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marketingActivityCreateExternal

mutation

Requires write_marketing_events access scope.

Creates a new external marketing activity.

Arguments

Anchor to inputinput •MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!required: The input field for creating an external marketing activity.

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Anchor to MarketingActivityCreateExternalPayload returnsMarketingActivityCreateExternalPayload returns

Anchor to marketingActivitymarketingActivity •MarketingActivity: The external marketing activity that was created.
Anchor to userErrorsuserErrors •[MarketingActivityUserError!]!non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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Create an external marketing activity with a status
Creates a marketing event
marketingActivityCreateExternal reference

Examples

Open in GraphiQL

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = await admin.graphql(

`#graphql

mutation marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {

marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) {

marketingActivity {

}

}`,

{

variables: {

"createInput": {

"remoteId": "fake_id",

"title": "New Title",

"remoteUrl": "https://example.com",

"remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",

"status": "ACTIVE",

"utm": {

"source": "email",

"medium": "newsletter",

"campaign": "external-campaign"

"tactic": "NEWSLETTER",

"marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"

}

);

const data = await response.json();

mutation marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
  marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) {
    marketingActivity {
      id
    }
  }
}

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-01/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) { marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) { marketingActivity { id } } }",
 "variables": {
    "createInput": {
      "remoteId": "fake_id",
      "title": "New Title",
      "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
      "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "utm": {
        "source": "email",
        "medium": "newsletter",
        "campaign": "external-campaign"
      },
      "tactic": "NEWSLETTER",
      "marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"
    }
  }
}'

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = await admin.graphql(
  `#graphql
  mutation marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
    marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) {
      marketingActivity {
        id
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
      "createInput": {
        "remoteId": "fake_id",
        "title": "New Title",
        "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
        "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
        "status": "ACTIVE",
        "utm": {
          "source": "email",
          "medium": "newsletter",
          "campaign": "external-campaign"
        },
        "tactic": "NEWSLETTER",
        "marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"
      }
    },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
      marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) {
        marketingActivity {
          id
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
      "createInput": {
        "remoteId": "fake_id",
        "title": "New Title",
        "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
        "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
        "status": "ACTIVE",
        "utm": {
          "source": "email",
          "medium": "newsletter",
          "campaign": "external-campaign"
        },
        "tactic": "NEWSLETTER",
        "marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"
      }
    },
  },
});

session = ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session.new(
  shop: "your-development-store.myshopify.com",
  access_token: access_token
)
client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Graphql::Admin.new(
  session: session
)

query = <<~QUERY
  mutation marketingActivityCreateExternal($createInput: MarketingActivityCreateExternalInput!) {
    marketingActivityCreateExternal(input: $createInput) {
      marketingActivity {
        id
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "createInput": {
    "remoteId": "fake_id",
    "title": "New Title",
    "remoteUrl": "https://example.com",
    "remotePreviewImageUrl": "https://example.com",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "utm": {
      "source": "email",
      "medium": "newsletter",
      "campaign": "external-campaign"
    },
    "tactic": "NEWSLETTER",
    "marketingChannelType": "EMAIL"
  }
}

response = client.query(query: query, variables: variables)

Input variables

JSON

{