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Bug Report: Metafield API in 2021/07

Bug Report: Metafield API in 2021/07

yuzushioh
Shopify Partner
2 0 0

Hi there

I've been using Shopify GraphQL Admin API (Version 2021/07) for my currently-developed app. I found a bug in your updated metafield apis.

It says here in the document that `Metafield` object now has `type` field, which used to be named `valueType` and `MetafieldInput` object has the same field as Metafield object. But when I try to update customer's metafield, it gives me an error saying `"message": "Value type is not included in the list"`. The actual query and response are below.

 

PS. sorry for not using code snippets, it gave me an error saying `contains invalid html so remove it`

 

```

--- Mutation ---
mutation ($input: CustomerInput!) {
  customerUpdate(input: $input) {
    customer {
      id
      email
      metafields(first: 10) {
        edges {
          node {
            id
            namespace
            key
            value
            type
            createdAt
            updatedAt
          }
        }
      }
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}
 
--- Input ---
{
"input": {
"id": "gid://shopify/Customer/nnnn",
"metafields": [
{
"namespace": "vip",
"key": "points_approved",
"value": "10000",
"type": "INTEGER"
}
]
}
}
 
--- Response ---
{
  "data": {
    "customerUpdate": {
      "customer": {
        "id": "gid:\/\/shopify\/Customer\/nnnn",
        "email": "---@gmail.com",
        "metafields": {
          "edges": []
        }
      },
      "userErrors": [
        {
          "field": [
            "metafields",
            "2",
            "valueType"
          ],
          "message": "Value type is not included in the list"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "extensions": {
    "cost": {
      "requestedQueryCost": 22,
      "actualQueryCost": 14,
      "throttleStatus": {
        "maximumAvailable": 1000.0,
        "currentlyAvailable": 986,
        "restoreRate": 50.0
      }
    }
  }
}
```

 

But if you change the field `type` to `valueType`, which was previously used, in `MetafieldInput` like below, it goes successfully. It should have been solved before the release of version 2021/07 but now is in production.

 

```

{
"input": {
"id": "gid://shopify/Customer/nnnn",
"metafields": [
{
"namespace": "vip",
"key": "points_approved",
"value": "10000",
"valueType": "INTEGER"
}
]
}
}

```

 

Related documentations

https://shopify.dev/api/admin/graphql/reference/metafields/metafield

https://shopify.dev/api/admin/graphql/reference/metafields/metafieldinput

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Replies 2 (2)

yuzushioh
Shopify Partner
2 0 0

Looks like I should be using `type: integer_number` instead of `type: INTEGER`.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Dave_Pelletier
Shopify Staff (Retired)
27 3 7

Can you please take a look at this thread, I think you are seeing the same issue: https://community.shopify.com/c/Shopify-APIs-SDKs/AdminAPI-REST-Reference-New-type-property-in-the-m...

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