generateCustomerToken mutation

Use the generateCustomerToken mutation to create a new customer token.

To return or modify information about a customer, we recommend you use customer tokens in the header of your GraphQL calls. However, you also can use session authentication.

Syntax

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mutation {
  generateCustomerToken(
    email: String!
    password: String!
  ) {
    CustomerToken
  }
}

Example usage

The following call creates a new customer token.

Request:

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mutation {
  generateCustomerToken(
    email: "bobloblaw@example.com"
    password: "b0bl0bl@w"
  ) {
    token
  }
}

Response:

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{
  "data": {
    "generateCustomerToken": {
      "token": "ar4116zozoagxty1xjn4lj13kim36r6x"
    }
  }
}

Input attributes

The generateCustomerToken mutation requires the following inputs:

Output attributes

The generateCustomerToken mutation returns a valid token for the customer.

Errors

Related topics

• customer query
• revokeCustomerToken mutation