---
title: MutationRoot - Partner API
description: The schema's entry-point for mutations. This acts as the public, top-level API from which all mutations must start.
api_version: 2025-01
api_name: partner
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2025-01/objects/mutationroot
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2025-01/objects/mutationroot.md
---

# Mutation​Root

object

The schema's entry-point for mutations. This acts as the public, top-level API from which all mutations must start.

## Fields

* app​Credit​Create

  [App​Credit​Create​Payload](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2025-01/types/AppCreditCreatePayload)

  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.

  * app​Id

    [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2025-01/scalars/ID)

    required

    ### Arguments

    The id of the app to associate the credit with. Example value: `gid://partners/App/123`.

  * shop​Id

    [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2025-01/scalars/ID)

    required

    The id of the shop to be credited. Example value: `gid://partners/Shop/456`.

  * amount

    [Money​Input!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2025-01/input-objects/MoneyInput)

    required

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

  * description

    [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2025-01/scalars/String)

    required

    The description of the app credit.

  * test

    [Boolean](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/2025-01/scalars/Boolean)

    Default:false

    Specifies whether the app credit is a test transaction.

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## Map

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