# Mutations

GraphQL mutations create, update, or delete objects in the Shopify GraphQL admin API. A mutation has a name, takes input data, and specifies fields to return in the response.

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This page discusses the general concept of a GraphQL mutation. For more detail on how this applies to Mechanic and the Shopify API, see [Actions / Shopify](/core/actions/shopify.md).
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## Create a product and return the product ID

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```graphql
mutation {
  productCreate(input: {title: "Red Ball", productType: "Toy", vendor: "Toys"}) {
   product {
    id
   }
  }
}
```

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{% tab title="Response" %}

```cpp
{
  "data": {
    "productCreate": {
      "product": {
        "id": "gid://shopify/Product/13588"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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## Update a product's type and return the product ID and new type

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{% tab title="GraphQL mutation" %}

```graphql
mutation {
  productUpdate(input: {id: "gid://shopify/Product/13588", productType: "Ball"}) {
   product {
    id
    type
   }
  }
}
```

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{% tab title="Response" %}

```cpp
{
  "data": {
    "productCreate": {
      "product": {
        "id": "gid://shopify/Product/13588"
        "productType" : "Ball"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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## Great resources for learning GraphQL mutations

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<https://shopify.dev/concepts/graphql/mutations>
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<https://www.shopify.com/partners/blog/getting-started-with-graphql>
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<https://graphql.org/learn/queries/>
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