How to create a customer with password in the graphql storefront API? Password field is not accepted

[juanlet]

Hey, I want to create a customer with password using the graphql api. I followed the documentation to create a customer with password to avoid the activation process by email, this is the query I'm sending:

mutation  {
      customerCreate(
        input: {
          firstName: "dave",
          lastName: "smith",
          email: "[email protected]",
          password: "12345"
          acceptsMarketing: true,
          
            }
      ) {
        customer {
          id
          firstName
          lastName
          email
        }
        userErrors {
          field
          message
        }
        customer {
          id
          
        }
      }
    }

But I'm getting this error as if the specification changed:

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "InputObject 'CustomerInput' doesn't accept argument 'password'",
      "locations": [
        {
          "line": 7,
          "column": 11
        }
      ],
      "path": [
        "mutation",
        "customerCreate",
        "input",
        "password"
      ],
      "extensions": {
        "code": "argumentNotAccepted",
        "name": "CustomerInput",
        "typeName": "InputObject",
        "argumentName": "password"
      }
    }
  ]
}

How do I do to achieve this? Thanks!

[Zameer · Accepted solution]

Hey there,

You might be seeing this error because your request is targeting the GraphQL Admin API and not the Storefront API. I would take a look at this guide which outlines the steps you need to follow.

Namely, you need to be using the proper GraphQL endpoint - `POST https://my-store-name.myshopify.com/api/graphql` and you need to provide the `X-Shopify-Storefront-Access-Token` header with your Storefront Access Token which is different from your Admin Access Token.

[juanlet]

Thanks!

[nick-mealey]

I realize this thread is a bit old and marked as "Solved", but it's worth mentioning that not supporting a password field from the Admin API is a real issue. It doesn't make sense that the only way you can create an account with a password is with the Storefront API. There are other fields (e.g. locale) in the Admin API that we require anyway, so we'd have to use a combination of both. It looks like for now we might have to use a combo of the REST and GraphQL Admin API.