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app

query

Lookup an App by ID or return the currently authenticated App.

Anchor to Arguments

Arguments

Anchor to idid •ID: The ID to lookup the App by.

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Anchor to Possible returnsPossible returns

Anchor to AppApp •App: A Shopify application.

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Examples

Get an app by its ID

Description

Retrieve an app with its ID, returning the app title

Query

query {
  app(id: "gid://shopify/App/193172482") {
    title
  }
}

cURL

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-07/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "query { app(id: \"gid://shopify/App/193172482\") { title } }"
}'

React Router

import { authenticate } from "../shopify.server";

export const loader = async ({request}) => {
  const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);
  const response = await admin.graphql(
    `#graphql
  query {
    app(id: "gid://shopify/App/193172482") {
      title
    }
  }`,
  );
  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
  query {
    app(id: "gid://shopify/App/193172482") {
      title
    }
  }
QUERY

response = client.query(query: query)

Node.js

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: `query {
    app(id: "gid://shopify/App/193172482") {
      title
    }
  }`,
});

Response

{
  "app": {
    "title": "Invoicing Application"
  }
}

Get the currently authenticated app

Description

Retrieve the currently authenticated app, returning the app title

Query

query {
  app {
    title
  }
}

cURL

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-07/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "query { app { title } }"
}'

React Router

import { authenticate } from "../shopify.server";

export const loader = async ({request}) => {
  const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);
  const response = await admin.graphql(
    `#graphql
  query {
    app {
      title
    }
  }`,
  );
  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
  query {
    app {
      title
    }
  }
QUERY

response = client.query(query: query)

Node.js

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: `query {
    app {
      title
    }
  }`,
});

Response

{
  "app": {
    "title": "Invoicing Application"
  }
}

Get the feedback field

Query

query ShopFeedbackList {
  app(id: "gid://shopify/App/88312") {
    feedback {
      messages {
        message
      }
      feedbackGeneratedAt
      state
    }
  }
}

cURL

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-07/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "query ShopFeedbackList { app(id: \"gid://shopify/App/88312\") { feedback { messages { message } feedbackGeneratedAt state } } }"
}'

React Router

import { authenticate } from "../shopify.server";

export const loader = async ({request}) => {
  const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);
  const response = await admin.graphql(
    `#graphql
  query ShopFeedbackList {
    app(id: "gid://shopify/App/88312") {
      feedback {
        messages {
          message
        }
        feedbackGeneratedAt
        state
      }
    }
  }`,
  );
  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
  query ShopFeedbackList {
    app(id: "gid://shopify/App/88312") {
      feedback {
        messages {
          message
        }
        feedbackGeneratedAt
        state
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

response = client.query(query: query)

Node.js

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: `query ShopFeedbackList {
    app(id: "gid://shopify/App/88312") {
      feedback {
        messages {
          message
        }
        feedbackGeneratedAt
        state
      }
    }
  }`,
});

Response

{
  "app": {
    "feedback": {
      "messages": [
        {
          "message": "Buy Button is not connected. Connect your account to use this sales channel."
        }
      ],
      "feedbackGeneratedAt": "2024-12-17T19:29:36Z",
      "state": "REQUIRES_ACTION"
    }
  }
}

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

query {

app(id: "gid://shopify/App/193172482") {

title

}

}`,

);

const json = await response.json();

return json.data;

}

query {
  app(id: "gid://shopify/App/193172482") {
    title
  }
}

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-07/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "query { app(id: \"gid://shopify/App/193172482\") { title } }"
}'

import { authenticate } from "../shopify.server";

export const loader = async ({request}) => {
  const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);
  const response = await admin.graphql(
    `#graphql
  query {
    app(id: "gid://shopify/App/193172482") {
      title
    }
  }`,
  );
  const json = await response.json();
  return json.data;
}

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: `query {
    app(id: "gid://shopify/App/193172482") {
      title
    }
  }`,
});

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
  query {
    app(id: "gid://shopify/App/193172482") {
      title
    }
  }
QUERY

response = client.query(query: query)

Response

JSON

{

"app": {

"title": "Invoicing Application"

}