Weird problem with orders GraphQL query

Technical Q&A
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1

Hi

Really odd error

Querying orders using the GraphQL api, sorted out all the syntax errors and the fields in wrong location etc etc.

Now just getting a “Code: 400, Bad request” with no other information.

Here is part of the erroring code

query($cursor: String) {
    orders(first: 250, after: $cursor, query: "delivery_method:local") {
       edges {

if I remove the query: the part becomes

query($cursor: String) {
    orders(first: 250, after: $cursor) {
       edges {

and it works.

So there is something about the query: it does not like, I’ve done quite a bit of investigation and it seems correct.

Anyone got any ideas?

Jules

2

Good practice is to specify sort order for consistency and check the hasNextPage before continuing – maybe there is no next page?

Just tested this in GraphiQL App:

orders(first: 4, query: "delivery_method:shipping", after: "XXX==" ){ ... }
3

delivery_method:local should be valid - the field is supported and “local” maps to the LOCAL enum. tim_1’s test with “shipping” working confirms the field name itself is fine, so the 400 is something else.

400 with no detail is the kicker - the response body almost always has an errors[] array with the real cause. Most clients only surface the HTTP status. Try logging the full response text:

const text = await res.text();
console.log(text);

Two angles to check:

  1. API version - delivery_method in the orders search query was added in a specific release. Older versions return 400 if the field isn’t recognized. What’s your X-Shopify-API-Version header?
  2. Cursor + query mismatch - I’ve hit 400 when the after cursor was generated under a different query string. Try first without after, just orders(first: 250, query: "delivery_method:local") - if that works, the cursor is the issue.

Also worth running the exact query in the Shopify GraphiQL App against the same store - strips out anything in your client layer.

What API version are you on?

4

Think it must be the API version, it’s 2025-10, not returning any errors at all

5

My test works in 2025-07 – the oldest GraphiQL offers.

6

Figured it out, needed to escape the " so changed to “delivery_method:local” to \“delivery_method:local\”