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commentApprove

mutation

Requires Any of write_content, write_online_store_pages access scopes.

Approves a pending comment, making it visible to store visitors on the associated blog article.

For example, when a customer submits a question about a product in a blog post, merchants can approve the comment to make it publicly visible.

Use the commentApprove mutation to:

Publish pending comments after review
Enable customer discussions on blog articles
Maintain quality control over comments

Once approved, the comment becomes visible to all store visitors.

Anchor to Arguments

Arguments

Anchor to idid •ID! required: The ID of the comment to be approved.

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Anchor to CommentApprovePayload returnsCommentApprovePayload returns

Anchor to commentcomment •Comment: The comment that was approved.
Anchor to userErrorsuserErrors •[CommentApproveUserError!]! non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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Examples

Approves a comment

Query

mutation ApproveComment($id: ID!) {
  commentApprove(id: $id) {
    comment {
      id
      status
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}

Variables

{
  "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/757536350"
}

cURL

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-10/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation ApproveComment($id: ID!) { commentApprove(id: $id) { comment { id status } userErrors { field message } } }",
 "variables": {
    "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/757536350"
  }
}'

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 ApproveComment($id: ID!) {
    commentApprove(id: $id) {
      comment {
        id
        status
      }
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
        "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/757536350"
    },
  },
  );
  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 ApproveComment($id: ID!) {
    commentApprove(id: $id) {
      comment {
        id
        status
      }
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/757536350"
}

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

Node.js

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation ApproveComment($id: ID!) {
      commentApprove(id: $id) {
        comment {
          id
          status
        }
        userErrors {
          field
          message
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
        "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/757536350"
    },
  },
});

Response

{
  "commentApprove": {
    "comment": {
      "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/757536350",
      "status": "PUBLISHED"
    },
    "userErrors": []
  }
}

commentApprove 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 ApproveComment($id: ID!) {

commentApprove(id: $id) {

comment {

status

}

userErrors {

field

message

}

}`,

{

variables: {

"id": "gid://shopify/Comment/757536350"

);

const json = await response.json();

return json.data;

}

GQL

mutation ApproveComment($id: ID!) {
  commentApprove(id: $id) {
    comment {
      id
      status
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}

cURL

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-10/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation ApproveComment($id: ID!) { commentApprove(id: $id) { comment { id status } userErrors { field message } } }",
 "variables": {
    "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/757536350"
  }
}'

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 ApproveComment($id: ID!) {
    commentApprove(id: $id) {
      comment {
        id
        status
      }
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
        "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/757536350"
    },
  },
  );
  const json = await response.json();
  return json.data;
}

Node.js

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation ApproveComment($id: ID!) {
      commentApprove(id: $id) {
        comment {
          id
          status
        }
        userErrors {
          field
          message
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
        "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/757536350"
    },
  },
});

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 ApproveComment($id: ID!) {
    commentApprove(id: $id) {
      comment {
        id
        status
      }
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/757536350"
}

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

Input variables

JSON

{

"id": "gid://shopify/Comment/757536350"

}

Response

JSON

{

"commentApprove": {

"comment": {

"id": "gid://shopify/Comment/757536350",

"status": "PUBLISHED"

"userErrors": []

}