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July 1, 2022

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* API
* 2022-07

# New totalQuantity field on the Storefront API Cart object

As of GraphQL Storefront API version 2022-07, the `Cart` object has a new field: `totalQuantity`. This field returns an integer representing the total number of items in the cart.

Learn more about the `Cart` object on [Shopify.dev](https://shopify.dev/api/storefront/unstable/objects/Cart#top).