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shopLocaleUpdate

mutation

Requires write_locales access scope.

Updates a locale for a shop.

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Arguments

Anchor to localelocale

•String!

required

ISO code of the locale to update.

Anchor to shopLocaleshopLocale

•ShopLocaleInput!

required

Specifies the input fields for a shop locale.

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Anchor to ShopLocaleUpdatePayload returnsShopLocaleUpdatePayload returns

Anchor to shopLocaleshopLocale •ShopLocale: The locale that was updated.

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Anchor to userErrorsuserErrors •[UserError!]! non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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Examples

Publish a locale

Description

Publishing a locale makes it available for translation. Make sure that you enable the locale before publishing it. A shop can have up to 20 alternate published locales.

Query

mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
  shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
    userErrors {
      message
      field
    }
    shopLocale {
      name
      locale
      primary
      published
    }
  }
}

Variables

{
  "locale": "ko",
  "shopLocale": {
    "published": true
  }
}

cURL

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2026-04/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) { shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) { userErrors { message field } shopLocale { name locale primary published } } }",
 "variables": {
    "locale": "ko",
    "shopLocale": {
      "published": true
    }
  }
}'

React Router

import { authenticate } from "../shopify.server";

export const loader = async ({request}) => {
  const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);
  const response = await admin.graphql(
    `#graphql
  mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
    shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
      userErrors {
        message
        field
      }
      shopLocale {
        name
        locale
        primary
        published
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
        "locale": "ko",
        "shopLocale": {
            "published": true
        }
    },
  },
  );
  const json = await response.json();
  return json.data;
}

Ruby

session = ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session.new(
  shop: "your-development-store.myshopify.com",
  access_token: access_token
)
client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Graphql::Admin.new(
  session: session
)

query = <<~QUERY
  mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
    shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
      userErrors {
        message
        field
      }
      shopLocale {
        name
        locale
        primary
        published
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "locale": "ko",
  "shopLocale": {
    "published": true
  }
}

response = client.query(query: query, variables: variables)

Node.js

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
      shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
        userErrors {
          message
          field
        }
        shopLocale {
          name
          locale
          primary
          published
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
        "locale": "ko",
        "shopLocale": {
            "published": true
        }
    },
  },
});

Shopify CLI

shopify app execute \
--query \
'mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
  shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
    userErrors {
      message
      field
    }
    shopLocale {
      name
      locale
      primary
      published
    }
  }
}' \
--variables \
'{
  "locale": "ko",
  "shopLocale": {
    "published": true
  }
}'

Direct API Access

const response = await fetch('shopify:admin/api/2026-04/graphql.json', {
  method: 'POST',
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query: `
      mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
        shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
          userErrors {
            message
            field
          }
          shopLocale {
            name
            locale
            primary
            published
          }
        }
      }
    `,
    variables: {
        "locale": "ko",
        "shopLocale": {
            "published": true
        }
    },
  }),
});

const { data } = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Response

{
  "shopLocaleUpdate": {
    "userErrors": [],
    "shopLocale": {
      "name": "Korean",
      "locale": "ko",
      "primary": false,
      "published": true
    }
  }
}

Unpublish a locale

Query

mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
  shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
    userErrors {
      message
      field
    }
    shopLocale {
      name
      locale
      primary
      published
    }
  }
}

Variables

{
  "locale": "ko",
  "shopLocale": {
    "published": false
  }
}

cURL

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2026-04/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) { shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) { userErrors { message field } shopLocale { name locale primary published } } }",
 "variables": {
    "locale": "ko",
    "shopLocale": {
      "published": false
    }
  }
}'

React Router

import { authenticate } from "../shopify.server";

export const loader = async ({request}) => {
  const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);
  const response = await admin.graphql(
    `#graphql
  mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
    shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
      userErrors {
        message
        field
      }
      shopLocale {
        name
        locale
        primary
        published
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
        "locale": "ko",
        "shopLocale": {
            "published": false
        }
    },
  },
  );
  const json = await response.json();
  return json.data;
}

Ruby

session = ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session.new(
  shop: "your-development-store.myshopify.com",
  access_token: access_token
)
client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Graphql::Admin.new(
  session: session
)

query = <<~QUERY
  mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
    shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
      userErrors {
        message
        field
      }
      shopLocale {
        name
        locale
        primary
        published
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "locale": "ko",
  "shopLocale": {
    "published": false
  }
}

response = client.query(query: query, variables: variables)

Node.js

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
      shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
        userErrors {
          message
          field
        }
        shopLocale {
          name
          locale
          primary
          published
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
        "locale": "ko",
        "shopLocale": {
            "published": false
        }
    },
  },
});

Shopify CLI

shopify app execute \
--query \
'mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
  shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
    userErrors {
      message
      field
    }
    shopLocale {
      name
      locale
      primary
      published
    }
  }
}' \
--variables \
'{
  "locale": "ko",
  "shopLocale": {
    "published": false
  }
}'

Direct API Access

const response = await fetch('shopify:admin/api/2026-04/graphql.json', {
  method: 'POST',
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query: `
      mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
        shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
          userErrors {
            message
            field
          }
          shopLocale {
            name
            locale
            primary
            published
          }
        }
      }
    `,
    variables: {
        "locale": "ko",
        "shopLocale": {
            "published": false
        }
    },
  }),
});

const { data } = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Response

{
  "shopLocaleUpdate": {
    "userErrors": [],
    "shopLocale": {
      "name": "Korean",
      "locale": "ko",
      "primary": false,
      "published": false
    }
  }
}

shopLocaleUpdate reference

Examples

import { authenticate } from "../shopify.server";

export const loader = async ({request}) => {

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = await admin.graphql(

`#graphql

mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {

shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {

userErrors {

message

field

}

shopLocale {

name

locale

primary

published

}

}`,

{

variables: {

"locale": "ko",

"shopLocale": {

"published": true

}

);

const json = await response.json();

return json.data;

}

GQL

mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
  shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
    userErrors {
      message
      field
    }
    shopLocale {
      name
      locale
      primary
      published
    }
  }
}

cURL

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2026-04/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) { shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) { userErrors { message field } shopLocale { name locale primary published } } }",
 "variables": {
    "locale": "ko",
    "shopLocale": {
      "published": true
    }
  }
}'

React Router

import { authenticate } from "../shopify.server";

export const loader = async ({request}) => {
  const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);
  const response = await admin.graphql(
    `#graphql
  mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
    shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
      userErrors {
        message
        field
      }
      shopLocale {
        name
        locale
        primary
        published
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
        "locale": "ko",
        "shopLocale": {
            "published": true
        }
    },
  },
  );
  const json = await response.json();
  return json.data;
}

Node.js

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
      shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
        userErrors {
          message
          field
        }
        shopLocale {
          name
          locale
          primary
          published
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
        "locale": "ko",
        "shopLocale": {
            "published": true
        }
    },
  },
});

Ruby

session = ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session.new(
  shop: "your-development-store.myshopify.com",
  access_token: access_token
)
client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Graphql::Admin.new(
  session: session
)

query = <<~QUERY
  mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
    shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
      userErrors {
        message
        field
      }
      shopLocale {
        name
        locale
        primary
        published
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "locale": "ko",
  "shopLocale": {
    "published": true
  }
}

response = client.query(query: query, variables: variables)

Shopify CLI

shopify app execute \
--query \
'mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
  shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
    userErrors {
      message
      field
    }
    shopLocale {
      name
      locale
      primary
      published
    }
  }
}' \
--variables \
'{
  "locale": "ko",
  "shopLocale": {
    "published": true
  }
}'

Direct API Access

const response = await fetch('shopify:admin/api/2026-04/graphql.json', {
  method: 'POST',
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query: `
      mutation updateLocale($locale: String!, $shopLocale: ShopLocaleInput!) {
        shopLocaleUpdate(locale: $locale, shopLocale: $shopLocale) {
          userErrors {
            message
            field
          }
          shopLocale {
            name
            locale
            primary
            published
          }
        }
      }
    `,
    variables: {
        "locale": "ko",
        "shopLocale": {
            "published": true
        }
    },
  }),
});

const { data } = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Input variables

JSON

{

"locale": "ko",

"shopLocale": {

"published": true

}

Response

JSON

{

"shopLocaleUpdate": {

"userErrors": [],

"shopLocale": {

"name": "Korean",

"locale": "ko",

"primary": false,

"published": true

}