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BigCommerce Widget API

The Widget API from BigCommerce — 2 operation(s) for widget.

BigCommerce Widget 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 Widget. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 14 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.

5 operations 2 paths 14 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

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

Authentication & Security 1

BigCommerce Widget 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 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Widget 5
POST
/content/widgets
BigCommerce Create a Widget
createWidget 2 params body → 200422
GET
/content/widgets
BigCommerce Get All Widgets
getWidgets 9 params → 200422
GET
/content/widgets/{uuid}
BigCommerce Get a Widget
getWidget 2 params → 200404422
PUT
/content/widgets/{uuid}
BigCommerce Update a Widget
updateWidget 3 params body → 200404422
DELETE
/content/widgets/{uuid}
BigCommerce Delete a Widget
deleteWidget 2 params → 204404422

Schemas 14

The contract defines 14 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are widgetSchemaArray (7 properties), pagination (6 properties), error_Base (5 properties), widget_Post (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

metaCollection
object
Data about the response, including pagination and collection totals.
1 property
widget_Post
object
5 properties 2 required
widgetSchema
array
The schema for the widget’s merchant-facing UI. For more information on the available schema settings, see [Widget UI Schema](/docs/storefront/widgets/input-re…
Meta
object
Response metadata.
widget_Full
widgetSchemaHidden
object
Hidden. Use the hidden settings type to create controls that have no user interface drawn in Page Builder. Hidden settings are not grouped into any other tabs…
2 properties
widget_Base
object
3 properties
widgetSchemaArray
object
Array. Use the array settings type to build collections of elements within the widget. Each element in the array can contain tabs, sections, and an entire sche…
7 properties
widgetTemplate_Base
object
4 properties
widgetTemplate_Full
widgetSchemaTab
object
Tab. Use the tab settings type to create settings visible in Page Builder.
3 properties
pagination
object
Data about the response, including pagination and collection totals.
6 properties
error_Base
object
Error payload for the BigCommerce API.
5 properties
widget_Put

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

bigcommerce-widget-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Big Commerce Pickup Methods
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