From 0098c6b359bc296870c953c8092520d71f68075f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Booker <bookernath@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 08:30:56 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Set currency on cart at creation time (#1941)

---
 .changeset/silver-numbers-divide.md  | 5 +++++
 core/client/mutations/create-cart.ts | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/silver-numbers-divide.md

diff --git a/.changeset/silver-numbers-divide.md b/.changeset/silver-numbers-divide.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d52830cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silver-numbers-divide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@bigcommerce/catalyst-core": patch
+---
+
+Set currency on cart at creation time
diff --git a/core/client/mutations/create-cart.ts b/core/client/mutations/create-cart.ts
index 8ca9d2e793..97a13f8193 100644
--- a/core/client/mutations/create-cart.ts
+++ b/core/client/mutations/create-cart.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { getSessionCustomerAccessToken } from '~/auth';
+import { getPreferredCurrencyCode } from '~/lib/currency';
 
 import { client } from '..';
 import { graphql, VariablesOf } from '../graphql';
@@ -21,12 +22,14 @@ type LineItems = CreateCartInput['lineItems'];
 
 export const createCart = async (cartItems: LineItems) => {
   const customerAccessToken = await getSessionCustomerAccessToken();
+  const currencyCode = await getPreferredCurrencyCode();
 
   return await client.fetch({
     document: CreateCartMutation,
     variables: {
       createCartInput: {
         lineItems: cartItems,
+        currencyCode,
       },
     },
     customerAccessToken,