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inventoryItemUpdate

mutation

Requires write_inventory access scope. Also: The user must have a permission to update an inventory item.

Updates an InventoryItem's properties including whether inventory is tracked, cost, SKU, and whether shipping is required. Inventory items represent the goods available to be shipped to customers.

Anchor to Arguments

Arguments

Anchor to idid

•ID!

required

The ID of the inventory item to update.

Anchor to inputinput

•InventoryItemInput!

required

The input fields that update an inventoryItem.

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Anchor to InventoryItemUpdatePayload returnsInventoryItemUpdatePayload returns

Anchor to inventoryIteminventoryItem •InventoryItem: The inventory item that was updated.
Anchor to userErrorsuserErrors •[UserError!]! non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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Examples

Updates an existing inventory item

Query

mutation inventoryItemUpdate($id: ID!, $input: InventoryItemInput!) {
  inventoryItemUpdate(id: $id, input: $input) {
    inventoryItem {
      id
      unitCost {
        amount
      }
      tracked
      countryCodeOfOrigin
      provinceCodeOfOrigin
      harmonizedSystemCode
      countryHarmonizedSystemCodes(first: 1) {
        edges {
          node {
            harmonizedSystemCode
            countryCode
          }
        }
      }
    }
    userErrors {
      message
    }
  }
}

Variables

{
  "id": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/43729076",
  "input": {
    "cost": 145.89,
    "tracked": false,
    "countryCodeOfOrigin": "US",
    "provinceCodeOfOrigin": "OR",
    "harmonizedSystemCode": "621710",
    "countryHarmonizedSystemCodes": [
      {
        "harmonizedSystemCode": "6217109510",
        "countryCode": "CA"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2026-01/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation inventoryItemUpdate($id: ID!, $input: InventoryItemInput!) { inventoryItemUpdate(id: $id, input: $input) { inventoryItem { id unitCost { amount } tracked countryCodeOfOrigin provinceCodeOfOrigin harmonizedSystemCode countryHarmonizedSystemCodes(first: 1) { edges { node { harmonizedSystemCode countryCode } } } } userErrors { message } } }",
 "variables": {
    "id": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/43729076",
    "input": {
      "cost": 145.89,
      "tracked": false,
      "countryCodeOfOrigin": "US",
      "provinceCodeOfOrigin": "OR",
      "harmonizedSystemCode": "621710",
      "countryHarmonizedSystemCodes": [
        {
          "harmonizedSystemCode": "6217109510",
          "countryCode": "CA"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}'

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 inventoryItemUpdate($id: ID!, $input: InventoryItemInput!) {
    inventoryItemUpdate(id: $id, input: $input) {
      inventoryItem {
        id
        unitCost {
          amount
        }
        tracked
        countryCodeOfOrigin
        provinceCodeOfOrigin
        harmonizedSystemCode
        countryHarmonizedSystemCodes(first: 1) {
          edges {
            node {
              harmonizedSystemCode
              countryCode
            }
          }
        }
      }
      userErrors {
        message
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
        "id": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/43729076",
        "input": {
            "cost": 145.89,
            "tracked": false,
            "countryCodeOfOrigin": "US",
            "provinceCodeOfOrigin": "OR",
            "harmonizedSystemCode": "621710",
            "countryHarmonizedSystemCodes": [
                {
                    "harmonizedSystemCode": "6217109510",
                    "countryCode": "CA"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
  },
  );
  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 inventoryItemUpdate($id: ID!, $input: InventoryItemInput!) {
    inventoryItemUpdate(id: $id, input: $input) {
      inventoryItem {
        id
        unitCost {
          amount
        }
        tracked
        countryCodeOfOrigin
        provinceCodeOfOrigin
        harmonizedSystemCode
        countryHarmonizedSystemCodes(first: 1) {
          edges {
            node {
              harmonizedSystemCode
              countryCode
            }
          }
        }
      }
      userErrors {
        message
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "id": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/43729076",
  "input": {
    "cost": 145.89,
    "tracked": false,
    "countryCodeOfOrigin": "US",
    "provinceCodeOfOrigin": "OR",
    "harmonizedSystemCode": "621710",
    "countryHarmonizedSystemCodes": [
      {
        "harmonizedSystemCode": "6217109510",
        "countryCode": "CA"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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

Node.js

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation inventoryItemUpdate($id: ID!, $input: InventoryItemInput!) {
      inventoryItemUpdate(id: $id, input: $input) {
        inventoryItem {
          id
          unitCost {
            amount
          }
          tracked
          countryCodeOfOrigin
          provinceCodeOfOrigin
          harmonizedSystemCode
          countryHarmonizedSystemCodes(first: 1) {
            edges {
              node {
                harmonizedSystemCode
                countryCode
              }
            }
          }
        }
        userErrors {
          message
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
        "id": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/43729076",
        "input": {
            "cost": 145.89,
            "tracked": false,
            "countryCodeOfOrigin": "US",
            "provinceCodeOfOrigin": "OR",
            "harmonizedSystemCode": "621710",
            "countryHarmonizedSystemCodes": [
                {
                    "harmonizedSystemCode": "6217109510",
                    "countryCode": "CA"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
  },
});

Response

{
  "inventoryItemUpdate": {
    "inventoryItem": {
      "id": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/43729076",
      "unitCost": {
        "amount": "145.89"
      },
      "tracked": false,
      "countryCodeOfOrigin": "US",
      "provinceCodeOfOrigin": "OR",
      "harmonizedSystemCode": "621710",
      "countryHarmonizedSystemCodes": {
        "edges": [
          {
            "node": {
              "harmonizedSystemCode": "6217109510",
              "countryCode": "CA"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "userErrors": []
  }
}

inventoryItemUpdate 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 inventoryItemUpdate($id: ID!, $input: InventoryItemInput!) {

inventoryItemUpdate(id: $id, input: $input) {

inventoryItem {

unitCost {

amount

}

tracked

countryCodeOfOrigin

provinceCodeOfOrigin

harmonizedSystemCode

countryHarmonizedSystemCodes(first: 1) {

edges {

node {

harmonizedSystemCode

countryCode

}

userErrors {

message

}

}`,

{

variables: {

"id": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/43729076",

"input": {

"cost": 145.89,

"tracked": false,

"countryCodeOfOrigin": "US",

"provinceCodeOfOrigin": "OR",

"harmonizedSystemCode": "621710",

"countryHarmonizedSystemCodes": [

{

"harmonizedSystemCode": "6217109510",

"countryCode": "CA"

}

]

}

);

const json = await response.json();

return json.data;

}

GQL

mutation inventoryItemUpdate($id: ID!, $input: InventoryItemInput!) {
  inventoryItemUpdate(id: $id, input: $input) {
    inventoryItem {
      id
      unitCost {
        amount
      }
      tracked
      countryCodeOfOrigin
      provinceCodeOfOrigin
      harmonizedSystemCode
      countryHarmonizedSystemCodes(first: 1) {
        edges {
          node {
            harmonizedSystemCode
            countryCode
          }
        }
      }
    }
    userErrors {
      message
    }
  }
}

cURL

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2026-01/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation inventoryItemUpdate($id: ID!, $input: InventoryItemInput!) { inventoryItemUpdate(id: $id, input: $input) { inventoryItem { id unitCost { amount } tracked countryCodeOfOrigin provinceCodeOfOrigin harmonizedSystemCode countryHarmonizedSystemCodes(first: 1) { edges { node { harmonizedSystemCode countryCode } } } } userErrors { message } } }",
 "variables": {
    "id": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/43729076",
    "input": {
      "cost": 145.89,
      "tracked": false,
      "countryCodeOfOrigin": "US",
      "provinceCodeOfOrigin": "OR",
      "harmonizedSystemCode": "621710",
      "countryHarmonizedSystemCodes": [
        {
          "harmonizedSystemCode": "6217109510",
          "countryCode": "CA"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}'

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 inventoryItemUpdate($id: ID!, $input: InventoryItemInput!) {
    inventoryItemUpdate(id: $id, input: $input) {
      inventoryItem {
        id
        unitCost {
          amount
        }
        tracked
        countryCodeOfOrigin
        provinceCodeOfOrigin
        harmonizedSystemCode
        countryHarmonizedSystemCodes(first: 1) {
          edges {
            node {
              harmonizedSystemCode
              countryCode
            }
          }
        }
      }
      userErrors {
        message
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
        "id": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/43729076",
        "input": {
            "cost": 145.89,
            "tracked": false,
            "countryCodeOfOrigin": "US",
            "provinceCodeOfOrigin": "OR",
            "harmonizedSystemCode": "621710",
            "countryHarmonizedSystemCodes": [
                {
                    "harmonizedSystemCode": "6217109510",
                    "countryCode": "CA"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
  },
  );
  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 inventoryItemUpdate($id: ID!, $input: InventoryItemInput!) {
      inventoryItemUpdate(id: $id, input: $input) {
        inventoryItem {
          id
          unitCost {
            amount
          }
          tracked
          countryCodeOfOrigin
          provinceCodeOfOrigin
          harmonizedSystemCode
          countryHarmonizedSystemCodes(first: 1) {
            edges {
              node {
                harmonizedSystemCode
                countryCode
              }
            }
          }
        }
        userErrors {
          message
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
        "id": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/43729076",
        "input": {
            "cost": 145.89,
            "tracked": false,
            "countryCodeOfOrigin": "US",
            "provinceCodeOfOrigin": "OR",
            "harmonizedSystemCode": "621710",
            "countryHarmonizedSystemCodes": [
                {
                    "harmonizedSystemCode": "6217109510",
                    "countryCode": "CA"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
  },
});

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 inventoryItemUpdate($id: ID!, $input: InventoryItemInput!) {
    inventoryItemUpdate(id: $id, input: $input) {
      inventoryItem {
        id
        unitCost {
          amount
        }
        tracked
        countryCodeOfOrigin
        provinceCodeOfOrigin
        harmonizedSystemCode
        countryHarmonizedSystemCodes(first: 1) {
          edges {
            node {
              harmonizedSystemCode
              countryCode
            }
          }
        }
      }
      userErrors {
        message
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "id": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/43729076",
  "input": {
    "cost": 145.89,
    "tracked": false,
    "countryCodeOfOrigin": "US",
    "provinceCodeOfOrigin": "OR",
    "harmonizedSystemCode": "621710",
    "countryHarmonizedSystemCodes": [
      {
        "harmonizedSystemCode": "6217109510",
        "countryCode": "CA"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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

Input variables

JSON

{

"id": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/43729076",

"input": {

"cost": 145.89,

"tracked": false,

"countryCodeOfOrigin": "US",

"provinceCodeOfOrigin": "OR",

"harmonizedSystemCode": "621710",

"countryHarmonizedSystemCodes": [

{

"harmonizedSystemCode": "6217109510",

"countryCode": "CA"

}

]

}

Response

JSON

{

"inventoryItemUpdate": {

"inventoryItem": {

"id": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/43729076",

"unitCost": {

"amount": "145.89"

"tracked": false,

"countryCodeOfOrigin": "US",

"provinceCodeOfOrigin": "OR",

"harmonizedSystemCode": "621710",

"countryHarmonizedSystemCodes": {

"edges": [

{

"node": {

"harmonizedSystemCode": "6217109510",

"countryCode": "CA"

}

]

}

"userErrors": []

}