Fetching the Creator Information for Discounts: App or User Name

Technical Q&A

Topic summary

Seeking a method to identify who created a Shopify discount (app or user) via the Admin API/GraphQL. The requester wants to retrieve the creator’s name associated with a discount.

  • APIs referenced: Shopify Admin API and GraphQL. The DiscountRedeemCode GraphQL object was cited as containing creator information, but the exact query/fields are unclear to the requester.
  • Context: The goal is to determine whether an app or a user created a specific discount and fetch the corresponding name.
  • Evidence: A screenshot is included and appears central to the question, presumably indicating where this data might appear within DiscountRedeemCode.

Current status: No solution or query example provided in the thread yet. The question remains open with no confirmation of the exact GraphQL query or fields to use.

Summarized with AI on December 17. AI used: gpt-5.
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Is there a way to retrieve the name of the app or the user who created a discount using the Shopify Admin API or GraphQL API?

I was informed that the DiscountRedeemCode GraphQL object contains this information, but I’m unsure which query to use to access it.

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