I’m working on integrating with the Shopify API and need help extracting total revenue information from a store. Currently, I can pull individual order amounts filtered by specific dates, but I’m struggling to calculate the complete sales totals.
What I’m looking for is a way to fetch the sum of all sales between two specific dates (start date and end date). I’ve managed to get pricing data for individual transactions, but I need the aggregated sales figure for reporting purposes.
Has anyone successfully implemented this type of revenue calculation using the Shopify API? Any guidance on the correct endpoints or methods would be really helpful.
Appreciate any assistance with this!
The Analytics API beats pulling individual orders for this. Hit /admin/api/2023-10/analytics/reports/total_sales.json with your date params - you’ll get pre-calculated totals without dealing with pagination hell. I made this switch after getting hammered by timeouts on high-volume stores. Same created_at_min and created_at_max params as the orders endpoint, but you get the aggregated data straight up. Just heads up - Analytics API has different rate limits than REST, so plan accordingly. If you need granular control over what counts as revenue, you might still need the orders route, but for basic reporting this’ll save you tons of processing time.
Had the exact same issue building monthly revenue reports. Hit the /admin/api/2023-10/orders.json endpoint with created_at_min and created_at_max for your date range. Add financial_status=paid so you’re only counting completed transactions. The annoying part is pagination - Shopify caps results at 250 orders per request. I wrote a simple loop that sums the total_price field while fetching more pages using the Link header. If you need net revenue instead of gross sales, handle refunds separately by checking each order’s refunds array.
Been there! Shopify’s GraphQL API works much better for this. Use the orders query with createdAt filters and sum the totalPriceSet values. Way cleaner than REST pagination, and you only pull the fields you actually need. Just don’t forget to handle order statuses correctly or your reports will look weird.
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