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Amazon Checkout Sessions API

Manage buyer checkout sessions

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Amazon Checkout Sessions API is one of 18 APIs that Amazon publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Checkout Sessions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against 4 base URLs: https://pay-api.amazon.com/live/v2, https://pay-api.amazon.com/sandbox/v2, https://pay-api.amazon.eu/live/v2, https://pay-api.amazon.jp/live/v2.

4 operations 3 paths 8 schemas 1 GET1 PATCH2 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com
Authentication
API Key
Contact
Amazon Pay Developer Support
Terms of Service
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Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon Checkout Sessions API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as authorization (amazonPaySignature). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • amazonPaySignature — AMZN-PAY-RSASSA-PSS-V2 signature using merchant private key

Paths & Operations 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 GET, 1 PATCH, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Checkout Sessions 4

Manage buyer checkout sessions

POST
/checkoutSessions
Amazon Create Checkout Session
createCheckoutSession 3 params body → 201400401
GET
/checkoutSessions/{checkoutSessionId}
Amazon Get Checkout Session
getCheckoutSession 3 params → 200404
PATCH
/checkoutSessions/{checkoutSessionId}
Amazon Update Checkout Session
updateCheckoutSession 3 params body → 200400
POST
/checkoutSessions/{checkoutSessionId}/complete
Amazon Complete Checkout Session
completeCheckoutSession 4 params body → 200400

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CheckoutSession (11 properties), Address (9 properties), CreateCheckoutSessionRequest (5 properties), Buyer (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

MerchantMetadata
object
3 properties
CheckoutSession
object
11 properties
StatusDetails
object
3 properties
UpdateCheckoutSessionRequest
object
3 properties
Buyer
object
3 properties
CreateCheckoutSessionRequest
object
5 properties 2 required
Address
object
9 properties
Price
object
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-checkout-sessions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
amazon:amazon-checkout-sessions-api
Base URL
https://sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com
Docs
https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api
Provider
Amazon
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