---
title: Unauthenticated admin
description: |-
  Allows interacting with the Admin API when working outside of Shopify requests.
  This enables apps to integrate with 3rd party services and perform background tasks.

  > Caution:
  > This function doesn't perform **any** validation and shouldn't rely on raw user input.

  When using this function, consider the following:

  #### Background tasks

  Apps should ensure that the shop domain is authenticated when enqueueing jobs.

  #### 3rd party service requests

  Apps must obtain the shop domain from the 3rd party service in a secure way.
api_version: v3
api_name: shopify-app-remix
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shopify-app-remix/v3/unauthenticated/unauthenticated-admin
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shopify-app-remix/v3/unauthenticated/unauthenticated-admin.md
---

# Unauthenticated admin

Allows interacting with the Admin API when working outside of Shopify requests. This enables apps to integrate with 3rd party services and perform background tasks.

**Caution:** This function doesn\&#39;t perform \<strong>any\</strong> validation and shouldn\&#39;t rely on raw user input.

When using this function, consider the following:

#### Background tasks

Apps should ensure that the shop domain is authenticated when enqueueing jobs.

#### 3rd party service requests

Apps must obtain the shop domain from the 3rd party service in a secure way.

## unauthenticated.​admin(**[shop](#unauthenticatedadmin-propertydetail-shop)**​)

Creates an unauthenticated Admin context.

### Parameters

* **shop**

  **string**

  **required**

### Returns

* **Promise\<UnauthenticatedAdminContext\<ConfigArg, Resources>>**

### UnauthenticatedAdminContext

* admin

  Methods for interacting with the GraphQL / REST Admin APIs for the given store.

  ```ts
  AdminApiContext<ConfigArg, Resources>
  ```

* session

  The session for the given shop. This comes from the session storage which \`shopifyApp\` uses to store sessions in your database of choice. This will always be an offline session. You can use to get shop-specific data.

  ```ts
  Session
  ```

Examples

### Examples

* #### Querying the GraphQL API

  ##### Description

  Use \`admin.graphql\` to make query / mutation requests.

  ##### /app/routes/\*\*\\/\*.ts

  ```typescript
  import { ActionFunctionArgs } from "@remix-run/node";
  import { unauthenticated } from "../shopify.server";

  export async function action({ request }: ActionFunctionArgs) {
   const shop = getShopFromExternalRequest(request);
   const { admin } = await unauthenticated.admin(shop);

   const response = await admin.graphql(
     `#graphql
     mutation populateProduct($input: ProductInput!) {
       productCreate(input: $input) {
         product {
           id
         }
       }
      }`,
      { variables: { input: { title: "Product Name" } } }
    );

   const productData = await response.json();
   return json({ data: productData.data });
  }
  ```

  ##### /app/shopify.server.ts

  ```typescript
  import { shopifyApp } from "@shopify/shopify-app-remix/server";

  const shopify = shopifyApp({
   // ...etc
  });
  export default shopify;
  export const unauthenticated = shopify.unauthenticated;
  ```

* #### Using the offline session

  ##### Description

  Get your app's shop-specific data using the returned offline \`session\` object.

  ##### /app/routes/\*\*\\/\*.ts

  ```typescript
  import { LoaderFunctionArgs, json } from "@remix-run/node";
  import { unauthenticated } from "../shopify.server";
  import { getMyAppData } from "~/db/model.server";

  export const loader = async ({ request }: LoaderFunctionArgs) => {
    const shop = getShopFromExternalRequest(request);
    const { session } = await unauthenticated.admin(shop);
    return json(await getMyAppData({shop: session.shop));
  };
  ```

## Related

[Interact with the Admin API. - API context](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shopify-app-remix/apis/admin-api)