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BigCommerce Tax Provider API

The Tax Provider API from BigCommerce — 4 operation(s) for tax provider.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

BigCommerce Tax Provider 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 Tax Provider. 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 4 paths, and defines 16 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.

4 operations 4 paths 16 schemas 4 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
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Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

BigCommerce Tax Provider 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 4

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

Tax Provider 4
POST
/estimate
BigCommerce Estimate Taxes
estimateTaxes 1 param body → 200400401500
POST
/void
BigCommerce Void Tax Quote
voidTaxQuote 2 params → 200400401500
POST
/commit
BigCommerce Commit Tax Quote
commitTaxQuote 1 param body → 200400401500
POST
/adjust
BigCommerce Adjust Tax Quote
adjustTaxQuote 2 params body → 200400401500

Schemas 16

The contract defines 16 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Address (10 properties), request-item (9 properties), request-document (7 properties), request-quote (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

response-document
object
5 properties 4 required
response-taxprice
object
5 properties 5 required
SalesTax
object
5 properties 3 required
shipping_type
string
The type of item for the line item in the document.
handling_type
string
The type of item for the line item in the document.
item_type
string
The type of item for the line item in the document. Tax estimate requests for order-level refunds have an additional line item with the type refund.
response-quote
object
2 properties 2 required
response-item
object
The tax liabilities calculated for a specific item. Note: Tax liabilities should be calculated with quantity accounted for.
2 properties 2 required
request-quote
object
Each QuoteRequest represents an order. In addition to transaction details, it contains a documents array of one or more DocumentRequest objects, which represen…
5 properties 5 required
Address
object
Requests may have partial Address data. For example, the BigCommerce Cart page has the "Estimate Shipping & Tax" feature which is only expected to supply Count…
10 properties
TaxClass
object
3 properties 3 required
request-item
object
An ItemRequest represents required information relating to completing tax calculations for a specific line item.
9 properties 3 required
request-item-tax-property
object
A simple key value pairing allowing merchants to provide an additional input into a tax providerʼs tax calculation.
2 properties 2 required
wrapping_type
string
The type of item for the line item in the document.
request-adjust
An AdjustRequest contains the same data as a standard QuoteRequest with added detail of the adjustment operation.
request-document
object
Each DocumentRequest represents an order or part of an order of items fulfilled from a single origin address to a single destination address. In addition to sh…
7 properties 6 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

bigcommerce-tax-provider-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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