---
title: String - Partner API
description: Represents textual data as UTF-8 character sequences. This type is most often used by GraphQL to represent free-form human-readable text.
api_version: 2026-04
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/scalars/string
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/scalars/string.md
---

# String

scalar

Represents textual data as UTF-8 character sequences. This type is most often used by GraphQL to represent free-form human-readable text.

## Map

### Fields with this scalar

* [Api​Version.displayName](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/ApiVersion#field-ApiVersion.fields.displayName)
* [Api​Version.handle](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/ApiVersion#field-ApiVersion.fields.handle)
* [App.apiKey](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/App#field-App.fields.apiKey)
* [App.name](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/App#field-App.fields.name)
* [App​Credit.name](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/AppCredit#field-AppCredit.fields.name)
* [App​Event​Edge.cursor](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/AppEventEdge#field-AppEventEdge.fields.cursor)
* [App​Purchase​One​Time.name](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/AppPurchaseOneTime#field-AppPurchaseOneTime.fields.name)
* [App​Subscription.name](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/AppSubscription#field-AppSubscription.fields.name)
* [App​Usage​Record.name](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/AppUsageRecord#field-AppUsageRecord.fields.name)
* [Organization.name](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/Organization#field-Organization.fields.name)
* [Relationship​Uninstalled.description](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/RelationshipUninstalled#field-RelationshipUninstalled.fields.description)
* [Relationship​Uninstalled.reason](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/RelationshipUninstalled#field-RelationshipUninstalled.fields.reason)
* [Shop.name](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/Shop#field-Shop.fields.name)
* [Theme.name](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/Theme#field-Theme.fields.name)
* [Transaction​Edge.cursor](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/TransactionEdge#field-TransactionEdge.fields.cursor)
* [User​Error.field](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/UserError#field-UserError.fields.field)
* [User​Error.message](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/UserError#field-UserError.fields.message)

### Arguments with this scalar

* [App.events(after)](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/App#field-App.fields.events.arguments.after)
* [App.events(before)](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/App#field-App.fields.events.arguments.before)
* [Query​Root.transactions(after)](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/QueryRoot#field-QueryRoot.fields.transactions.arguments.after)
* [Query​Root.transactions(before)](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/QueryRoot#field-QueryRoot.fields.transactions.arguments.before)
* [Query​Root.transactions(myshopifyDomain)](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/QueryRoot#field-QueryRoot.fields.transactions.arguments.myshopifyDomain)
* [app​Credit​Create.description](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/mutations/appCreditCreate#arguments-description)
* [transactions.after](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/queries/transactions#arguments-after)
* [transactions.before](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/queries/transactions#arguments-before)
* [transactions.myshopifyDomain](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/queries/transactions#arguments-myshopifyDomain)