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3M Orders API

Submit and track purchase orders with 3M.

3M Orders API is one of 4 APIs that 3M publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Orders. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 4 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.3m.com.

2 operations 1 paths 5 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.3m.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

3M Orders API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 bearer token obtained through client credentials flow. Provided during onboarding.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Orders 2

Submit and track purchase orders with 3M.

GET
/orders
3M List Orders
listOrders 2 params → 200401
POST
/orders
3M Create an Order
createOrder body → 201400401

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Order (6 properties), ShippingAddress (5 properties), OrderItem (3 properties), CreateOrderRequest (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ShippingAddress
object
Shipping address for an order
5 properties
OrderList
object
List of orders
1 property
CreateOrderRequest
object
Request body for creating a new order
2 properties 2 required
Order
object
A purchase order placed with 3M
6 properties
OrderItem
object
A line item within an order
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

3m-orders-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs 3M publishes across the network.

3M Deliveries API
3M Invoices API
3M Products API