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marketingActivityCreateExternal

mutation

Requires write_marketing_events access scope.

Creates a new external marketing activity.

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Arguments

Anchor to inputinput •MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput! required: The input field for creating an external marketing activity.

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Anchor to MarketingActivityCreateExternalPayload returnsMarketingActivityCreateExternalPayload returns

Anchor to marketingActivitymarketingActivity •MarketingActivity: The external marketing activity that was created.
Anchor to userErrorsuserErrors •[MarketingActivityUserError!]! non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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Examples

Create an external marketing activity with a status

Description

Starting from API version 2024-01, the status field for creating an external marketing activity will be an optional, modifiable field.

Query

mutation marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
  marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) {
    marketingActivity {
      id
    }
  }
}

Variables

{
  "createInput": {
    "remoteId": "fake_id",
    "title": "New Title",
    "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
    "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "utm": {
      "source": "email",
      "medium": "newsletter",
      "campaign": "external-campaign"
    },
    "tactic": "NEWSLETTER",
    "marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"
  }
}

cURL

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-07/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) { marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) { marketingActivity { id } } }",
 "variables": {
    "createInput": {
      "remoteId": "fake_id",
      "title": "New Title",
      "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
      "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "utm": {
        "source": "email",
        "medium": "newsletter",
        "campaign": "external-campaign"
      },
      "tactic": "NEWSLETTER",
      "marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"
    }
  }
}'

React Router

import { authenticate } from "../shopify.server";

export const loader = async ({request}) => {
  const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);
  const response = await admin.graphql(
    `#graphql
  mutation marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
    marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) {
      marketingActivity {
        id
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
        "createInput": {
            "remoteId": "fake_id",
            "title": "New Title",
            "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
            "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "utm": {
                "source": "email",
                "medium": "newsletter",
                "campaign": "external-campaign"
            },
            "tactic": "NEWSLETTER",
            "marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"
        }
    },
  },
  );
  const json = await response.json();
  return json.data;
}

Ruby

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 marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
    marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) {
      marketingActivity {
        id
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "createInput": {
    "remoteId": "fake_id",
    "title": "New Title",
    "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
    "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "utm": {
      "source": "email",
      "medium": "newsletter",
      "campaign": "external-campaign"
    },
    "tactic": "NEWSLETTER",
    "marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"
  }
}

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

Node.js

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
      marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) {
        marketingActivity {
          id
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
        "createInput": {
            "remoteId": "fake_id",
            "title": "New Title",
            "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
            "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "utm": {
                "source": "email",
                "medium": "newsletter",
                "campaign": "external-campaign"
            },
            "tactic": "NEWSLETTER",
            "marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"
        }
    },
  },
});

Response

{
  "marketingActivityCreateExternal": {
    "marketingActivity": {
      "id": "gid://shopify/MarketingActivity/1063897621"
    }
  }
}

Creates a marketing event

Query

mutation MarketingCreateEvent($input: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
  marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $input) {
    marketingActivity {
      id
      marketingEvent {
        id
        type
        startedAt
        utmCampaign
        utmMedium
        utmSource
        marketingChannelType
      }
    }
  }
}

Variables

{
  "input": {
    "remoteId": "fake_id",
    "title": "New Marketing Event",
    "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
    "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
    "utm": {
      "source": "source",
      "medium": "medium",
      "campaign": "campaign"
    },
    "marketingChannelType": "SOCIAL",
    "tactic": "POST"
  }
}

cURL

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-07/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation MarketingCreateEvent($input: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) { marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $input) { marketingActivity { id marketingEvent { id type startedAt utmCampaign utmMedium utmSource marketingChannelType } } } }",
 "variables": {
    "input": {
      "remoteId": "fake_id",
      "title": "New Marketing Event",
      "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
      "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
      "utm": {
        "source": "source",
        "medium": "medium",
        "campaign": "campaign"
      },
      "marketingChannelType": "SOCIAL",
      "tactic": "POST"
    }
  }
}'

React Router

import { authenticate } from "../shopify.server";

export const loader = async ({request}) => {
  const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);
  const response = await admin.graphql(
    `#graphql
  mutation MarketingCreateEvent($input: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
    marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $input) {
      marketingActivity {
        id
        marketingEvent {
          id
          type
          startedAt
          utmCampaign
          utmMedium
          utmSource
          marketingChannelType
        }
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
        "input": {
            "remoteId": "fake_id",
            "title": "New Marketing Event",
            "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
            "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
            "utm": {
                "source": "source",
                "medium": "medium",
                "campaign": "campaign"
            },
            "marketingChannelType": "SOCIAL",
            "tactic": "POST"
        }
    },
  },
  );
  const json = await response.json();
  return json.data;
}

Ruby

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 MarketingCreateEvent($input: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
    marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $input) {
      marketingActivity {
        id
        marketingEvent {
          id
          type
          startedAt
          utmCampaign
          utmMedium
          utmSource
          marketingChannelType
        }
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "input": {
    "remoteId": "fake_id",
    "title": "New Marketing Event",
    "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
    "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
    "utm": {
      "source": "source",
      "medium": "medium",
      "campaign": "campaign"
    },
    "marketingChannelType": "SOCIAL",
    "tactic": "POST"
  }
}

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

Node.js

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation MarketingCreateEvent($input: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
      marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $input) {
        marketingActivity {
          id
          marketingEvent {
            id
            type
            startedAt
            utmCampaign
            utmMedium
            utmSource
            marketingChannelType
          }
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
        "input": {
            "remoteId": "fake_id",
            "title": "New Marketing Event",
            "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
            "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
            "utm": {
                "source": "source",
                "medium": "medium",
                "campaign": "campaign"
            },
            "marketingChannelType": "SOCIAL",
            "tactic": "POST"
        }
    },
  },
});

Response

{
  "marketingActivityCreateExternal": {
    "marketingActivity": {
      "id": "gid://shopify/MarketingActivity/1063897614",
      "marketingEvent": {
        "id": "gid://shopify/MarketingEvent/1069064164",
        "type": "POST",
        "startedAt": "2024-11-18T22:43:21Z",
        "utmCampaign": "campaign",
        "utmMedium": "medium",
        "utmSource": "source",
        "marketingChannelType": "SOCIAL"
      }
    }
  }
}

marketingActivityCreateExternal reference

Examples

Open in GraphiQL

import { authenticate } from "../shopify.server";

export const loader = async ({request}) => {

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

const response = await admin.graphql(

`#graphql

mutation marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {

marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) {

marketingActivity {

}

}`,

{

variables: {

"createInput": {

"remoteId": "fake_id",

"title": "New Title",

"remoteUrl": "https://example.com",

"remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",

"status": "ACTIVE",

"utm": {

"source": "email",

"medium": "newsletter",

"campaign": "external-campaign"

"tactic": "NEWSLETTER",

"marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"

}

);

const json = await response.json();

return json.data;

}

mutation marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
  marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) {
    marketingActivity {
      id
    }
  }
}

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-07/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) { marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) { marketingActivity { id } } }",
 "variables": {
    "createInput": {
      "remoteId": "fake_id",
      "title": "New Title",
      "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
      "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "utm": {
        "source": "email",
        "medium": "newsletter",
        "campaign": "external-campaign"
      },
      "tactic": "NEWSLETTER",
      "marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"
    }
  }
}'

import { authenticate } from "../shopify.server";

export const loader = async ({request}) => {
  const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);
  const response = await admin.graphql(
    `#graphql
  mutation marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
    marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) {
      marketingActivity {
        id
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
        "createInput": {
            "remoteId": "fake_id",
            "title": "New Title",
            "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
            "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "utm": {
                "source": "email",
                "medium": "newsletter",
                "campaign": "external-campaign"
            },
            "tactic": "NEWSLETTER",
            "marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"
        }
    },
  },
  );
  const json = await response.json();
  return json.data;
}

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
      marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) {
        marketingActivity {
          id
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
        "createInput": {
            "remoteId": "fake_id",
            "title": "New Title",
            "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
            "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "utm": {
                "source": "email",
                "medium": "newsletter",
                "campaign": "external-campaign"
            },
            "tactic": "NEWSLETTER",
            "marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"
        }
    },
  },
});

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 marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
    marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) {
      marketingActivity {
        id
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "createInput": {
    "remoteId": "fake_id",
    "title": "New Title",
    "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
    "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "utm": {
      "source": "email",
      "medium": "newsletter",
      "campaign": "external-campaign"
    },
    "tactic": "NEWSLETTER",
    "marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"
  }
}

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

Input variables

JSON

{

"createInput": {

"remoteId": "fake_id",

"title": "New Title",

"remoteUrl": "https://example.com",

"remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",

"status": "ACTIVE",

"utm": {

"source": "email",

"medium": "newsletter",

"campaign": "external-campaign"

"tactic": "NEWSLETTER",

"marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"

}

Response

JSON

{

"marketingActivityCreateExternal": {

"marketingActivity": {

"id": "gid://shopify/MarketingActivity/1063897621"

}