# customer - customer - QUERY
Version: 2024-10

## Description
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).

### Access Scopes



## Arguments


## Returns
* [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.


## Examples