---
title: cart - Storefront API
description: >
  Retrieve a cart by its ID. For more information, refer to

  [Manage a cart with the Storefront
  API](https://shopify.dev/custom-storefronts/cart/manage).
api_version: 2026-01
api_name: storefront
type: query
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/queries/cart'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/queries/cart.md'
---

# cart

query

Retrieve a cart by its ID. For more information, refer to [Manage a cart with the Storefront API](https://shopify.dev/custom-storefronts/cart/manage).

## Arguments

* id

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## Possible returns

* Cart

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## Examples

* ### cart reference