---
title: inventoryShipmentCreate - GraphQL Admin
description: Adds a draft shipment to an inventory transfer.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: mutation
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/inventoryshipmentcreate
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/inventoryshipmentcreate.md
---

# inventory​Shipment​Create

mutation

Requires `write_inventory_shipments` access scope. Also: The user must have permission to manage inventory.

Adds a draft shipment to an inventory transfer.

## Arguments

* input

  [Inventory​Shipment​Create​Input!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/InventoryShipmentCreateInput)

  required

  The input fields for the inventory shipment.

***

## Inventory​Shipment​Create​Payload returns

* inventory​Shipment

  [Inventory​Shipment](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/InventoryShipment)

  The created inventory shipment.

* user​Errors

  [\[Inventory​Shipment​Create​User​Error!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/InventoryShipmentCreateUserError)

  non-null

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

***

## Examples

* ### inventoryShipmentCreate reference

## Mutation Reference

```graphql
mutation inventoryShipmentCreate($input: InventoryShipmentCreateInput!) {
  inventoryShipmentCreate(input: $input) {
    inventoryShipment {
      # InventoryShipment fields
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}
```

## Input

```json
{
  "input": {
    "movementId": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
    "trackingInput": {
      "trackingNumber": "<your-trackingNumber>",
      "company": "<your-company>",
      "trackingUrl": "https://example.myshopify.com",
      "arrivesAt": "2019-09-07T15:50:00Z"
    },
    "lineItems": [
      {
        "inventoryItemId": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
        "quantity": 1
      }
    ],
    "dateCreated": "2019-09-07T15:50:00Z"
  }
}
```

##### Variables

```
{
  "input": {
    "movementId": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
    "trackingInput": {
      "trackingNumber": "<your-trackingNumber>",
      "company": "<your-company>",
      "trackingUrl": "https://example.myshopify.com",
      "arrivesAt": "2019-09-07T15:50:00Z"
    },
    "lineItems": [
      {
        "inventoryItemId": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
        "quantity": 1
      }
    ],
    "dateCreated": "2019-09-07T15:50:00Z"
  }
}
```

##### Schema

```
input InventoryShipmentCreateInput {
  movementId: ID!
  trackingInput: InventoryShipmentTrackingInput
  lineItems: [InventoryShipmentLineItemInput!]!
  dateCreated: DateTime
}

input InventoryShipmentTrackingInput {
  trackingNumber: String
  company: String
  trackingUrl: URL
  arrivesAt: DateTime
}

input InventoryShipmentLineItemInput {
  inventoryItemId: ID!
  quantity: Int!
}
```