---
title: customerEmailMarketingSubscribe - Storefront API
description: Subscribes a customer to the newsletter with an email address.
api_version: unstable
api_name: storefront
source_url:
  html: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/unstable/mutations/customerEmailMarketingSubscribe
  md: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/unstable/mutations/customerEmailMarketingSubscribe.md
---

# customer​Email​Marketing​Subscribe

mutation

Requires `unauthenticated_write_customers` access scope.

Subscribes a customer to the newsletter with an email address.

## Arguments

* email

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

  required

  The customer's email address.

***

## Customer​Email​Marketing​Subscribe​Payload returns

* customer

  [Customer​Marketing​Subscribe](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/unstable/objects/CustomerMarketingSubscribe)

  The created customer object.

* customer​User​Errors

  [\[Customer​User​Error!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/unstable/objects/CustomerUserError)

  non-null

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

***

## Examples

* ### Subscribe a customer to your newsletter

  #### Description

  Subscribe a customer to your newsletter

  #### Query

  ```graphql
  mutation customerEmailMarketingSubscribe($email: String!) {
    customerEmailMarketingSubscribe(email: $email) {
      customer {
        email
      }
      customerUserErrors {
        field
        message
        code
      }
    }
  }
  ```

  #### Variables

  ```json
  {
    "email": "johnsmith@shopify.com"
  }
  ```

  #### cURL

  ```bash
  curl -X POST \
  https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/api/unstable/graphql.json \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-Shopify-Storefront-Access-Token: {storefront_access_token}' \
  -d '{
  "query": "mutation customerEmailMarketingSubscribe($email: String!) { customerEmailMarketingSubscribe(email: $email) { customer { email } customerUserErrors { field message code } } }",
   "variables": {
      "email": "johnsmith@shopify.com"
    }
  }'
  ```

  #### 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
    mutation customerEmailMarketingSubscribe($email: String!) {
      customerEmailMarketingSubscribe(email: $email) {
        customer {
          email
        }
        customerUserErrors {
          field
          message
          code
        }
      }
    }`,
    {
      variables: {
          "email": "johnsmith@shopify.com"
      },
    },
    );
    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": `mutation customerEmailMarketingSubscribe($email: String!) {
        customerEmailMarketingSubscribe(email: $email) {
          customer {
            email
          }
          customerUserErrors {
            field
            message
            code
          }
        }
      }`,
      "variables": {
          "email": "johnsmith@shopify.com"
      },
    },
  });
  ```

  #### Response

  ```json
  {
    "customerEmailMarketingSubscribe": {
      "customer": {
        "email": "johnsmith@shopify.com"
      },
      "customerUserErrors": []
    }
  }
  ```

* ### customerEmailMarketingSubscribe reference

[Open in GraphiQL](http://localhost:3457/graphiql?query=mutation%20customerEmailMarketingSubscribe\(%24email%3A%20String!\)%20%7B%0A%20%20customerEmailMarketingSubscribe\(email%3A%20%24email\)%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20customer%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20email%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20customerUserErrors%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20field%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20message%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20code%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D\&variables=%7B%0A%20%20%22email%22%3A%20%22johnsmith%40shopify.com%22%0A%7D)

##### GQL

```graphql
mutation customerEmailMarketingSubscribe($email: String!) {
  customerEmailMarketingSubscribe(email: $email) {
    customer {
      email
    }
    customerUserErrors {
      field
      message
      code
    }
  }
}
```

##### cURL

```bash
curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/api/unstable/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Storefront-Access-Token: {storefront_access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation customerEmailMarketingSubscribe($email: String!) { customerEmailMarketingSubscribe(email: $email) { customer { email } customerUserErrors { field message code } } }",
 "variables": {
    "email": "johnsmith@shopify.com"
  }
}'
```

##### 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
  mutation customerEmailMarketingSubscribe($email: String!) {
    customerEmailMarketingSubscribe(email: $email) {
      customer {
        email
      }
      customerUserErrors {
        field
        message
        code
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
        "email": "johnsmith@shopify.com"
    },
  },
  );
  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": `mutation customerEmailMarketingSubscribe($email: String!) {
      customerEmailMarketingSubscribe(email: $email) {
        customer {
          email
        }
        customerUserErrors {
          field
          message
          code
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
        "email": "johnsmith@shopify.com"
    },
  },
});
```

## Input variables

JSON

```json
{
  "email": "johnsmith@shopify.com"
}
```

## Response

JSON

```json
{
  "customerEmailMarketingSubscribe": {
    "customer": {
      "email": "johnsmith@shopify.com"
    },
    "customerUserErrors": []
  }
}
```