About Customer Account UI extension fetch admin api

Shopify Apps

Topic summary

A developer is attempting to create a draft order mutation from a Customer Account UI extension and needs to access Shopify’s Admin API.

Current approach:

  • Using authenticate.public.customerAccount(request) to get session token and shop domain
  • Loading session via sessionStorage.loadSession(shopDomain)
  • Attempting to also use authenticate.admin(request) to access admin.graphql() for Admin API queries

Core question:
Can the same request object be used for both authenticate.public.customerAccount() and authenticate.admin() authentication methods? If not, what is the proper implementation pattern for accessing Admin API from a Customer Account UI extension?

The discussion remains open with no responses yet. The developer is seeking guidance on the correct authentication flow for this use case.

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I want to mutation a draft order from customer account ui extension. So, i need fetch admin api.

In my app backend

export async function action({ request }: ActionFunctionArgs) {
  const { sessionToken, cors } =
    await authenticate.public.customerAccount(request);
  const origin = request.headers.get("Origin") as string;
  const shopDomain = sessionToken.dest;
  const session = await sessionStorage.loadSession(shopDomain);

At same time i need use admin.graphql() to query admin api

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

I just want to know, can’i use the same request on the diffrent part? if not, what is the correct method?