REST API Crete order with customer_locale set

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Hi, I need help creating an order using REST API with “customer_locale” set.
I have tried passing “locale”, “customer_locale” through the POST order.json, also passing those attributes through customers.json and then passing the customer id to the order, but none of those methods created an order with “customer_locale” set.
Becuase of that, I’m not able to sent correct emails through my integrations etc.

Does anybody know a way how to achieve that? Thank you in advance,
Tomáš

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Hi there, the REST API is deprecated and you should use GraphQL.

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I don’t think the GraphQL (or the REST) API will let you set the customerLocale field. It looks like this is set automatically by Shopify based on the customer’s browsing session or checkout language, not by API input.

Is this for orders where the customer is new to the store? It may be only possible to change this via the admin: https://screenshot.click/30-25-hz7p6-iikic.png

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Thank you for the answer
Yes, the customer is new, but the problem is - we use shopify basically only headless, all the order creation, shipping etc. is done via API or integrations

So basically I need to find any way to set the locale for order, so the emails are sent correctly

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Thank you, I am aware of that and planning to refactor the API client, but for now, I only need this minor “fix” and hope I can live for a few months with rest API for now

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Understandable, but with the REST API being deprecated, support most likely isn’t provided anymore so you will need to complete the migration.

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@Tomas_Blaha - you could try using Shopify Flow to adjust the Order.customerLocale, based on logic that you could define. I believe Flow has access to that field.

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Will connect with the relevant team to see if this field is on the roadmap to be set via API.