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# Read a collection's products in their current order

> Returns the collection's products in the order the storefront shows now (the main version's sort, pins and rules). Read-only.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi/lite.json get /collections/{collection_id}/initial-products
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Search & Merchandising API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    REST API behind Depict: Search & Merchandising, the native Shopify app:
    onboarding, collections, boost & bury, dashboards, A/B testing and
    multi-store management. Endpoints are served under the /api/lite prefix and
    are authenticated with the Shopify session token that App Bridge issues to
    the embedded app.
servers:
  - url: /api/lite
security:
  - ShopifySessionToken: []
paths:
  /collections/{collection_id}/initial-products:
    get:
      summary: Read a collection's products in their current order
      description: >-
        Returns the collection's products in the order the storefront shows now
        (the main version's sort, pins and rules). Read-only.
      operationId: collectionGridInitialProducts
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
            description: Numeric Shopify collection id.
          required: true
          description: Numeric Shopify collection id.
          name: collection_id
          in: path
        - schema:
            type: string
            description: Lite merchant id, e.g. `shopify-<shop id>`.
          required: true
          description: Lite merchant id, e.g. `shopify-<shop id>`.
          name: merchant_id
          in: query
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The products in grid order.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/LiteCollectionProduct'
        '400':
          description: >-
            The query, path or body failed the schema; `detail` carries zod's
            messages.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Detail'
        '401':
          description: Not authenticated.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Detail'
        '403':
          description: Authenticated, but this identity may not call the API.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Detail'
        '404':
          description: Merchant not found for this caller.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Detail'
        '500':
          description: Internal error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Detail'
components:
  schemas:
    LiteCollectionProduct:
      type: object
      properties:
        main_product_id:
          type: string
          description: Shopify product id (numeric string).
        title:
          type: string
        handle:
          type: string
        images:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShopifyImage'
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        price:
          type:
            - number
            - 'null'
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProductStatus'
        has_online_store_channel:
          type:
            - boolean
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            Whether the Online Store sales channel is enabled; null when
            ingestion has not stamped it.
        in_stock:
          type: boolean
        quantity:
          type: integer
          description: Summed available quantity over variants.
        badges:
          type: array
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: object
                properties:
                  type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - on_sale
                  sale_percentage:
                    type: number
                  markets_on_sale:
                    type:
                      - array
                      - 'null'
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        market_id:
                          type: string
                        display_name:
                          type: string
                      required:
                        - market_id
                        - display_name
                    description: Markets where the product is on sale, when not all are.
                  total_markets:
                    type:
                      - integer
                      - 'null'
                  market_group_display_name:
                    type:
                      - string
                      - 'null'
                required:
                  - type
                  - sale_percentage
              - type: object
                properties:
                  type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - out_of_stock
                required:
                  - type
              - type: object
                properties:
                  type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - partially_out_of_stock
                required:
                  - type
              - type: object
                properties:
                  type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - partially_low_stock
                required:
                  - type
              - type: object
                properties:
                  type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - new_in
                  published_at:
                    type: string
                  date_source:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - published_at
                      - created_at
                required:
                  - type
                  - published_at
              - type: object
                properties:
                  value:
                    type: number
                  n_days:
                    type: integer
                    description: Window the value was measured over.
                  type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - bestseller
                required:
                  - value
                  - n_days
                  - type
              - type: object
                properties:
                  value:
                    type: number
                  n_days:
                    type: integer
                    description: Window the value was measured over.
                  type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - bestseller_revenue
                  currency:
                    type:
                      - string
                      - 'null'
                    description: ISO currency of `value`.
                required:
                  - value
                  - n_days
                  - type
              - type: object
                properties:
                  value:
                    type: number
                  n_days:
                    type: integer
                    description: Window the value was measured over.
                  type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - slow_mover
                required:
                  - value
                  - n_days
                  - type
              - type: object
                properties:
                  value:
                    type: number
                  n_days:
                    type: integer
                    description: Window the value was measured over.
                  type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - trending
                required:
                  - value
                  - n_days
                  - type
              - type: object
                properties:
                  value:
                    type: number
                  n_days:
                    type: integer
                    description: Window the value was measured over.
                  type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - trending_revenue
                  currency:
                    type:
                      - string
                      - 'null'
                    description: ISO currency of `value`.
                required:
                  - value
                  - n_days
                  - type
              - type: object
                properties:
                  type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - few_variants_available
                  variant_options_available:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      additionalProperties:
                        type: string
                    description: >-
                      Option name → value, one entry per variant still
                      available.
                  n_variants_total:
                    type: integer
                required:
                  - type
                  - variant_options_available
                  - n_variants_total
              - type: object
                properties:
                  type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - tag
                  tag:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - type
                  - tag
              - type: object
                properties:
                  type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - collection
                  collection_id:
                    type: string
                  collection_title:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - type
                  - collection_id
                  - collection_title
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetafieldProductBadge'
        skus:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        created_at:
          type: string
        published_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        variants:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/LiteVariant'
        sort_index:
          type: integer
          description: Position in the collection's sort, ignoring pins.
        applied_boost_bury_rule:
          oneOf:
            - type: object
              properties:
                strength:
                  type: integer
                  description: >-
                    Priority and direction: > 0 boosts matching products toward
                    the top, < 0 buries them toward the bottom; a larger
                    magnitude wins over a smaller one.
                top_n:
                  type:
                    - integer
                    - 'null'
                  description: >-
                    Cap: only the first N matching products (best-ranked for a
                    badge rule) are moved; null or absent = every match.
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - badge
                badge:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProductBadgeType'
              required:
                - strength
                - type
                - badge
            - type: object
              properties:
                strength:
                  type: integer
                  description: >-
                    Priority and direction: > 0 boosts matching products toward
                    the top, < 0 buries them toward the bottom; a larger
                    magnitude wins over a smaller one.
                top_n:
                  type:
                    - integer
                    - 'null'
                  description: >-
                    Cap: only the first N matching products (best-ranked for a
                    badge rule) are moved; null or absent = every match.
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - collection
                collection_id:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    Numeric Shopify collection id (no gid:// prefix); matches
                    that collection's products.
              required:
                - strength
                - type
                - collection_id
            - type: object
              properties:
                strength:
                  type: integer
                  description: >-
                    Priority and direction: > 0 boosts matching products toward
                    the top, < 0 buries them toward the bottom; a larger
                    magnitude wins over a smaller one.
                top_n:
                  type:
                    - integer
                    - 'null'
                  description: >-
                    Cap: only the first N matching products (best-ranked for a
                    badge rule) are moved; null or absent = every match.
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - tag
                tags:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: >-
                    Matches products carrying any of these Shopify tags (see GET
                    /boost-bury/tags).
              required:
                - strength
                - type
                - tags
            - type: object
              properties:
                strength:
                  type: integer
                  description: >-
                    Priority and direction: > 0 boosts matching products toward
                    the top, < 0 buries them toward the bottom; a larger
                    magnitude wins over a smaller one.
                top_n:
                  type:
                    - integer
                    - 'null'
                  description: >-
                    Cap: only the first N matching products (best-ranked for a
                    badge rule) are moved; null or absent = every match.
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - metafield
                key:
                  type: string
                  pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,255}\.[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,64}$
                  description: Product metafield as `namespace.key`.
                metafield_type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - number_integer
                    - number_decimal
                    - single_line_text_field
                    - multi_line_text_field
                    - url
                    - color
                    - date
                    - date_time
                    - boolean
                    - rating
                    - weight
                    - dimension
                    - volume
                  description: >-
                    The metafield's Shopify type; it decides which operators are
                    allowed (measurement types allow only `exists`).
                operator:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - exists
                    - equals
                    - gt
                    - lt
                  description: >-
                    `exists` matches any product with the metafield set;
                    `equals`/`gt`/`lt` compare against `value`.
                value:
                  type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  description: The compared raw metafield value; null for `exists`.
              required:
                - strength
                - type
                - key
                - metafield_type
                - operator
                - value
            - type: 'null'
          description: The rule that moved this product, if any.
        market_quantities:
          type:
            - object
            - 'null'
          additionalProperties:
            type: number
          description: Available quantity per market id.
        variant_ids_in_collection:
          type:
            - array
            - 'null'
          items:
            type: string
        variants_in_collection:
          type:
            - integer
            - 'null'
        variants_total:
          type:
            - integer
            - 'null'
        metafield_sort_value:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The sort metafield's value under a METAFIELD_* sort.
      required:
        - main_product_id
        - title
        - handle
        - images
        - tags
        - price
        - status
        - has_online_store_channel
        - in_stock
        - quantity
        - badges
        - skus
        - created_at
        - published_at
        - variants
        - sort_index
        - market_quantities
        - variant_ids_in_collection
        - variants_in_collection
        - variants_total
    Detail:
      type: object
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
      required:
        - detail
      description: 'Every 4xx/5xx body: `{detail}`.'
    ShopifyImage:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
        width:
          type:
            - integer
            - 'null'
        height:
          type:
            - integer
            - 'null'
        alt:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
      required:
        - id
        - url
    ProductStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
        - ACTIVE
        - ARCHIVED
        - DRAFT
        - SCHEDULED
        - UNLISTED
    MetafieldProductBadge:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - metafield
        key:
          type: string
          description: The metafield, `namespace.key`.
        value:
          type: string
      required:
        - type
        - key
        - value
    LiteVariant:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        sku:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        quantity_available:
          type: integer
        image_url:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        selected_options:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
              value:
                type: string
            required:
              - name
              - value
      required:
        - id
        - title
        - sku
        - quantity_available
        - image_url
        - selected_options
    ProductBadgeType:
      type: string
      enum:
        - on_sale
        - out_of_stock
        - new_in
        - bestseller
        - bestseller_revenue
        - slow_mover
        - few_variants_available
        - partially_out_of_stock
        - partially_low_stock
        - trending
        - trending_revenue
        - tag
        - collection
      description: Matches products currently carrying this badge.
  securitySchemes:
    ShopifySessionToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        Shopify App Bridge session token of the embedded Depict: Search &
        Merchandising app. The shop in the token determines the merchant;
        merchant_id parameters must belong to that shop.

````