updateCustomer mutation

Use the updateCustomer mutation to update the customer’s personal information.

To return or modify information about a customer, Magento recommends you use customer tokens in the header of your GraphQL calls. However, you also can use session authentication.

Syntax

mutation: {updateCustomer(input: CustomerInput!) {CustomerOutput}}

Example usage

The following call updates the first name and email address for a specific customer.

Request:

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mutation {
  updateCustomer(
    input: {
      firstname: "Rob"
      email: "robloblaw@example.com"
    }
  ) {
    customer {
      firstname
      email
    }
  }
}

Response:

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{
  "data": {
    "updateCustomer": {
      "customer": {
        "firstname": "Rob",
        "email": "robloblaw@example.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

Input attributes

The following table lists the attributes you can use as input for the updateCustomer mutation. The Customer attributes table lists the attributes Magento returns.

Attribute Data Type Description
date_of_birth String The customer’s date of birth
dob String Deprecated. Use date_of_birth instead. The customer’s date of birth
email String The customer’s email address. Required to create a customer
firstname String The customer’s first name. Required to create a customer
gender Int The customer’s gender (Male - 1, Female - 2)
is_subscribed Boolean The customer’s new password
lastname String The customer’s last name. Required to create a customer
middlename String The customer’s middle name
password String The customer’s password. Required to create a customer
prefix String An honorific, such as Dr., Mr., or Mrs.
suffix String A value such as Sr., Jr., or III
taxvat String The customer’s Tax/VAT number (for corporate customers)

Output attributes

The updateCustomer mutation returns the CustomerOutput object.

Attribute Data Type Description
addresses CustomerAddress An array containing the customer’s shipping and billing addresses
created_at String Timestamp indicating when the account was created
date_of_birth String The customer’s date of birth
default_billing String The ID assigned to the billing address
default_shipping String The ID assigned to the shipping address
dob String Deprecated. Use date_of_birth instead. The customer’s date of birth
email String The customer’s email address
firstname String The customer’s first name
gender Int The customer’s gender (Male - 1, Female - 2)
group_id Int Deprecated. This attribute is not applicable for GraphQL. The group assigned to the user. Default values are 0 (Not logged in), 1 (General), 2 (Wholesale), and 3 (Retailer)
id Int The ID assigned to the customer
is_subscribed Boolean Indicates whether the customer is subscribed to the company’s newsletter
lastname String The customer’s family name
middlename String The customer’s middle name
prefix String An honorific, such as Dr., Mr., or Mrs.
suffix String A value such as Sr., Jr., or III
taxvat String The customer’s Tax/VAT number (for corporate customers)
wishlist Wishlist! Contains the contents of the customer’s wish lists

CustomerAddress attributes

The values assigned to attributes such as firstname and lastname in this object may be different from those defined in the Customer object.

The CustomerAddress output returns the following attributes:

Attribute Data Type Description
city String The city or town
company String The customer’s company
country_code CountryCodeEnum The customer’s country
country_id String Deprecated. Use country_code instead. The customer’s country
custom_attributes CustomerAddressAttribute Deprecated. Not applicable for GraphQL
customer_id Int The customer ID
default_billing Boolean Indicates whether the address is the default billing address
default_shipping Boolean Indicates whether the address is the default shipping address
extension_attributes CustomerAddressAttribute Address extension attributes
fax String The fax number
firstname String The first name of the person associated with the shipping/billing address
id Int The ID assigned to the address object
lastname String The family name of the person associated with the shipping/billing address
middlename String The middle name of the person associated with the shipping/billing address
postcode String The customer’s ZIP or postal code
prefix String An honorific, such as Dr., Mr., or Mrs.
region CustomerAddressRegion An object that defines the customer’s state or province
region_id Int Deprecated. Use region instead. A number that uniquely identifies the state, province, or other area
street [String] An array of strings that define the street number and name
suffix String A value such as Sr., Jr., or III
telephone String The telephone number
vat_id String The customer’s Tax/VAT number (for corporate customers)

CustomerAddressAttribute attributes

The CustomerAddressAttribute output data type has been deprecated because the contents are not applicable for GraphQL. It can contain the following attributes:

Attribute Data Type Description
attribute_code String Attribute code
value String Attribute value

CustomerAddressRegion attributes

The customerAddressRegion output returns the following attributes:

Attribute Data Type Description
region String The state or province name
region_code String The address region code
region_id Int Deprecated. Use region instead. Uniquely identifies the region