# Customer object

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**Important Notice**

Shopify has deprecated the REST Admin API that these Mechanic objects depend on. The product and variant endpoints were removed on Feb 1, 2025, and Shopify is phasing out the remaining REST endpoints over time. Read about the deprecation [here](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/graphql/migrate/new-product-model#whats-changing) and [here](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/graphql/migrate).

Use the [GraphQL](https://learn.mechanic.dev/core/actions/shopify#graphql) going forward. The [product](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/product) and [variant](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/variant) objects ceased to work on Feb 1, 2025 due to changes made by Shopify. Shopify is phasing out the REST API entirely — read more [here](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/graphql/migrate).

All of our [library tasks](https://tasks.mechanic.dev/) will be ported to use GraphQL only, which will provide a model for how you can update your custom tasks. You'll be able to update your non-customized library tasks with a click of a button :relaxed:

Please see these [guides](https://learn.mechanic.dev/resources/converting-tasks-from-shopify-rest-to-graphql) for migrating your custom tasks to GraphQL.
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## How to access it

* Use `{{ customer }}` in tasks responding to shopify/customers events
* Look up specific customers by their ID, using `{{ shop.customers[12345678900] }}`
* Look up specific customers by their email address, using `{{ shop.customers["test@example.com"] }}`

## What it contains

* [Every property from the Customer resource in the Shopify REST Admin API](https://shopify.dev/docs/admin-api/rest/reference/customers/customer#properties)
  * Note: Shopify delivers `customer.tags` as a comma-delimited string, *not* an array of strings!
  * Note: As of version 2025-01, Shopify no longer includes customer tags in webhook payloads. In cases of tasks responding to webhooks that include customer payloads, Mechanic does the background querying necessary to support direct references to `customer.tags`.
* `{{ customer.account_activation_url }}`, containing the Shopify-hosted URL where the customer can create a password for their account
* `{{ customer.unsubscribe_url }}`, containing the Mechanic-hosted URL where the customer can mark their own customer account as not accepting marketing; see [How do I add an unsubscribe link to my emails?](https://learn.mechanic.dev/faq/how-do-i-add-an-unsubscribe-link-to-my-emails)
* The related [metafields object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/metafields/metafield-collection): `{{ customer.metafields }}`