---
title: AppCredit - Partner API
description: >-
  A [credit](/docs/admin-api/rest/reference/billing/applicationcredit) issued

  to a merchant for an app. Merchants are entitled to app credits under certain
  circumstances,

  such as when a paid app subscription is downgraded partway through its billing
  cycle.
api_version: 2024-10
api_name: partner
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/objects/AppCredit'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/objects/AppCredit.md'
---

# App​Credit

object

A [credit](https://shopify.dev/docs/admin-api/rest/reference/billing/applicationcredit) issued to a merchant for an app. Merchants are entitled to app credits under certain circumstances, such as when a paid app subscription is downgraded partway through its billing cycle.

## Fields

* amount

  [Money!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/objects/Money)

  non-null

  The amount that can be used towards future app purchases in Shopify.

* id

  [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/scalars/ID)

  non-null

  A globally unique identifier.

* name

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/scalars/String)

  non-null

  The description of the app credit.

* test

  [Boolean!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/scalars/Boolean)

  non-null

  Whether the app credit was a test transaction.

***

## Map

### Fields with this object

* ||-[AppCreditEvent.appCredit](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/interfaces/AppCreditEvent#field-appCredit)
* {}[CreditApplied.appCredit](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/objects/CreditApplied#field-appCredit)
* {}[CreditFailed.appCredit](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/objects/CreditFailed#field-appCredit)
* {}[CreditPending.appCredit](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/objects/CreditPending#field-appCredit)

***

## Mutations

* [app​Credit​Create](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/mutations/appCreditCreate)

  mutation

  Allows an app to create a credit for a shop that can be used towards future app purchases. This mutation is only available to Partner API clients that have been granted the `View financials` permission.

***

## <\~> AppCredit Mutations

### Mutated by

* <\~>[app​Credit​Create](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/mutations/appCreditCreate)

***

## Interfaces

* * [App​Charge](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/interfaces/AppCharge)

    interface

  * [Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/interfaces/Node)

    interface

***

## ||-AppCredit Implements

### Implements

* ||-[App​Charge](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/interfaces/AppCharge)
* ||-[Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2024-10/interfaces/Node)