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BigCommerce

BigCommerce Channels API

The Channels API from BigCommerce — 2 operation(s) for channels.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

BigCommerce Channels API is one of 158 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 Channels. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 24 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0.

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

4 operations 2 paths 24 schemas 2 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
Base URL
https://api.example.com
Authentication
API Key
Contact
BigCommerce
Terms of Service
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Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

BigCommerce Channels 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 | |:--|:--|:-| | Channel Listings | modify | storechannellistings | | Channel Listings | read-only | storechann…

Paths & Operations 4

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

Channels 4
GET
/channels
BigCommerce Get All Channels
getChannels 14 params → 200422
POST
/channels
BigCommerce Create a Channel
createChannel 2 params body → 200422
GET
/channels/{channel_id}
BigCommerce Get a Channel
getChannel 3 params → 200404
PUT
/channels/{channel_id}
BigCommerce Update a Channel
updateChannel 3 params body → 200404409422

Schemas 24

The contract defines 24 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ChannelWithCurrencies (13 properties), ChannelWithoutCurrencies (12 properties), CreateChannelReq (8 properties), pagination_Full (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

IsListableFromUI
boolean
Indicates if a channel can create listings from the BigCommerce UI. Default value for this field is based on the channel type and platform combination if not s…
CurrencyNotRequiredWithChannelId
object
Details about currency assignments for a specific channel.
3 properties
ChannelDateCreated
string
Date on which the channel was first created.
ChannelWithoutCurrencies
object
12 properties 2 required
UpdateChannelReq
object
6 properties
IsVisible
boolean
Indicates if a channel is visible within the BigCommerce merchant admin UI (control panel). If false, the channel will not show in Channel Manager nor in any c…
DefaultCurrency
string
Default currency for the channel in [ISO 4217](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO4217) three character alphabetic format. Will be used on storefront when other…
ChannelType
string
The type of channel; channel platform and type must be a [valid combination](/docs/rest-management/channelsstatus).
pagination_Full
object
Data about the pagination.
6 properties
IconUrl
string
Link to the platform icon.
ChannelId
integer
The ID of the channel.
EmptyMeta
object
Response metadata.
EnabledCurrencies
array
Currencies that are enabled for the specified channel in [ISO 4217](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO4217) three character alphabetic format.
ChannelStatus
string
The status of the channel; channel type, platform, and status must be a [valid combination](/docs/rest-management/channelsstatus). terminated is not valid for…
CreateChannelReq
object
8 properties 3 required
ChannelConfigMeta
object
Optional channel configuration object.
1 property
ChannelPlatform
string
The name of the platform for the channel; channel platform and type must be a [valid combination](/docs/rest-management/channelsstatus).
Error
object
Error response payload for the BigCommerce API.
4 properties
ChannelName
string
Name of the channel as it will appear in the store control panel. The only characters it can include are Latin alphabet letters, Arabic numerals, dashes, and u…
MetaWithFullPagination
object
Data about the response, including pagination.
1 property
ErrorDetail
object
Error detail response payload for the BigCommerce API.
ChannelDateModified
string
Date on which the channel was most recently changed.
ChannelWithCurrencies
object
13 properties
ExternalId
string
Associated ID within a system / platform outside of BC.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

bigcommerce-channels-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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