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instacart Orders API

Endpoints for retrieving order status, handling details, and item information after checkout.

instacart Orders API is one of 10 APIs that instacart publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://connect.instacart.com.

2 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://connect.instacart.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

instacart Orders API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 Bearer token obtained using client credentials with the connect:dataingestion scope.

Paths & Operations 2

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

Orders 2

Endpoints for retrieving order status, handling details, and item information after checkout.

GET
/v2/post_checkout/orders/{order_id}/handling
Get order handling information
getOrderHandling 1 param → 200401404
GET
/v2/post_checkout/orders/{order_id}/items
Get order items
getOrderItems 1 param → 200401404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PostCheckoutOrderItem (6 properties), OrderHandlingResponse (6 properties), Replacement (3 properties), Error (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Replacement
object
Details about the replacement product suggested by the shopper.
3 properties
OrderHandlingResponse
object
6 properties
PostCheckoutOrderItem
object
6 properties
OrderItemsResponse
object
1 property
Error
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

instacart-orders-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs instacart publishes across the network.

Instacart Shopping Widgets
instacart Authentication API
instacart Chat API
instacart Delivery API
instacart Items API
instacart Last Mile Delivery API
instacart Pickup API
instacart Products API
instacart Replacements API