You can access the Shopify Variant Listing Drift Audit programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "baselineDate": "2026-10-01",
10    "baselineProducts": [
11        {
12            "id": 1001,
13            "handle": "city-tee",
14            "title": "City Tee",
15            "published_at": "2026-09-01T00:00:00Z",
16            "options": [
17                { "name": "Size" },
18                { "name": "Color" },
19            ],
20            "variants": [
21                {
22                    "id": 5001,
23                    "sku": "TEE-S-BLK",
24                    "barcode": "4006381333931",
25                    "option1": "S",
26                    "option2": "Black",
27                    "available": True,
28                },
29                {
30                    "id": 5002,
31                    "sku": "TEE-M-BLK",
32                    "barcode": "",
33                    "option1": "M",
34                    "option2": "Black",
35                    "available": True,
36                },
37            ],
38        },
39        {
40            "id": 1002,
41            "handle": "canvas-tote",
42            "title": "Canvas Tote",
43            "published_at": "2026-09-01T00:00:00Z",
44            "options": [{ "name": "Color" }],
45            "variants": [{
46                    "id": 5101,
47                    "sku": "TOTE-NAT",
48                    "barcode": "5012345678900",
49                    "option1": "Natural",
50                    "available": True,
51                }],
52        },
53    ],
54    "currentDate": "2026-11-01",
55    "currentProducts": [
56        {
57            "id": 1001,
58            "handle": "city-tee",
59            "title": "City Tee - Organic Cotton",
60            "published_at": "2026-09-01T00:00:00Z",
61            "options": [
62                { "name": "Size" },
63                { "name": "Colour" },
64            ],
65            "variants": [
66                {
67                    "id": 5001,
68                    "sku": "TEE-S-BLK",
69                    "barcode": "4006381333931",
70                    "option1": "S",
71                    "option2": "Black",
72                    "available": True,
73                },
74                {
75                    "id": 5002,
76                    "sku": "TEE-M-BLK",
77                    "barcode": "4006381333948",
78                    "option1": "M",
79                    "option2": "Black",
80                    "available": True,
81                },
82                {
83                    "id": 5003,
84                    "sku": "TEE-L-BLK",
85                    "barcode": "",
86                    "option1": "L",
87                    "option2": "Black",
88                    "available": False,
89                },
90            ],
91        },
92        {
93            "id": 1002,
94            "handle": "canvas-tote",
95            "title": "Canvas Tote",
96            "published_at": None,
97            "options": [{ "name": "Color" }],
98            "variants": [{
99                    "id": 5101,
100                    "sku": "TOTE-NAT",
101                    "barcode": "5012345678900",
102                    "option1": "Natural",
103                    "available": True,
104                }],
105        },
106    ],
107}
108
109# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
110run = client.actor("practical_ai_lab_jp/pal-shopify-variant-listing-drift-audit").call(run_input=run_input)
111
112# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
113print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
114for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
115    print(item)
116
117# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Shopify Variant Listing Drift Audit API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Shopify Variant Listing Drift Audit API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Shopify Variant Listing Drift Audit API in JavaScript

Shopify Variant Listing Drift Audit API through CLI

Shopify Variant Listing Drift Audit OpenAPI definition

Shopify Variant Listing Drift Audit API

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Thirdwatch

5.0

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Practical AI Lab

Shopify Duplicate SKU & Variant Cleanup Audit

charlieakan/shopify-duplicate-sku-variant-cleanup-audit

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CharlieAKAN

Shopify Brand & Assortment Shift Tracker

practical_ai_lab_jp/pal-shopify-brand-assortment-shifts

Compare dated Shopify catalog snapshots to see brand, category and product assortment changes, with partial-feed caveats.

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Shopify Store Scraper – Products, Prices & Variants

ninhothedev/shopify-store-scraper

Scrape any Shopify store's catalog: products, prices, compare-at prices, variants, SKUs, availability, images and tags. For price monitoring, competitor and dropshipping research.

ninhothedev

PAL | Multi-Offer Price Comparison QA

practical_ai_lab_jp/pal-multi-offer-schema-audit

Audit public Product Offer and AggregateOffer structured data for price ranges, currency consistency and missing fields. Try a prefilled Example task and export per-page findings for catalog QA. Static HTML only; no live checkout pricing.

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