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customerByIdentifier

query

Requires read_customers access scope.

Return a customer by an identifier.

Arguments

Anchor to identifieridentifier •CustomerIdentifierInput! required: The identifier of the customer.

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Anchor to Possible returnsPossible returns

Anchor to CustomerCustomer •Customer: Represents information about a customer of the shop, such as the customer's contact details, their order history, and whether they've agreed to receive marketing material by email.

Caution: Only use this data if it's required for your app's functionality. Shopify will restrict access to scopes for apps that don't have a legitimate use for the associated data.

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Examples

Open in GraphiQL

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

const response = await admin.graphql(

`#graphql

query($identifier: CustomerIdentifierInput!) {

customer: customerByIdentifier(identifier: $identifier) {

amountSpent {

amount

currencyCode

}

}`,

{

variables: {

"identifier": {

"customId": {

"namespace": "custom",

"key": "id",

"value": "16a3a6dd"

}

);

const data = await response.json();

query($identifier: CustomerIdentifierInput!) {
  customer: customerByIdentifier(identifier: $identifier) {
    id
    amountSpent {
      amount
      currencyCode
    }
  }
}

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-04/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "query($identifier: CustomerIdentifierInput!) { customer: customerByIdentifier(identifier: $identifier) { id amountSpent { amount currencyCode } } }",
 "variables": {
    "identifier": {
      "customId": {
        "namespace": "custom",
        "key": "id",
        "value": "16a3a6dd"
      }
    }
  }
}'

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

const response = await admin.graphql(
  `#graphql
  query($identifier: CustomerIdentifierInput!) {
    customer: customerByIdentifier(identifier: $identifier) {
      id
      amountSpent {
        amount
        currencyCode
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
      "identifier": {
        "customId": {
          "namespace": "custom",
          "key": "id",
          "value": "16a3a6dd"
        }
      }
    },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `query($identifier: CustomerIdentifierInput!) {
      customer: customerByIdentifier(identifier: $identifier) {
        id
        amountSpent {
          amount
          currencyCode
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
      "identifier": {
        "customId": {
          "namespace": "custom",
          "key": "id",
          "value": "16a3a6dd"
        }
      }
    },
  },
});

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
  query($identifier: CustomerIdentifierInput!) {
    customer: customerByIdentifier(identifier: $identifier) {
      id
      amountSpent {
        amount
        currencyCode
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "identifier": {
    "customId": {
      "namespace": "custom",
      "key": "id",
      "value": "16a3a6dd"
    }
  }
}

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

Input variables

JSON

{

"identifier": {

"customId": {

"namespace": "custom",

"key": "id",

"value": "16a3a6dd"

}

Response

JSON

{

"customer": {

"id": "gid://shopify/Customer/544365967",

"amountSpent": {

"amount": "8305.6",

"currencyCode": "USD"

}