Create Draft Cart
Customer-nested Create-Order entry point. Creates an empty admin draft cart (is_active = 0) for the customer and returns its cartId — the integer handle you pass to every cart-keyed write mutation (addItemAdminCart, saveAddressAdminCart, setShippingMethodAdminCart, setPaymentMethodAdminCart, createAdminPlaceOrder) as their cartId input.
Select cartId, not id
This is an action mutation — its result is not an addressable record, so the auto-generated id (IRI) field has no value and selecting it returns Internal server error. Select the result fields instead: cartId, customerId, success, message.
Operation
| Operation | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
createAdminDraftCart(input: createAdminDraftCartInput!) | Mutation | Bootstrap a fresh draft cart for a customer |
Input
| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
customerId | Int! | The customer the order is being created for. |
Distinct from createAdminReorder (which seeds the cart from an existing order's items).
Menu overview
See the Customers overview for how the Create-Order flow fits together.
Errors
GraphQL errors[] cause | Notes |
|---|---|
| Customer not found | Returned for an unknown / 0 customerId |
| Unauthenticated | Missing admin Bearer token |
| Draft cart could not be created | Bubbles up the underlying error message |