
            "__typename": "LineItem",
            "resource": {
              "legacyResourceId": "1234567890",
              "displayName": "IPod Nano - 8GB"
            },
            "__parent": {
              "name": "#1234",
              "__parent": {
                "id": "gid://shopify/Customer/1234567890",
                "email": "customer@example.com",
                "tags": []
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    {% endcapture %}
    {% assign bulkOperation = bulkOperation_json | parse_json %}
  {% endif %}

  {% assign lineItems = bulkOperation.objects | where: "__typename", "LineItem" | where: "resource" %}
  {% for lineItem in lineItems %}
    {% assign resource = lineItem.resource %}
    {% assign order = lineItem.__parent %}
    {% assign customer = order.__parent %}

    {% if qualifier_resource_ids contains resource.legacyResourceId %}
      {% assign job = hash %}
      {% assign job["customer_id"] = customer.id %}
      {% assign job["customer_email"] = customer.email %}
      {% assign job["customer_existing_tags"] = customer.tags %}
      {% assign job["reason"] = resource.displayName | append: ", in order " | append: order.name %}
      {% assign jobs[jobs.size] = job %}
    {% endif %}
  {% endfor %}
{% endif %}

{% assign customer_ids_with_jobs = jobs | map: "customer_id" | uniq %}
{% for customer_id in customer_ids_with_jobs %}
  {% assign customer_jobs = jobs | where: "customer_id", customer_id %}
  {% assign customer_existing_tags = customer_jobs[0].customer_existing_tags %}
  {% assign customer_email = customer_jobs[0].customer_email %}
  {% assign reasons = customer_jobs | map: "reason" %}

  {% assign tags_to_add = array %}
  {% for tag in options.customer_tags_to_apply__required_array %}
    {% unless customer_existing_tags contains tag %}
      {% assign tags_to_add[tags_to_add.size] = tag %}
    {% endunless %}
  {% endfor %}

  {% if options.test_mode__boolean %}
    {% action "echo" %}
      {
        "customer_id": {{ customer_id | json }},
        "customer_email": {{ customer_email | json }},
        "customer_purchases": {{ reasons | json }},
        "customer_existing_tags": {{ customer_existing_tags | json }},
        "customer_tags_to_add": {{ tags_to_add | json }}
      }
    {% endaction %}
  {% elsif tags_to_add == empty %}
    {% capture log_message %}Customer {{ customer.id }} already has all applicable tags ({{ tags_applicable | join: ", " }}); nothing to do.{% endcapture %}
    {% log log_message %}
  {% else %}
    {% action "shopify" %}
      mutation {
        tagsAdd(
          id: {{ customer_id | json }}
          tags: {{ tags_to_add | json }}
        ) {
          userErrors {
            field
            message
          }
        }
      }
    {% endaction %}
  {% endif %}
{% endfor %}
Task code is written in Mechanic Liquid, an extension of open-source Liquid enhanced for automation. Learn more
Defaults
Search query
sku:ABC123
Search for product variants
true
Test mode
true