Avalara Definitions API
Query tax content definitions, rates, and jurisdictions
Avalara Definitions API is one of 73 APIs that Avalara publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.
Tagged areas include Definitions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an AsyncAPI specification.
This API exposes 73 operations across 73 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.
Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://rest.avatax.com, https://sandbox-rest.avatax.com, http://{{baseurl}}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
Avalara Definitions API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth).
basicAuth— Use your AvaTax username/password or accountId/licenseKey as basic auth credentialsbearerAuth— OAuth 2.0 bearer token
Paths & Operations 73
Across 73 paths, the API surfaces 73 operations — 73 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Query tax content definitions, rates, and jurisdictions
Schemas 2
The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TaxCodeModel (7 properties), FetchResult_TaxCodeModel (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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