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VTEX Shopping Cart API

The Shopping Cart API from VTEX — 11 operation(s) for shopping cart.

VTEX Shopping Cart API is one of 142 APIs that VTEX publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Shopping Cart. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 12 operations across 11 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{providerApiEndpoint}.

12 operations 11 paths 2 schemas 4 GET2 PATCH5 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://{providerApiEndpoint}
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

VTEX Shopping Cart API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as VtexIdclientAutCookie (VtexIdclientAutCookie).

  • VtexIdclientAutCookie — [User token](https://developers.vtex.com/docs/guides/api-authentication-using-user-tokens), valid for 24 hours.

Paths & Operations 12

Across 11 paths, the API surfaces 12 operations — 4 GET, 2 PATCH, 5 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Shopping Cart 12
POST
/api/checkout/pub/orderForms/simulation
VTex Cart simulation
CartSimulation 4 params body → 200
GET
/api/checkout/pub/orderForm
VTex Get current or create a new cart
CreateANewCart 3 params → 200
GET
/api/checkout/pub/orderForm/{orderFormId}
VTex Get cart information by ID
GetCartInformationById 4 params → 200
POST
/api/checkout/pub/orderForm/{orderFormId}/items/removeAll
VTex Remove all items from shopping cart
RemoveAllItems 3 params body → 200
GET
/checkout/changeToAnonymousUser/{orderFormId}
VTex Remove all personal data from shopping cart
Removeallpersonaldata 3 params → 200
POST
/api/checkout/pub/orderForm/{orderFormId}/items/update
VTex Update cart items
ItemsUpdate 4 params body → 200
POST
/api/checkout/pub/orderForm/{orderFormId}/items
VTex Add cart items
Items 4 params body → 200
PATCH
/api/checkout/pub/orderForm/{orderFormId}/items
VTex Handle cart items
ItemsHandle 3 params body → 200
PUT
/api/checkout/pub/orderForm/{orderFormId}/items/{itemIndex}/price
VTex Change price of an SKU in a cart
PriceChange 4 params body → 200
PATCH
/api/checkout/pub/orderForm/{orderFormId}/profile
VTex Ignore profile data on checkout
IgnoreProfileData 3 params body → 200
GET
/api/checkout/pub/orderForm/{orderFormId}/installments
VTex Cart installments
GetCartInstallments 4 params → 200
POST
/api/checkout/pub/orderForm/{orderFormId}/coupons
VTex Add coupons to the cart
AddCoupons 3 params body → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are orderForm (35 properties), PriceChangeRequest (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

orderForm
object
35 properties
PriceChangeRequest
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

vtex-shopping-cart-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs VTEX publishes across the network.

VTEX Account API
VTEX Addresses API
VTEX Anti-Fraud Flow API
VTEX App Keys API
VTEX Attachment API
VTEX Authentication API
VTEX Autocomplete API
VTEX Brand API
VTEX Bulk Import API
VTEX Carriers API
VTEX Cart Attachments API
VTEX Category API
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