---
title: CustomerAccessTokenCreateInput - Storefront API
description: >
  The input fields for authenticating a customer with email and password. Used
  by the
  [`customerAccessTokenCreate`](/docs/api/storefront/2026-01/mutations/customerAccessTokenCreate)
  mutation to generate a
  [`CustomerAccessToken`](/docs/api/storefront/2026-01/objects/CustomerAccessToken),
  which is required to read or modify customer data.
api_version: 2026-01
api_name: storefront
type: input-object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/input-objects/CustomerAccessTokenCreateInput
  md: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/input-objects/CustomerAccessTokenCreateInput.md
---

# Customer​Access​Token​Create​Input

input\_object

The input fields for authenticating a customer with email and password. Used by the [`customerAccessTokenCreate`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/2026-01/mutations/customerAccessTokenCreate) mutation to generate a [`CustomerAccessToken`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/2026-01/objects/CustomerAccessToken), which is required to read or modify customer data.

## Fields

* email

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

  non-null

  The email associated to the customer.

* password

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

  non-null

  The login password to be used by the customer.

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## Map

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