# Customer - customer - OBJECT
Version: 2024-10

## Description
Represents the personal information of a customer. Apps using the Customer Account API must meet the protected customer data [requirements](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/launch/protected-customer-data).

### Access Scopes



## Fields
* [creationDate](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/scalars/DateTime): DateTime! - The date and time when the customer was created.
* [defaultAddress](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/objects/CustomerAddress): CustomerAddress - The default address of the customer.
* [displayName](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/scalars/String): String! - The full name of the customer, based on the first_name and last_name values. If these aren't available, it falls back to the customer's email address, and if that isn't available, the customer's phone number.
* [emailAddress](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/objects/CustomerEmailAddress): CustomerEmailAddress - The email address of the customer.
* [firstName](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/scalars/String): String - The first name of the customer.
* [id](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/scalars/ID): ID! - A globally-unique ID.
* [imageUrl](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/scalars/URL): URL! - The URL to the avatar image of the customer.
* [lastIncompleteCheckout](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/objects/Checkout): Checkout - The customer's most recently updated, incomplete checkout.
* [lastName](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/scalars/String): String - The last name of the customer.
* [metafield](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/objects/Metafield): Metafield - A metafield found by namespace and key.
* [metafields](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/objects/Metafield): Metafield! - The metafields associated with the resource matching the
supplied list of namespaces and keys.
* [phoneNumber](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/objects/CustomerPhoneNumber): CustomerPhoneNumber - The phone number of the customer.
* [subscriptionContract](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/objects/SubscriptionContract): SubscriptionContract - A Subscription Contract resource identified by ID.
* [tags](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/scalars/String): String! - A comma-separated list of tags that have been added to the customer.

## Connections
* [addresses](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/connections/CustomerAddressConnection): CustomerAddressConnection!
* [companyContacts](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/connections/CompanyContactConnection): CompanyContactConnection!
* [draftOrders](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/connections/DraftOrderConnection): DraftOrderConnection!
* [orders](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/connections/OrderConnection): OrderConnection!
* [storeCreditAccounts](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/connections/StoreCreditAccountConnection): StoreCreditAccountConnection!
* [subscriptionContracts](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/connections/SubscriptionContractConnection): SubscriptionContractConnection!



## Related queries
* [customer](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/queries/customer) Returns the Customer resource. Apps using the Customer Account API must meet the protected customer data [requirements](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/launch/protected-customer-data).

## Related mutations
* [customerUpdate](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/mutations/customerUpdate) Updates the customer's personal information.

## Related Unions
* [PurchasingEntity](/docs/api/customer/2024-10/unions/PurchasingEntity) Represents information about the purchasing entity for the order or draft order.

## Examples