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title: String - Shop Users API
description: The `String` scalar type represents textual data, represented as UTF-8 character sequences. The String type is most often used by GraphQL to represent free-form human-readable text.
api_version: unstable latest
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/scalars/String
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/scalars/String.md
---

# String

scalar

The `String` scalar type represents textual data, represented as UTF-8 character sequences. The String type is most often used by GraphQL to represent free-form human-readable text.

## Map

### Fields with this scalar

* [Custom​Data​Absolute​Access​Grant​Type.granteeId](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/CustomDataAbsoluteAccessGrantType#field-CustomDataAbsoluteAccessGrantType.fields.granteeId)
* [Custom​Data​Metafield​Definition​Validation​Type.name](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/CustomDataMetafieldDefinitionValidationType#field-CustomDataMetafieldDefinitionValidationType.fields.name)
* [Custom​Data​Metafield​Definition​Validation​Type.value](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/CustomDataMetafieldDefinitionValidationType#field-CustomDataMetafieldDefinitionValidationType.fields.value)
* [Custom​Data​Relative​Access​Grant​Type.grantee](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/CustomDataRelativeAccessGrantType#field-CustomDataRelativeAccessGrantType.fields.grantee)
* [Custom​Data​Role​Based​Access​Grant​Type.role](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/CustomDataRoleBasedAccessGrantType#field-CustomDataRoleBasedAccessGrantType.fields.role)
* [Metafield.ownerId](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/Metafield#field-Metafield.fields.ownerId)
* [Metafield.value](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/Metafield#field-Metafield.fields.value)
* [Metafield​Definition.description](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/MetafieldDefinition#field-MetafieldDefinition.fields.description)
* [Metafield​Definition.key](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/MetafieldDefinition#field-MetafieldDefinition.fields.key)
* [Metafield​Definition.name](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/MetafieldDefinition#field-MetafieldDefinition.fields.name)
* [Metafield​Definition.namespace](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/MetafieldDefinition#field-MetafieldDefinition.fields.namespace)
* [Metafield​Definition​Type.category](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/MetafieldDefinitionType#field-MetafieldDefinitionType.fields.category)
* [Metafield​Definition​Type.name](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/MetafieldDefinitionType#field-MetafieldDefinitionType.fields.name)
* [Metafield​Edge.cursor](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/MetafieldEdge#field-MetafieldEdge.fields.cursor)
* [Page​Info.endCursor](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/PageInfo#field-PageInfo.fields.endCursor)
* [Page​Info.startCursor](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/PageInfo#field-PageInfo.fields.startCursor)
* [User​Error.field](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/UserError#field-UserError.fields.field)
* [User​Error.message](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/UserError#field-UserError.fields.message)

### Inputs with this scalar

* [Custom​Data​Key​Pair​Input.key](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/input-objects/CustomDataKeyPairInput#fields-key)
* [Custom​Data​Key​Pair​Input.namespace](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/input-objects/CustomDataKeyPairInput#fields-namespace)
* [Metafield​Set​Input.value](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/input-objects/MetafieldSetInput#fields-value)

### Arguments with this scalar

* [Query.metafields(after)](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/Query#field-Query.fields.metafields.arguments.after)
* [Query.metafields(before)](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/Query#field-Query.fields.metafields.arguments.before)
* [metafields.after](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/queries/metafields#arguments-after)
* [metafields.before](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/queries/metafields#arguments-before)