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Coupa Suppliers API

Create, retrieve, update, and manage supplier records. Suppliers represent vendor organizations that provide goods or services.

Coupa Suppliers API is one of 16 APIs that Coupa publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Suppliers. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{instance}.coupahost.com/api.

4 operations 2 paths 8 schemas 2 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://instance.coupahost.com/api
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Coupa Suppliers API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 8 scopes. An API key is passed in the header as X-COUPA-API-KEY (apiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2 — OAuth 2.0 authentication. Coupa supports the clientcredentials grant type. Obtain client credentials from Coupa instance setup.
  • apiKey — Legacy API key authentication. Coupa recommends migrating to OAuth 2.0. API keys are configured per Coupa instance.

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.

Suppliers 4

Create, retrieve, update, and manage supplier records. Suppliers represent vendor organizations that provide goods or services.

GET
/suppliers
Coupa List suppliers
listSuppliers 8 params → 200400401500
POST
/suppliers
Coupa Create a supplier
createSupplier body → 201400401422500
GET
/suppliers/{id}
Coupa Get a supplier
getSupplier 2 params → 200401404500
PUT
/suppliers/{id}
Coupa Update a supplier
updateSupplier 1 param body → 200400401404422500

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Supplier (56 properties), SupplierUpdate (24 properties), SupplierCreate (23 properties), AddressReference (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SupplierUpdate
object
Schema for updating a supplier
24 properties
Error
object
1 property
ShippingTermReference
object
Reference to a shipping term
2 properties
AddressReference
object
Reference to an address
8 properties
PaymentTermReference
object
Reference to a payment term
2 properties
UserReference
object
Reference to a Coupa user
3 properties
SupplierCreate
object
Schema for creating a new supplier
23 properties 1 required
Supplier
object
A supplier (vendor) organization that provides goods or services. Represents the full supplier record with all configuration settings.
56 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

coupa-suppliers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Coupa publishes across the network.

Coupa Integration API
Coupa Supplier API
Coupa Analytics API
Coupa CCW API
Coupa CSO API
Coupa Treasury API
Coupa Open Buy API
Coupa Payments API
Coupa Procurement API
Coupa Invoicing API
Coupa Expenses API
Coupa Inventory and Receipts API
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