Don't send order confirmation email on drafOrderCreate

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Topic summary

The discussion addresses whether order confirmation emails can be suppressed when creating orders via Shopify’s GraphQL API.

Key Points:

  • draftOrderCreate mutation: Does not send confirmation emails by default. To send an invoice/confirmation, the draftOrderInvoiceSend mutation must be used after draft creation.

  • draftOrderComplete mutation: Does not have a notify argument to control email sending. Order notifications are determined by the store’s notification settings.

Outcome:

Email behavior is controlled at different stages—draft creation sends nothing automatically, while completion follows store-level notification configurations. No direct API flag exists to suppress emails during draft completion.

Summarized with AI on November 12. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Is it possible to specify the flag to don’t send order confirmation email to customer when creating the order by draftOrderCreate mutation https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/2022-10/mutations/draftordercreate?

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Hey @milan-stojanov , by default, the draftOrderCreate mutation shouldn’t send a confirmation email out. If you did want to send an invoice/confirmation email out, you’d have to use the draftOrderInvoiceSend mutation after the draft order has been created.

Hope this helps - let us know if we can clarify anything on our end.

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When completing the draft order, is there a way to not send an order confirmation email?

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Hey @ko-lem ,

The draftOrderComplete mutation doesn’t have a notify argument, so the order notifications will be determined by the store’s notification settings.

Hope that help,

  • Kyle G.
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