GraphQL examples for customers

Example GraphQL queries and mutations for working with customers.

Querying customers

For more information, see the customer object reference.

Get a customer's name, email, and default address

  {
    customer(id: "gid://shopify/Customer/957611081784") {
      email
      firstName
      lastName
      defaultAddress {
        address1
        city
        province
        zip
        country
      }
    }
  }

View response 

  {
    "data": {
      "customer": {
        "email": "testcustomer@email.com",
        "firstName": "test",
        "lastName": "testopherson",
        "defaultAddress": {
          "address1": "123 Fake st.",
          "city": "Springfield",
          "province": "Kentucky",
          "zip": "123abc",
          "country": "United States"
        }
      }
    }
  }

Get two specific customers by their ID using aliases

  {
    john: customer(id: "gid://shopify/Customer/98495135746") {
      firstName
      lastName
      email
    }
    sally: customer(id: "gid://shopify/Customer/958346526776") {
      firstName
      lastName
      email
    }
  }

View response 

  {
    "data": {
      "john": {
        "firstName": "John",
        "lastName": "Smith",
        "email": "john@test.com"
      },
      "sally": {
        "firstName": "Sally",
        "lastName": "Testopherson",
        "email": "sally@test.com"
      }
    }
  }

Get the email, name, and account creation date of three customers using a fragment

  {
    John: customer(id: "gid://shopify/Customer/98495135746") {
      ...customerProfile
    }
    Sasha: customer(id: "gid://shopify/Customer/958346526776") {
      ...customerProfile
    }
    Rahmil: customer(id: "gid://shopify/Customer/6305714562") {
      ...customerProfile
    }
  }

  fragment customerProfile on Customer {
    firstName
    lastName
    email
    createdAt
  }

View response 

  {
    "data": {
      "John": {
        "firstName": "John",
        "lastName": "Smith",
        "email": "john@test.com",
        "createdAt": "2017-11-07T21:02:17Z"
      },
      "Sasha": {
        "firstName": "Sally",
        "lastName": "Testopherson",
        "email": "sally@test.com",
        "createdAt": "2019-02-11T14:51:36Z"
      },
      "Rahmil": {
        "firstName": "Rahmil",
        "lastName": "Curvington",
        "email": "rahmil@test.com",
        "createdAt": "2017-08-24T19:34:09Z"
      }
    }
  }

Get all a customer's fields and connections

  {
    customer(id: "gid://shopify/Customer/957611081784") {
      acceptsMarketing
      addresses(first: 5) {
        address1
      }
      averageOrderAmountV2 {
        amount
      }
      canDelete
      createdAt
      defaultAddress {
        address1
      }
      displayName
      email
      events(first: 5) {
        edges {
          node {
            message
          }
        }
      }
      firstName
      hasNote
      hasTimelineComment
      id
      image {
        id
      }
      lastName
      legacyResourceId
      lifetimeDuration
      metafield(key: "app_key", namespace: "affiliates") {
        description
      }
      metafields(first: 5) {
        edges {
          node {
            id
          }
        }
      }
      note
      orders(first: 5) {
        edges {
          node {
            id
          }
        }
      }
      ordersCount
      phone
      state
      tags
      taxExempt
      totalSpent
      totalSpentV2 {
        amount
      }
      updatedAt
      validEmailAddress
      verifiedEmail
    }
  }

View response 

  {
    "data": {
      "customer": {
        "acceptsMarketing": false,
        "addresses": [],
        "averageOrderAmountV2": null,
        "canDelete": true,
        "createdAt": "2019-02-05T14:36:10Z",
        "defaultAddress": null,
        "displayName": "test testopherson",
        "email": "testcustomer@email.com",
        "events": {
          "edges": [
            {
              "node": {
                "message": "Shopify GraphiQL App added the email testcustomer@email.com to this customer."
              }
            }
          ]
        },
        "firstName": "test",
        "hasNote": false,
        "hasTimelineComment": false,
        "id": "gid://shopify/Customer/957611081784",
        "image": {
          "id": null
        },
        "lastName": "testopherson",
        "legacyResourceId": "957611081784",
        "lifetimeDuration": "about 2 hours",
        "metafield": null,
        "metafields": {
          "edges": []
        },
        "note": null,
        "orders": {
          "edges": []
        },
        "ordersCount": "0",
        "phone": null,
        "state": "DISABLED",
        "tags": [],
        "taxExempt": false,
        "totalSpent": "0.00",
        "totalSpentV2": {
          "amount": "0.0"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2019-02-05T14:36:11Z",
        "validEmailAddress": true,
        "verifiedEmail": true
      }
    }
  }

Creating customers

For more information, see the customerCreate mutation reference.

Create a customer and return their customer ID

  mutation {
    customerCreate(input: { email: "testcustomer@email.com", firstName: "test", lastName: "testopherson" }) {
      customer {
        id
      }
    }
  }

View response 

  {
    "data": {
      "customerCreate": {
        "customer": {
          "id": "gid://shopify/Customer/957611081784"
        }
      }
    }
  }

Update a customer's tags

  mutation {
    customerUpdate(input: {id: "gid://shopify/Customer/958361468984", tags: ["Test tag, New tag"]}) {
      customer {
        id
        tags
      }
    }
  }

View response 

  {
    "data": {
      "customerUpdate": {
        "customer": {
          "id": "gid://shopify/Customer/958361468984",
          "tags": [
            "New tag",
            "Test tag"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }

Deleting customers

For more information, see the customerDelete mutation reference.

Delete a customer and return their ID

  mutation {
    customerDelete(input:{id: "gid://shopify/Customer/958361468984"})
    {
      deletedCustomerId
    }
  }

View response 

  {
    "data": {
      "customerDelete": {
        "deletedCustomerId": "gid://shopify/Customer/958361468984"
      }
    }
  }