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?
Topic summary
A developer needed to identify the default/primary location in a Shopify store via API, as the REST API’s location endpoint doesn’t include a default location indicator.
Initial Solution:
- The
primary_location_idfield was available in the Shop object via REST API.
Current Issue:
- Both REST and GraphQL APIs have deprecated the
primary_location_idfield in recent versions (2024-04 onwards).
Working Solution:
- Query the GraphQL
locationendpoint without providing an ID parameter. - When no ID is specified, it automatically returns the primary/default location.
- This behavior is documented in the official Shopify GraphQL API documentation.
The thread includes a code snippet demonstrating the GraphQL query. The solution was confirmed working by another developer.
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Looking for the same.
You get can it from the shop object under primary_location_id
https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-rest/2023-10/resources/shop
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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?
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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.
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@binarydata thanks man, you saved my day 