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Metafields

Get Order Metafields

GET /orders/{order_id}/metafields

Request

Gets a Metafield object list, by order_id.

The maximum number of metafields allowed on each order, product, category, variant, or brand is 250 per client ID.

Authentication

  • X-Auth-Token in header

Parameters

  • store_hash in path - string
  • Accept in header with default of application/json - string
    required
    The MIME type of the response body.
  • order_id in path - integer
    required

    The ID of the Order to which the transactions belong.

  • page in query - integer

    Specifies the page number in a limited (paginated) list of products.

  • limit in query - integer

    Controls the number of items per page in a limited (paginated) list of products.

  • key in query - string

    Filter based on a metafieldʼs key.

  • namespace in query - string

    Filter based on a metafieldʼs key.

  • direction in query - string

    Sort direction. Acceptable values are: asc, desc.

    Allowed: asc | desc

example

Response

An array of metafields and metadata.

Body

object | application/json

Response payload for the BigCommerce API.

  • data    array[object]

  • meta    object

    Data about the response, including pagination and collection totals.

Create Metafields

POST /orders/{order_id}/metafields

Request

Creates an order Metafield.

The maximum number of metafields allowed on each order, product, category, variant, or brand is 250 per client ID.

Authentication

  • X-Auth-Token in header

Parameters

  • store_hash in path - string
  • Accept in header with default of application/json - string
    required
    The MIME type of the response body.
  • order_id in path - integer
    required

    The ID of the Order to which the transactions belong.

  • Content-Type in header with default of application/json - string
    required
    The MIME type of the request body.

A Metafield object.

Body

object | application/json

Common Metafield properties.

  • permission_set    string
    required

    Determines the visibility and writeability of the field by other API consumers.

    ValueDescription
    app_onlyPrivate to the app that owns the field
    readVisible to other API consumers
    writeOpen for reading and writing by other API consumers
    read_and_sf_accessVisible to other API consumers, including on storefront
    write_and_sf_accessOpen for reading and writing by other API consumers, including on storefront

    Allowed: app_only | read | write | read_and_sf_access | write_and_sf_access

  • namespace    string
    required

    Namespace for the metafield, for organizational purposes.

    >= 1 characters<= 64 characters
    Example: Sales Department

  • key    string
    required

    The name of the field, for example: location_id, color.

    >= 1 characters<= 64 characters
    Example: Staff Name

  • value    string
    required

    The value of the field, for example: 1, blue.

    >= 1 characters<= 65535 characters
    Example: Ronaldo

  • description    string

    Description for the metafields.

    >= 0 characters<= 255 characters
    Example: Name of Staff Member

example

Response

A Metafield object.

Body

object | application/json

Response payload for the BigCommerce API.

  • data    object

    Allows app partners to write custom data to various resources in the API.

  • meta    object

    Response metadata.

example

Get a Metafield

GET /orders/{order_id}/metafields/{metafield_id}

Request

Gets a Metafield, by order_id.

Authentication

  • X-Auth-Token in header

Parameters

  • store_hash in path - string
  • Accept in header with default of application/json - string
    required
    The MIME type of the response body.
  • order_id in path - integer
    required

    The ID of the Order to which the transactions belong.

  • metafield_id in path - integer
    required

    The ID of the Metafield.

example

Response

A Metafield object.

Body

object | application/json

Response payload for the BigCommerce API.

  • data    object

    Allows app partners to write custom data to various resources in the API.

  • meta    object

    Response metadata.

example

Update a Metafield

PUT /orders/{order_id}/metafields/{metafield_id}

Request

Updates a Metafield object.

The maximum number of metafields allowed on each order, product, category, variant, or brand is 250 per client ID.

Authentication

  • X-Auth-Token in header

Parameters

  • store_hash in path - string
  • Accept in header with default of application/json - string
    required
    The MIME type of the response body.
  • order_id in path - integer
    required

    The ID of the Order to which the transactions belong.

  • metafield_id in path - integer
    required

    The ID of the Metafield.

  • Content-Type in header with default of application/json - string
    required
    The MIME type of the request body.

A Metafield object.

Body

object | application/json

The model for a PUT to update metafield.

  • permission_set    string
    required

    Determines the visibility and writeability of the field by other API consumers.

    ValueDescription
    app_onlyPrivate to the app that owns the field
    readVisible to other API consumers
    writeOpen for reading and writing by other API consumers
    read_and_sf_accessVisible to other API consumers, including on storefront
    write_and_sf_accessOpen for reading and writing by other API consumers, including on storefront

    Allowed: app_only | read | write | read_and_sf_access | write_and_sf_access

  • namespace    string
    required

    Namespace for the metafield, for organizational purposes.

    >= 1 characters<= 64 characters
    Example: Sales Department

  • key    string
    required

    The name of the field, for example: location_id, color.

    >= 1 characters<= 64 characters
    Example: Staff Name

  • value    string
    required

    The value of the field, for example: 1, blue.

    >= 1 characters<= 65535 characters
    Example: Ronaldo

  • description    string

    Description for the metafields.

    >= 0 characters<= 255 characters
    Example: Name of Staff Member

example

Response

A metafield and metadata.

Body

object | application/json

Response payload for the BigCommerce API.

  • data    object

    Allows app partners to write custom data to various resources in the API.

  • meta    object

    Response metadata.

example

Delete a Metafield

DELETE /orders/{order_id}/metafields/{metafield_id}

Request

Deletes a Metafield.

Authentication

  • X-Auth-Token in header

Parameters

  • store_hash in path - string
  • Accept in header with default of application/json - string
    required
    The MIME type of the response body.
  • order_id in path - integer
    required

    The ID of the Order to which the transactions belong.

  • metafield_id in path - integer
    required

    The ID of the Metafield.

example

Response

An empty response.

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