Discount codes for one-time purchases and subscriptions

[falex28]

Hi,

Currently, all discount codes created via Discount APIs are working only for one-time purchases https://shopify.dev/api/admin/rest/reference/discounts

There is an option on Shopify Admin to change to "Both" - it means discount codes will work on subscriptions too.

I want to do this via API, but I cannot find the purchase type property on the PriceRule resource https://shopify.dev/api/admin/rest/reference/discounts/pricerule

It is possible to create a discount code via API which will work for one-time purchases and subscriptions too?

[Conjured_Char]

I have the same problem/question and would love an answer. We've posted to the partner Slack and contacted Shopify support and were told to post here instead, but it looks like Shopify hasn't replied to any of the topics started with this question yet (over the last few months).

[csam · Accepted solution]

Hi @falex28 and @Conjured_Char 

It is possible to create discount codes which apply to subscriptions using the GraphQL API. If you're not yet familiar with the GraphQL API guide we have a helpful Getting Started guide

I was able to create a discount code which applies to both subscription orders and regular products using the following mutation: 

mutation discountCodeBasicCreate($basicCodeDiscount: DiscountCodeBasicInput!) {
  discountCodeBasicCreate(basicCodeDiscount: $basicCodeDiscount) {
    codeDiscountNode {
      id
    }
    userErrors {
      code
      extraInfo
      field
      message
    }
  }
}

with variables: 

{
  "basicCodeDiscount": { 
    "code": "TESTCODE",
    "title": "testing subscription code creation",
    "startsAt": "2021-07-03T20:47:55Z",
    "customerSelection": {"all": true}, 
    "customerGets": {
      "items": { "collections": 
        { "collectionIds": "gid:\/\/shopify\/Collection\/1234567890" }
      },
      "appliesOnSubscription": true,
      "appliesOnOneTimePurchase": true,
      "value": {
        "discountAmount": {
          "amount": 100,
          "appliesOnEachItem": true
      }
    }
    } 
  }
}

You can also check out the examples here - https://shopify.dev/api/examples/discounts You can add the "appliesOnSubscription" and "appliesOnOneTimePurchase" fields to the "customerGets" object shown in the example.

Here are the documentation pages relevant to the request: 

DiscountCodeBasic - https://shopify.dev/api/admin/graphql/reference/discounts-and-marketing/discountcodebasic

discountCodeBasicCreate - https://shopify.dev/api/admin/graphql/reference/discounts-and-marketing/discountcodebasiccreate 

DiscountCustomerGetsInput - https://shopify.dev/api/admin/graphql/reference/discounts-and-marketing/discountcustomergetsinput 

[Conjured_Char]

@csam Amazing, thanks so much for the reply! Is this an undocumented way of doing it? I don't see appliesOnSubscription listed on the basicCodeDiscount page you listed (https://shopify.dev/api/admin/graphql/reference/discounts-and-marketing/discountcodebasic)

[Conjured_Char]

Removed - figured it out!

[csam]

It is documented, just a little tricky to find! The last link in the list shows DiscountCustomerGetsInput which has the fields that go in the customerGets section of discountCodeBasicCreate. appliesOnSubscription is one of the fields for DiscountCustomerGetsInput. 

[Derek_Morin]

This doesn't work for me. I used to use the PriceRule API, but it doesn't work with Subscriptions. So I've switched to the Discount API, but:

a) discount is not visible in dashboard

b) i cant apply it the way we used to apply:

https://community.shopify.com/c/shopify-apis-and-sdks/discount-api-problems/m-p/1403465#M74968