# Metafield - customer - OBJECT
Version: 2024-04

## Description
The custom metadata attached to a resource. Metafields can be sorted into namespaces and are
comprised of keys, values, and value types.

### Access Scopes



## Fields
* [createdAt](/docs/api/customer/2024-04/scalars/DateTime): DateTime! - The date and time when the metafield was created.
* [description](/docs/api/customer/2024-04/scalars/String): String - The description of a metafield.
* [id](/docs/api/customer/2024-04/scalars/ID): ID! - A globally-unique ID.
* [key](/docs/api/customer/2024-04/scalars/String): String! - The key name for a metafield.
* [namespace](/docs/api/customer/2024-04/scalars/String): String! - The namespace for a metafield.
* [type](/docs/api/customer/2024-04/scalars/String): String! - The type name of the metafield.
See the list of [supported types](https://shopify.dev/apps/metafields/definitions/types).
* [updatedAt](/docs/api/customer/2024-04/scalars/DateTime): DateTime! - The date and time when the metafield was updated.
* [value](/docs/api/customer/2024-04/scalars/String): String! - The value of a metafield.

## Connections



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## Examples