---
title: customer - Storefront API
description: |
  The customer associated with the given access token. Tokens are obtained by using the
  [`customerAccessTokenCreate` mutation](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/mutations/customerAccessTokenCreate).
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: storefront
type: query
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/queries/Customer
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/queries/Customer.md
---

# customer

query

The customer associated with the given access token. Tokens are obtained by using the [`customerAccessTokenCreate` mutation](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/mutations/customerAccessTokenCreate).

## Arguments

* customer​Access​Token

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

  required

  The customer access token.

***

## Possible returns

* Customer

  [Customer](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/objects/Customer)

  A customer represents a customer account with the shop. Customer accounts store contact information for the customer, saving logged-in customers the trouble of having to provide it at every checkout.

***

## Examples

* ### Get a customer by access token

  #### Description

  The following query retrieves the customer with the associated access token. It returns the customer fields specified in the query.

  #### Query

  ```graphql
  query {
    customer(customerAccessToken: "bobs_token") {
      id
      firstName
      lastName
      acceptsMarketing
      email
      phone
    }
  }
  ```

  #### cURL

  ```bash
  curl -X POST \
  https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/api/2025-10/graphql.json \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-Shopify-Storefront-Access-Token: {storefront_access_token}' \
  -d '{
  "query": "query { customer(customerAccessToken: \"bobs_token\") { id firstName lastName acceptsMarketing email phone } }"
  }'
  ```

  #### React Router

  ```javascript
  import { unauthenticated } from "../shopify.server";

  export const loader = async () => {
    const { storefront } = await unauthenticated.storefront(
      'your-development-store.myshopify.com'
    );
    const response = await storefront.graphql(
      `#graphql
    query {
      customer(customerAccessToken: "bobs_token") {
        id
        firstName
        lastName
        acceptsMarketing
        email
        phone
      }
    }`,
    );
    const json = await response.json();
    return json.data;
  }
  ```

  #### Node.js

  ```javascript
  const client = new shopify.clients.Storefront({
    domain: 'your-development-store.myshopify.com',
    storefrontAccessToken,
  });
  const data = await client.query({
    data: `query {
      customer(customerAccessToken: "bobs_token") {
        id
        firstName
        lastName
        acceptsMarketing
        email
        phone
      }
    }`,
  });
  ```

  #### Response

  ```json
  {
    "customer": {
      "id": "gid://shopify/Customer/410535040",
      "firstName": "John",
      "lastName": "Smith",
      "acceptsMarketing": false,
      "email": "johnsmith@example.com",
      "phone": "+16134504533"
    }
  }
  ```

## Get a customer by access token

[Open in GraphiQL](http://localhost:3457/graphiql?query=query%20%7B%0A%20%20customer\(customerAccessToken%3A%20%22bobs_token%22\)%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20id%0A%20%20%20%20firstName%0A%20%20%20%20lastName%0A%20%20%20%20acceptsMarketing%0A%20%20%20%20email%0A%20%20%20%20phone%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D)

```javascript
import { unauthenticated } from "../shopify.server";


export const loader = async () => {
  const { storefront } = await unauthenticated.storefront(
    'your-development-store.myshopify.com'
  );
  const response = await storefront.graphql(
    `#graphql
  query {
    customer(customerAccessToken: "bobs_token") {
      id
      firstName
      lastName
      acceptsMarketing
      email
      phone
    }
  }`,
  );
  const json = await response.json();
  return json.data;
}
```

## Response

JSON

```json
{
  "customer": {
    "id": "gid://shopify/Customer/410535040",
    "firstName": "John",
    "lastName": "Smith",
    "acceptsMarketing": false,
    "email": "johnsmith@example.com",
    "phone": "+16134504533"
  }
}
```