Reassign Metafields Owner | BigCommerce Developer Center

Metafields can be reassigned to a new owner by updating the ownerClientId field using the Reassign Metafield Owner GraphQL mutation.

While the v3 REST API supports creating, updating, and deleting metafields, to reassign a metafield’s owner you must use the GraphQL API.

The client ID is displayed only once when you create a store-level API account. If it’s lost or forgotten, you’ll need to create a new store-level API account. See the API Accounts Documentation for details.

Ensure the metafield id uses the correct format: bc/store/metafield/{id}

GraphQL Mutation

Request

Response

Example mutation: Reassign Metafields Owner

1 POST https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/{{STORE_HASH}}/graphql
2 X-Auth-Token: {{ACCESS_TOKEN}}
3 Content-Type: application/json
4 Accept: application/json
5  
6 mutation Metafield($input: ReassignMetafieldsOwnerInput!) {
7     metafield {
8         reassignMetafieldsOwner(input: $input) {
9             metafieldIds
10         }
11     }
12 }

GraphQL variables

1 {
2     "input": {
3         "newClientId": "xyz1234",
4         "metafieldIds": ["bc/store/metafield/8"]
5     }
6 }