shopLocaleEnable

mutation

Requires write_locales access scope.

Adds a locale for a shop. The newly added locale is in the unpublished state.

Arguments

Anchor to localelocale • String!required: ISO code of the locale to enable.
Anchor to marketWebPresenceIdsmarketWebPresenceIds • [ID!]: The list of markets web presences to add the locale to.

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Anchor to ShopLocaleEnablePayload returnsShopLocaleEnablePayload returns

Anchor to shopLocaleshopLocale • ShopLocale: ISO code of the locale that was enabled.
Anchor to userErrorsuserErrors • [UserError!]!non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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Enable a locale
shopLocaleEnable reference

Examples

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

const response = await admin.graphql(

`#graphql

mutation enableLocale($locale: String!) {

shopLocaleEnable(locale: $locale) {

userErrors {

message

field

}

shopLocale {

locale

name

primary

published

}

}`,

{

variables: {

"locale": "ko"

);

const data = await response.json();

mutation enableLocale($locale: String!) {
  shopLocaleEnable(locale: $locale) {
    userErrors {
      message
      field
    }
    shopLocale {
      locale
      name
      primary
      published
    }
  }
}

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 enableLocale($locale: String!) { shopLocaleEnable(locale: $locale) { userErrors { message field } shopLocale { locale name primary published } } }",
 "variables": {
    "locale": "ko"
  }
}'

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

const response = await admin.graphql(
  `#graphql
  mutation enableLocale($locale: String!) {
    shopLocaleEnable(locale: $locale) {
      userErrors {
        message
        field
      }
      shopLocale {
        locale
        name
        primary
        published
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
      "locale": "ko"
    },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation enableLocale($locale: String!) {
      shopLocaleEnable(locale: $locale) {
        userErrors {
          message
          field
        }
        shopLocale {
          locale
          name
          primary
          published
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
      "locale": "ko"
    },
  },
});

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 enableLocale($locale: String!) {
    shopLocaleEnable(locale: $locale) {
      userErrors {
        message
        field
      }
      shopLocale {
        locale
        name
        primary
        published
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "locale": "ko"
}

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

Input variables

JSON

{

"locale": "ko"

}

Response

JSON

{

"shopLocaleEnable": {

"userErrors": [],

"shopLocale": {

"locale": "ko",

"name": "Korean",

"primary": false,

"published": false

}