BigCommerce
Storefront API
Carts

Storefront Carts

Manage cart operations and data on BigCommerce-hosted storefronts. To work with headless storefronts, use the GraphQL Storefront API.

The REST Storefront API uses CORS (opens in a new tab) headers for authentication, and therefore has no required scopes. You do not need to send any BigCommerce-specific tokens with your requests to these endpoints.

For info about authenticating BigCommerce APIs, see Authentication and Example Requests.

Get a Cart

GET /carts

Request

Returns a Cart.

Note

  • Substitute your storefront domain for yourstore.example.com.
  • The Send a Test Request feature is not currently supported for this endpoint.

Parameters

  • store_domain in path - string
  • Accept in header with default of application/json - string
    required

    The MIME type of the response body.

  • include in query - array

    To return product options add one of the following include:

    lineItems.physicalItems.options: The Cart returns an abbreviated result. Use this to return physical items product options. Can also be used in a /POST to have the extended Cart object return.

    lineItems.digitalItems.options: The Cart returns an abbreviated result. Use this to return digital items product options. Can also be used in a /POST to have the extended Cart object return.

    lineItems.digitalItems.options,lineItems.physicalItems.options: The Cart returns an abbreviated result. Use this to return digital and physical options. Can also be used in a /POST to have the extended Cart object return.

    Type: array[string]

    Allowed: lineItems.physicalItems.options | lineItems.digitalItems.options

example

Response

Body

array | application/json

  • id    string

    Cart ID, provided after creating a cart with a POST.

  • customerId    integer

    ID of the customer to which the cart belongs.

  • email    string

    The cart's email. This is the same email that is used in the billing address

  • currency    object

    This will always be the same between cart and checkout.

  • isTaxIncluded    boolean

    Whether this item is taxable.

  • baseAmount    number

    Cost of cart’s contents, before applying discounts.

  • discountAmount    number

    Order based discounted amount only - Coupon discounts and product based discounts are excluded.

  • cartAmount    number

    Sum of line-items amounts, minus cart-level discounts and coupons. This amount includes taxes (where applicable).

  • coupons    array[object]

  • discounts    array[object]

  • lineItems    object

  • createdTime    string

    Time when the cart was created.

  • updatedTime    string

    Time when the cart was last updated.

  • locale    string

    Locale of the cart.

Example

Create a Cart

POST /carts

Request

Creates a Cart.

Note

  • Substitute your storefront domain for yourstore.example.com.
  • The Send a Test Request feature is not currently supported for this endpoint.

Parameters

  • store_domain in path - string
  • Content-Type in header with default of application/json - string
    required

    The MIME type of the request body.

Body

application/json

Cart object used in create cart requests.

Any of:

  • lineItems    array[]
    required

  • locale    string

    With Text Modifier

    With Gift Wrapping

    Response

    Post Carts Response

    Body

    object | application/json

    Cart object used in REST Storefront API cart responses.

    • id      string

      Cart ID, provided after creating a cart with a POST.

    • customerId      integer

      ID of the customer to which the cart belongs.

    • email      string

      The cart's email. This is the same email that is used in the billing address

    • currency      object

      This will always be the same between cart and checkout.

    • isTaxIncluded      boolean

      Whether this item is taxable.

    • baseAmount      number

      Cost of cart’s contents, before applying discounts.

    • discountAmount      number

      Order based discounted amount only - Coupon discounts and product based discounts are excluded.

    • cartAmount      number

      Sum of line-items amounts, minus cart-level discounts and coupons. This amount includes taxes (where applicable).

    • coupons      array[object]

    • discounts      array[object]

    • lineItems      object

    • createdTime      string

      Time when the cart was created.

    • updatedTime      string

      Time when the cart was last updated.

    • locale      string

      Locale of the cart.

    Example

    Delete a Cart

    DELETE /carts/{cartId}

    Request

    Deletes a Cart. Once a Cart has been deleted it can not be recovered.

    Note

    • Substitute your storefront domain for yourstore.example.com.
    • The Send a Test Request feature is not currently supported for this endpoint.

    Parameters

    • store_domain in path - string
    • cartId in path - string
      required

      This cartʼs unique ID.

    • Accept in header with default of application/json - string
      required

      The MIME type of the response body.

    example

    Response

    No Content

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