---
title: DeliveryRateProvider - GraphQL Admin
description: A rate provided by a merchant-defined rate or a participant.
api_version: unstable
api_name: admin
source_url:
  html: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/unions/DeliveryRateProvider
  md: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/unions/DeliveryRateProvider.md
---

# Delivery​Rate​Provider

union

Requires Any of `assigned_shipping` or `shipping` access scopes or `manage_delivery_settings` user permission.

A rate provided by a merchant-defined rate or a participant.

## Fields with this union

* [Delivery​Method​Definition.rateProvider](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/objects/DeliveryMethodDefinition#field-DeliveryMethodDefinition.fields.rateProvider)

  OBJECT

  A method definition contains the delivery rate and the conditions that must be met for the method to be applied.

* [Delivery​Rate​Group.rateProviders](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/objects/DeliveryRateGroup#field-DeliveryRateGroup.fields.rateProviders)

  OBJECT

  A group of rates that make up a method definition.

* [Delivery​Rate​Provider​Connection.nodes](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/connections/DeliveryRateProviderConnection#returns-nodes)

  CONNECTION

  An auto-generated type for paginating through multiple DeliveryRateProviders.

* [Delivery​Rate​Provider​Edge.node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/objects/DeliveryRateProviderEdge#field-DeliveryRateProviderEdge.fields.node)

  OBJECT

  An auto-generated type which holds one DeliveryRateProvider and a cursor during pagination.

***

```graphql
union DeliveryRateProvider = DeliveryParticipant | DeliveryRateDefinition
```