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customerUpdateDefaultAddress

mutation

Requires write_customers access scope.

Updates a customer's default address.

Arguments

Anchor to addressIdaddressId •ID!required: The ID of the customer's new default address.
Anchor to customerIdcustomerId •ID!required: The ID of the customer whose default address is being updated.

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Anchor to CustomerUpdateDefaultAddressPayload returnsCustomerUpdateDefaultAddressPayload returns

Anchor to customercustomer •Customer: The customer whose address was updated.
Anchor to userErrorsuserErrors •[UserError!]!non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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Sets the default address for a customer
Updates an existing customer address
customerUpdateDefaultAddress reference

Examples

Open in GraphiQL

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

const response = await admin.graphql(

`#graphql

mutation CustomerAddressDefault($addressId: ID!, $customerId: ID!) {

customerUpdateDefaultAddress(addressId: $addressId, customerId: $customerId) {

customer {

defaultAddress {

address1

city

}

userErrors {

field

message

}

}`,

{

variables: {

"customerId": "gid://shopify/Customer/624407574",

"addressId": "gid://shopify/MailingAddress/624407574?model_name=CustomerAddress"

);

const data = await response.json();

mutation CustomerAddressDefault($addressId: ID!, $customerId: ID!) {
  customerUpdateDefaultAddress(addressId: $addressId, customerId: $customerId) {
    customer {
      id
      defaultAddress {
        id
        address1
        city
      }
    }
    userErrors {
      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 CustomerAddressDefault($addressId: ID!, $customerId: ID!) { customerUpdateDefaultAddress(addressId: $addressId, customerId: $customerId) { customer { id defaultAddress { id address1 city } } userErrors { field message } } }",
 "variables": {
    "customerId": "gid://shopify/Customer/624407574",
    "addressId": "gid://shopify/MailingAddress/624407574?model_name=CustomerAddress"
  }
}'

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

const response = await admin.graphql(
  `#graphql
  mutation CustomerAddressDefault($addressId: ID!, $customerId: ID!) {
    customerUpdateDefaultAddress(addressId: $addressId, customerId: $customerId) {
      customer {
        id
        defaultAddress {
          id
          address1
          city
        }
      }
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
      "customerId": "gid://shopify/Customer/624407574",
      "addressId": "gid://shopify/MailingAddress/624407574?model_name=CustomerAddress"
    },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation CustomerAddressDefault($addressId: ID!, $customerId: ID!) {
      customerUpdateDefaultAddress(addressId: $addressId, customerId: $customerId) {
        customer {
          id
          defaultAddress {
            id
            address1
            city
          }
        }
        userErrors {
          field
          message
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
      "customerId": "gid://shopify/Customer/624407574",
      "addressId": "gid://shopify/MailingAddress/624407574?model_name=CustomerAddress"
    },
  },
});

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 CustomerAddressDefault($addressId: ID!, $customerId: ID!) {
    customerUpdateDefaultAddress(addressId: $addressId, customerId: $customerId) {
      customer {
        id
        defaultAddress {
          id
          address1
          city
        }
      }
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "customerId": "gid://shopify/Customer/624407574",
  "addressId": "gid://shopify/MailingAddress/624407574?model_name=CustomerAddress"
}

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

Input variables

JSON

{

"customerId": "gid://shopify/Customer/624407574",

"addressId": "gid://shopify/MailingAddress/624407574?model_name=CustomerAddress"

}

Response

JSON

{

"customerUpdateDefaultAddress": {

"customer": {

"id": "gid://shopify/Customer/624407574",

"defaultAddress": {

"id": "gid://shopify/MailingAddress/624407574?model_name=CustomerAddress",

"address1": "124 Amoebobacterieae St",

"city": "Ottawa"

}

"userErrors": []

}