Automatic customer login

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I want my Shopify app to automatically login a customer, without the friction of the email palava.

Also, email is not very secure.

I was hoping that the mutation customerGenerateAccountActivationUrl would generate a link that automatically signs in the customer.

No dice. The returned URL does nothing but a 302 Redirect to the /account page with no args - i.e. literally does nothing.

So, what’s the trick?

I see something about multipass - but that’s for Very Special Shopify Sites that pay $1000’s per month only. Oh, so useful. Not.

Has anyone managed an auto-login link for Shopify customers?

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Have you looked into using customer account extensions for this? They are currently in developer preview, but once available generally these should allow more login options.