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articleUpdate

mutation

Requires Any of write_content, write_online_store_pages access scopes.

Updates an article.

Arguments

Anchor to articlearticle •ArticleUpdateInput!required: The properties of the article to be updated.
Anchor to blogblog •ArticleBlogInput: The properties of the blog to be created.
Anchor to idid •ID!required: The ID of the article to be updated.

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Anchor to ArticleUpdatePayload returnsArticleUpdatePayload returns

Anchor to articlearticle •Article: The article that was updated.
Anchor to userErrorsuserErrors •[ArticleUpdateUserError!]!non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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Updates an article
articleUpdate reference

Examples

Open in GraphiQL

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

const response = await admin.graphql(

`#graphql

mutation UpdateArticle($id: ID!, $article: ArticleUpdateInput!) {

articleUpdate(id: $id, article: $article) {

article {

title

handle

body

summary

tags

image {

altText

originalSrc

}

userErrors {

code

field

message

}

}`,

{

variables: {

"id": "gid://shopify/Article/959752435",

"article": {

"title": "Updated Article Title",

"handle": "updated-article-title",

"body": "This is the updated content of the article.",

"summary": "This is an updated summary of the article.",

"tags": [

"UpdatedTag1",

"UpdatedTag2"

"image": {

"altText": "Updated alt text for the image",

"url": "http://example.com/fake_image.jpg"

}

);

const data = await response.json();

mutation UpdateArticle($id: ID!, $article: ArticleUpdateInput!) {
  articleUpdate(id: $id, article: $article) {
    article {
      id
      title
      handle
      body
      summary
      tags
      image {
        altText
        originalSrc
      }
    }
    userErrors {
      code
      field
      message
    }
  }
}

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-04/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation UpdateArticle($id: ID!, $article: ArticleUpdateInput!) { articleUpdate(id: $id, article: $article) { article { id title handle body summary tags image { altText originalSrc } } userErrors { code field message } } }",
 "variables": {
    "id": "gid://shopify/Article/959752435",
    "article": {
      "title": "Updated Article Title",
      "handle": "updated-article-title",
      "body": "This is the updated content of the article.",
      "summary": "This is an updated summary of the article.",
      "tags": [
        "UpdatedTag1",
        "UpdatedTag2"
      ],
      "image": {
        "altText": "Updated alt text for the image",
        "url": "http://example.com/fake_image.jpg"
      }
    }
  }
}'

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

const response = await admin.graphql(
  `#graphql
  mutation UpdateArticle($id: ID!, $article: ArticleUpdateInput!) {
    articleUpdate(id: $id, article: $article) {
      article {
        id
        title
        handle
        body
        summary
        tags
        image {
          altText
          originalSrc
        }
      }
      userErrors {
        code
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
      "id": "gid://shopify/Article/959752435",
      "article": {
        "title": "Updated Article Title",
        "handle": "updated-article-title",
        "body": "This is the updated content of the article.",
        "summary": "This is an updated summary of the article.",
        "tags": [
          "UpdatedTag1",
          "UpdatedTag2"
        ],
        "image": {
          "altText": "Updated alt text for the image",
          "url": "http://example.com/fake_image.jpg"
        }
      }
    },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation UpdateArticle($id: ID!, $article: ArticleUpdateInput!) {
      articleUpdate(id: $id, article: $article) {
        article {
          id
          title
          handle
          body
          summary
          tags
          image {
            altText
            originalSrc
          }
        }
        userErrors {
          code
          field
          message
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
      "id": "gid://shopify/Article/959752435",
      "article": {
        "title": "Updated Article Title",
        "handle": "updated-article-title",
        "body": "This is the updated content of the article.",
        "summary": "This is an updated summary of the article.",
        "tags": [
          "UpdatedTag1",
          "UpdatedTag2"
        ],
        "image": {
          "altText": "Updated alt text for the image",
          "url": "http://example.com/fake_image.jpg"
        }
      }
    },
  },
});

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 UpdateArticle($id: ID!, $article: ArticleUpdateInput!) {
    articleUpdate(id: $id, article: $article) {
      article {
        id
        title
        handle
        body
        summary
        tags
        image {
          altText
          originalSrc
        }
      }
      userErrors {
        code
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "id": "gid://shopify/Article/959752435",
  "article": {
    "title": "Updated Article Title",
    "handle": "updated-article-title",
    "body": "This is the updated content of the article.",
    "summary": "This is an updated summary of the article.",
    "tags": ["UpdatedTag1", "UpdatedTag2"],
    "image": {
      "altText": "Updated alt text for the image",
      "url": "http://example.com/fake_image.jpg"
    }
  }
}

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

Input variables

JSON

{

"id": "gid://shopify/Article/959752435",

"article": {

"title": "Updated Article Title",

"handle": "updated-article-title",

"body": "This is the updated content of the article.",

"summary": "This is an updated summary of the article.",

"tags": [

"UpdatedTag1",

"UpdatedTag2"

"image": {

"altText": "Updated alt text for the image",

"url": "http://example.com/fake_image.jpg"

}

Response

JSON

{

"articleUpdate": {

"article": {

"id": "gid://shopify/Article/959752435",

"title": "Updated Article Title",

"handle": "updated-article-title",

"body": "This is the updated content of the article.",

"summary": "This is an updated summary of the article.",

"tags": [

"UpdatedTag1",

"UpdatedTag2"

"image": {

"altText": "Updated alt text for the image",

"originalSrc": "https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2637/1970/articles/fake_image.jpg?v=1730243702"

}

"userErrors": []

}