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title: CartInputMetafieldInput - Storefront API
description: The input fields for a cart metafield value to set.
api_version: unstable
api_name: storefront
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/unstable/input-objects/cartinputmetafieldinput
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/unstable/input-objects/cartinputmetafieldinput.md
---

# Cart​Input​Metafield​Input

input\_object

The input fields for a cart metafield value to set.

## Fields

* key

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

  non-null

  The key name of the metafield.

* type

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

  non-null

  The type of data that the cart metafield stores. The type of data must be a [supported type](https://shopify.dev/apps/metafields/types).

* value

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

  non-null

  The data to store in the cart metafield. The data is always stored as a string, regardless of the metafield's type.

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## Input objects using this input

* [Cart​Input.metafields](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/unstable/input-objects/CartInput#fields-metafields)

  INPUT OBJECT

  The input fields to create a cart.

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## Map

### Input objects using this input

* [Cart​Input.metafields](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/unstable/input-objects/CartInput#fields-metafields)