---
title: ShopifyEmployee - Partner API
description: A Shopify employee.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: partner
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/ShopifyEmployee'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/ShopifyEmployee.md'
---

# Shopify​Employee

object

A Shopify employee.

## Fields

* avatar​Url

  [Url](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/scalars/Url)

  A URL referencing the avatar associated with the actor.

* id

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

  non-null

  A globally unique identifier for the actor. Example value: `gid://partners/Shop/1234`.

* name

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

  non-null

  The Shopify employee's full name.

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## Map

### Possible type in

* [Message​Sender](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/unions/MessageSender)

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## Interfaces

* * [Actor](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/interfaces/Actor)

    interface

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

    interface

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## ||-ShopifyEmployee Implements

### Implements

* ||-[Actor](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/interfaces/Actor)
* ||-[Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/interfaces/Node)