Run a Shopify GraphQL Admin API bulk operation to export all products for large catalog processing

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Verified steps

  1. Initiate a bulk operation by sending a GraphQL mutation using bulkOperationRunQuery with a query that iterates over all products and their variants using the productConnection pattern
  2. Poll the bulk operation status by querying currentBulkOperation for fields id, status, errorCode, and url until status reaches COMPLETED
  3. Once completed, download the JSONL result file from the signed URL returned in the url field; each line is a separate JSON object representing one node
  4. Parse the JSONL file, correlating child variant nodes back to their parent product using the __parentId field present on each child line
  5. Handle the FAILED and CANCELED statuses by checking errorCode and retrying the mutation after backing off; bulk operations are rate-limit-friendly but only one can run per shop at a time
  6. Cancel a running operation if needed using the bulkOperationCancel mutation before starting a new one

Known gotchas

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