Faster Retrieval of Shopify Metafields with GraphQL

Many merchants keep additional product data stored in Shopify metafields on their stores. This is challenging for app developers, as retrieving data from metafields is notoriously difficult via the Shopify REST API, and can cause slow performance when synching a client's store data. In this article, we look at how using GraphQL can dramatically reduce the sync time of product metafields from minutes to seconds.