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BigCommerce

BigCommerce Cart API

The Cart API from BigCommerce — 2 operation(s) for cart.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

BigCommerce Cart API is one of 161 APIs that BigCommerce publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Cart. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 24 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 3.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/{store_hash}/v3.

3 operations 2 paths 24 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET1 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
3.0.0
Base URL
https://api.example.com
Authentication
API Key
Contact
BigCommerce
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

BigCommerce Cart API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-Auth-Token (X-Auth-Token). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • X-Auth-Token — OAuth scopes | UI Name | Permission | Parameter | |:--|:--|:-| | Information & Settings | read-only | storev2informationreadonly| | Information & Settings | mo…

Paths & Operations 3

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

Cart 3
GET
/carts
BigCommerce Get a Cart
getCart 1 param → 200
POST
/carts
BigCommerce Create a Cart
createCart 1 param body → 200
DELETE
/carts/{cartId}
BigCommerce Delete a Cart
deleteCart 1 param → 204

Schemas 24

The contract defines 24 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are responseCartLineItemsDigitalItemsAllOf0 (20 properties), responseCartBaseItem (20 properties), responseCart (14 properties), responseCartLineItemsGiftCertificates (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

requestLineItemGiftCertificateRecipient
object
2 properties
responseCartLineItemsPhysicalItemGiftWrapping
object
3 properties
responseCartLineItemsDigitalItems
responseCartLineItemsCustomItems
object
Read Only This will return in the Cart Response if the Cart was created using the [REST Management API](/docs/rest-management/carts). A custom item can only be…
6 properties
responseCartCurrency
object
This will always be the same between cart and checkout.
1 property
responseCartLineItemsGiftCertificatesSender
object
2 properties
responseCartLineItemsItemsPhysicalItemsItems
responseCartCoupons
array
responseCartLineItemsItemsPhysicalItemsItemsAllOf0OptionsItems
object
4 properties
responseCartLineItemsItemsPhysicalItemsItemsAllOf1
object
2 properties
responseCartBaseItem
object
20 properties 1 required
responseCartLineItemsDigitalItemsAllOf0DiscountsItems
object
2 properties
requestPostOrPutGiftWrapping
object
if passing null, it will remove the current gift wrapping for the item
2 properties 2 required
requestCart
object
Cart object used in create cart requests.
responseCartLineItems
object
4 properties
responseCartLineItemsGiftCertificates
object
8 properties 4 required
responseCartLineItemsGiftCertificatesRecipient
object
2 properties
requestCartPostLineItem
object
responseCartDiscounts
array
requestLineItemGiftCertificateSender
object
2 properties
requestLineItemGiftCertificate
object
7 properties 6 required
responseCartLineItemsDigitalItemsAllOf0OptionsItems
object
4 properties
responseCartLineItemsDigitalItemsAllOf0
object
20 properties 1 required
responseCart
object
Cart object used in REST Storefront API cart responses.
14 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

bigcommerce-cart-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
bigcommerce:bigcommerce-cart-api
Base URL
https://api.example.com
Docs
https://developer.bigcommerce.com/
Provider
BigCommerce
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