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WooCommerce Order Notes API

Manage private and customer-facing notes on orders

WooCommerce Order Notes API is one of 21 APIs that WooCommerce publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 7 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Order Notes. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, and 7 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://example.com/wp-json/wc/v3.

4 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v3
Base URL
https://example.com/wp-json/wc/v3
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

WooCommerce Order Notes API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic Auth using the WooCommerce Consumer Key as the username and Consumer Secret as the password over HTTPS. Over plain HTTP use OAuth 1.0a one-legged au…

Paths & Operations 4

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

Order Notes 4

Manage private and customer-facing notes on orders

GET
/orders/{order_id}/notes
WooCommerce List All Order Notes
listOrderNotes 2 params → 200401404
POST
/orders/{order_id}/notes
WooCommerce Create an Order Note
createOrderNote 1 param body → 201400401
GET
/orders/{order_id}/notes/{id}
WooCommerce Retrieve an Order Note
getOrderNote 2 params → 200401404
DELETE
/orders/{order_id}/notes/{id}
WooCommerce Delete an Order Note
deleteOrderNote 3 params → 200401404

Schemas 3

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

OrderNote
object
A note attached to an order.
5 properties
OrderNoteInput
object
Input for creating an order note.
3 properties 1 required
Error
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

woocommerce-order-notes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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