Step 5. Set billing address

GraphQL checkout tutorial

You must always set the billing address to place an order.

Use the setBillingAddressOnCart mutation to set a billing address. You can set the billing address in the following ways:

  • Add a new billing address
  • Add a new billing address and set it as the shipping addresses
  • Use an address from the logged-in customer’s address book

Add a new billing address

The following mutation adds a new billing address. { CART_ID } is the unique shopping cart ID from Step 2. Create empty cart.

Request:

For logged-in customers, send the customer’s authorization token in the Authorization parameter of the header. See Authorization tokens for more information.

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mutation {
  setBillingAddressOnCart(
    input: {
      cart_id: "{ CART_ID }"
      billing_address: {
        address: {
          firstname: "John"
          lastname: "Doe"
          company: "Company Name"
          street: ["320 N Crescent Dr", "Beverly Hills"]
          city: "Los Angeles"
          region: "CA"
          postcode: "90210"
          country_code: "US"
          telephone: "123-456-0000"
          save_in_address_book: false
        }
      }
    }
  ) {
    cart {
      billing_address {
        firstname
        lastname
        company
        street
        city
        region{
          code
          label
        }
        postcode
        telephone
        country {
          code
          label
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Response:

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{
  "data": {
    "setBillingAddressOnCart": {
      "cart": {
        "billing_address": {
          "firstname": "John",
          "lastname": "Doe",
          "company": "Company Name",
          "street": [
            "320 N Crescent Dr",
            "Beverly Hills"
          ],
          "city": "Los Angeles",
          "region": {
            "code": "CA",
            "label": "California"
          },
          "postcode": "90210",
          "telephone": "123-456-0000",
          "country": {
            "code": "US",
            "label": "US"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Add a new address for billing and shipping

The following mutation includes the same_as_shipping attribute, which allows the same address to be used for billing and shipping.

Request:

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mutation {
  setBillingAddressOnCart(
    input: {
      cart_id: "{ CART_ID }"
      billing_address: {
        address: {
          firstname: "John"
            lastname: "Doe"
            company: "Company Name"
            street: ["320 N Crescent Dr", "Beverly Hills"]
            city: "Los Angeles"
            region: "CA"
            postcode: "90210"
            country_code: "US"
            telephone: "123-456-0000"
            save_in_address_book: false
          }
          same_as_shipping: true
      }
    }
  ) {
    cart {
      billing_address {
        firstname
        lastname
        company
        street
        city
        region{
          code
          label
        }
        postcode
        telephone
        country {
          code
          label
        }
      }
      shipping_addresses {
        firstname
        lastname
        company
        street
        city
        postcode
        telephone
        country {
          code
          label
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Response:

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{
  "data": {
    "setBillingAddressOnCart": {
      "cart": {
        "billing_address": {
          "firstname": "John",
          "lastname": "Doe",
          "company": "Company Name",
          "street": [
            "320 N Crescent Dr",
            "Beverly Hills"
          ],
          "city": "Los Angeles",
          "region": {
            "code": "CA",
            "label": "California"
          },
          "postcode": "90210",
          "telephone": "123-456-0000",
          "country": {
            "code": "US",
            "label": "US"
          }
        },
        "shipping_addresses": [
          {
            "firstname": "John",
            "lastname": "Doe",
            "company": "Company Name",
            "street": [
              "320 N Crescent Dr",
              "Beverly Hills"
            ],
            "city": "Los Angeles",
            "postcode": "90210",
            "telephone": "123-456-0000",
            "country": {
              "code": "US",
              "label": "US"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Use an existing customer address

First, query the customer to return the list of address IDs.

Request:

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query {
  customer {
    addresses {
      id
      default_billing
      default_shipping
    }
  }
}

Response:

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  "data": {
    "customer": {
      "addresses": [
        {
          "id": 2,
          "default_billing": true,
          "default_shipping": true
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Set { CUSTOMER_ADDRESS_ID } to an id returned in the query.

{ CART_ID } is the unique shopping cart ID from Step 2. Create empty cart.

Request:

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mutation {
  setBillingAddressOnCart(
    input: {
      cart_id: "{ CART_ID }"
      billing_address: {
          customer_address_id: { CUSTOMER_ADDRESS_ID }
      }
    }
  ) {
    cart {
      billing_address {
        firstname
        lastname
        company
        street
        city
        region{
          code
          label
        }
        postcode
        telephone
        country {
          code
          label
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Response:

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{
  "data": {
    "setBillingAddressOnCart": {
      "cart": {
        "billing_address": {
          "firstname": "John",
          "lastname": "Doe",
          "company": "Company Name",
          "street": [
            "320 N Crescent Dr",
            "Beverly Hills"
          ],
          "city": "Los Angeles",
          "region": {
            "code": "CA",
            "label": "California"
          },
          "postcode": "90210",
          "telephone": "123-456-0000",
          "country": {
            "code": "US",
            "label": "US"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Verify this step

  1. Sign in as a customer to the website using the email john.doe@example.com and password b1b2b3l@w+.

  2. Go to Checkout.

  3. Go to the Review & Payments step. The Billing Address form is populated with the address details you entered.