How to get the default location using the REST API?

[jimin-genie]

In the Shopify store admin panel, you can set Default Location. And in the UI, the default location has Default tag showing up. However, when I look at the REST API to retrieve a list of locations (https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-rest/2023-10/resources/location#get-locations), there is no way for me to find out which one is the default location. Can anyone help?

[DBR7]

Looking for the same.

[Joe47 · Accepted solution]

You get can it from the shop object under primary_location_id

https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-rest/2023-10/resources/shop

[jimin-genie]

Looks like in the latest REST API and GQL API have primary location fields `deprecated`.

REST API:

https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-rest/2024-04/resources/shop

GQL API:

https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2024-04/queries/location

How do we find this information in a new way now?

[binarydata]

I found out: you query "location", and it always returns the default one:

query defaultLocation {
  location {
    id
    name
  }
}

 
This is mentioned in the documentation: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2024-10/queries/location

> If no ID is provided, the primary location of the Shop is returned.