Admin GraphQL API - Mutation to create a manual (custom) collection

[gsouf]

Hi,

using the Admin GraphQL API we can create an "automatic" collection: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2024-07/mutations/collectionCreate

But I can't find a way to create a manual (custom) collection. That is doable with the rest api: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-rest/2024-07/resources/customcollection

Any idea how to do with the GraphQL API?

Thanks

[PaulNewton · Accepted solution]

Hi @gsouf Use the collectionCreate without a ruleSet input.

Then on the docs page there is a feedback button "Was this section helpful? Yes No"

Tell shopify how this was confusing so they could improve this by being explicit on common usages instead of writing the docs like every dev is just supposed to "know" how their made up abstraction behaves.

For real the collectionCreate doc doesn't even mention manual collections, ugh.

[gsouf]

Thanks, I was indeed confused as in the collection's query there is a flag "collection_type" for that purpose and on the REST api they clearly make the difference between the two