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locationActivate

mutation

Requires write_locations access scope.

Activates a location so that you can stock inventory at the location. Refer to the isActive and activatable fields on the Location object.

Caution

As of 2026-01, this mutation supports an optional idempotency key using the @idempotent directive. As of 2026-04, the idempotency key is required and must be provided using the @idempotent directive. For more information, see the idempotency documentation.

Anchor to Arguments

Arguments

Anchor to locationIdlocationId •ID! required: The ID of a location to activate.

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Anchor to LocationActivatePayload returnsLocationActivatePayload returns

Anchor to locationlocation •Location: The location that was activated.
Anchor to locationActivateUserErrorslocationActivateUserErrors •[LocationActivateUserError!]! non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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Examples

Activate a deactivated location

Query

mutation {
  locationActivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {
    location {
      id
      isActive
    }
  }
}

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 { locationActivate(locationId: \"gid://shopify/Location/658095763\") { location { id isActive } } }"
}'

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 {
    locationActivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {
      location {
        id
        isActive
      }
    }
  }`,
  );
  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 {
    locationActivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {
      location {
        id
        isActive
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

response = client.query(query: query)

Node.js

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: `mutation {
    locationActivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {
      location {
        id
        isActive
      }
    }
  }`,
});

Shopify CLI

shopify app execute \
--query \
'mutation {
  locationActivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {
    location {
      id
      isActive
    }
  }
}'

Response

{
  "locationActivate": {
    "location": {
      "id": "gid://shopify/Location/658095763",
      "isActive": true
    }
  }
}

locationActivate 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 {

locationActivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {

location {

isActive

}

}`,

);

const json = await response.json();

return json.data;

}

GQL

mutation {
  locationActivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {
    location {
      id
      isActive
    }
  }
}

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 { locationActivate(locationId: \"gid://shopify/Location/658095763\") { location { id isActive } } }"
}'

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 {
    locationActivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {
      location {
        id
        isActive
      }
    }
  }`,
  );
  const json = await response.json();
  return json.data;
}

Node.js

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: `mutation {
    locationActivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {
      location {
        id
        isActive
      }
    }
  }`,
});

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 {
    locationActivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {
      location {
        id
        isActive
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

response = client.query(query: query)

Shopify CLI

shopify app execute \
--query \
'mutation {
  locationActivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {
    location {
      id
      isActive
    }
  }
}'

Response

JSON

{

"locationActivate": {

"location": {

"id": "gid://shopify/Location/658095763",

"isActive": true

}