webhookSubscriptionCreate

mutation

Creates a new webhook subscription.

Building an app? If you only use app-specific webhooks, you won't need this. App-specific webhook subscriptions specified in your shopify.app.toml may be easier. They are automatically kept up to date by Shopify & require less maintenance. Please read About managing webhook subscriptions.

Arguments

Anchor to topictopic • WebhookSubscriptionTopic!required: The type of event that triggers the webhook.
Anchor to webhookSubscriptionwebhookSubscription • WebhookSubscriptionInput!required: Specifies the input fields for a webhook subscription.

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Anchor to WebhookSubscriptionCreatePayload returnsWebhookSubscriptionCreatePayload returns

Anchor to userErrorsuserErrors • [UserError!]!non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.
Anchor to webhookSubscriptionwebhookSubscription • WebhookSubscription: The webhook subscription that was created.

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Examples

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = await admin.graphql(

`#graphql

mutation webhookSubscriptionCreate($topic: WebhookSubscriptionTopic!, $webhookSubscription: WebhookSubscriptionInput!) {

webhookSubscriptionCreate(topic: $topic, webhookSubscription: $webhookSubscription) {

webhookSubscription {

topic

filter

format

endpoint {

__typename

... on WebhookHttpEndpoint {

callbackUrl

}

userErrors {

field

message

}

}`,

{

variables: {

"topic": "METAOBJECTS_CREATE",

mutation webhookSubscriptionCreate($topic: WebhookSubscriptionTopic!, $webhookSubscription: WebhookSubscriptionInput!) {
  webhookSubscriptionCreate(topic: $topic, webhookSubscription: $webhookSubscription) {
    webhookSubscription {
      id
      topic
      filter
      format
      endpoint {
        __typename
        ... on WebhookHttpEndpoint {
          callbackUrl
        }
      }
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-01/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation webhookSubscriptionCreate($topic: WebhookSubscriptionTopic!, $webhookSubscription: WebhookSubscriptionInput!) { webhookSubscriptionCreate(topic: $topic, webhookSubscription: $webhookSubscription) { webhookSubscription { id topic filter format endpoint { __typename ... on WebhookHttpEndpoint { callbackUrl } } } userErrors { field message } } }",
 "variables": {
    "topic": "METAOBJECTS_CREATE",
    "webhookSubscription": {
      "callbackUrl": "https://example.org/endpoint",
      "format": "JSON",
      "filter": "type:lookbook"
    }
  }
}'

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = await admin.graphql(
  `#graphql
  mutation webhookSubscriptionCreate($topic: WebhookSubscriptionTopic!, $webhookSubscription: WebhookSubscriptionInput!) {
    webhookSubscriptionCreate(topic: $topic, webhookSubscription: $webhookSubscription) {
      webhookSubscription {
        id
        topic
        filter
        format
        endpoint {
          __typename
          ... on WebhookHttpEndpoint {
            callbackUrl
          }
        }
      }
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
      "topic": "METAOBJECTS_CREATE",
      "webhookSubscription": {
        "callbackUrl": "https://example.org/endpoint",
        "format": "JSON",
        "filter": "type:lookbook"
      }
    },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

session = ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session.new(
  shop: "your-development-store.myshopify.com",
  access_token: access_token
)
client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Graphql::Admin.new(
  session: session
)

query = <<~QUERY
  mutation webhookSubscriptionCreate($topic: WebhookSubscriptionTopic!, $webhookSubscription: WebhookSubscriptionInput!) {
    webhookSubscriptionCreate(topic: $topic, webhookSubscription: $webhookSubscription) {
      webhookSubscription {
        id
        topic
        filter
        format
        endpoint {
          __typename
          ... on WebhookHttpEndpoint {
            callbackUrl
          }
        }
      }
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "topic": "METAOBJECTS_CREATE",
  "webhookSubscription": {
    "callbackUrl": "https://example.org/endpoint",
    "format": "JSON",
    "filter": "type:lookbook"
  }
}

response = client.query(query: query, variables: variables)

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation webhookSubscriptionCreate($topic: WebhookSubscriptionTopic!, $webhookSubscription: WebhookSubscriptionInput!) {
      webhookSubscriptionCreate(topic: $topic, webhookSubscription: $webhookSubscription) {
        webhookSubscription {
          id
          topic
          filter
          format
          endpoint {
            __typename
            ... on WebhookHttpEndpoint {
              callbackUrl
            }
          }
        }
        userErrors {
          field
          message
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
      "topic": "METAOBJECTS_CREATE",
      "webhookSubscription": {
        "callbackUrl": "https://example.org/endpoint",
        "format": "JSON",
        "filter": "type:lookbook"
      }
    },
  },
});

Input variables

JSON

{

"topic": "METAOBJECTS_CREATE",

"webhookSubscription": {

"callbackUrl": "https://example.org/endpoint",

"format": "JSON",

"filter": "type:lookbook"

}

Response

JSON

{

"webhookSubscriptionCreate": {

"webhookSubscription": {

"id": "gid://shopify/WebhookSubscription/8589934635",

"topic": "METAOBJECTS_CREATE",

"filter": "type:lookbook",

"format": "JSON",

"endpoint": {

"__typename": "WebhookHttpEndpoint",

"callbackUrl": "https://example.org/endpoint"

}

"userErrors": []

}