BigCommerce
Management API
Sites

Sites

Create and manage sites and routes for headless storefront (opens in a new tab) sales channels.

Sites

Sites link headless storefronts to sales channels. To create a site, send a POST request to /stores/{{STORE_HASH}}/v3/sites.

POST https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/{{STORE_HASH}}/v3/sites
X-Auth-Token: {{ACCESS_TOKEN}}
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
 
{
  "url": "http://store.example.com/",
  "channel_id": 5
}

Response

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "http://store.example.com/",
  "channel_id": 5,
  "created_at": "2022-01-04T04:15:50.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2022-01-04T04:15:50.000Z"
}

To get a list of sites, send a GET request to /stores/{{STORE_HASH}}/v3/sites.

GET https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/{{STORE_HASH}}/v3/sites
X-Auth-Token: {{ACCESS_TOKEN}}
Accept: application/json

Site routes

Site routes tell BigCommerce how to link to pages on a headless storefront. To create a route for a site, send a POST request to /stores/{{STORE_HASH}}/v3/sites/{site_id}/routes.

POST https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/{{STORE_HASH}}/v3/sites/{site_id}/routes
X-Auth-Token: {{ACCESS_TOKEN}}
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
 
{
  "type": "product",
  "matching": "12",
  "route": "/en/product?id=12"
}

Route types

The following route types are supported.

TypeDescription
productRoute for product details pages
brandRoute to brand pages
categoryRoute to category pages
blogRoute to blog page
homeRoute to storefront homepage
cartRoute to shopper’s cart
checkoutRoute to checkout page
searchRoute to store search page
accountRoute to account profile page
loginRoute to account login page
returnsRoute for return policy page
staticRoute to a static page
create_accountRoute to create new shopper account page
forgot_passwordRoute to shopper forgot password page
account_order_statusRoute for order status page
account_new_returnRoute for product returns page
recover_abandoned_cartRoute for URL in emails for a shopper to recover their abandoned cart

Route variables

The following route variables are supported.

VariableDescription
{id}The ID of the requested item
{slug}The slug for the requested item (if available). Note: the slug value may contain / slash
{lang}The language string that the client is using

Example:

POST https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/{{STORE_HASH}}/v3/sites/{site_id}/routes
X-Auth-Token: {{ACCESS_TOKEN}}
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
 
{
  "type": "product",
  "matching": "*",
  "route": "/{lang}/{slug}?id={id}"
}

Additional Information

Related resources

Create a Site

POST /sites

Request

Create a site that links a headless storefront to a sales channel.

Authentication

  • X-Auth-Token in header - required

Parameters

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

    The MIME type of the request body.

Body

object | application/json
  • url
    string

    The Fully Qualified URL (including host and scheme) where this site is hosted. All URLs generated for this site will be appended to this.

    Example: http://kittens.mybigcommerce.com/

  • channel_id
    integer

    The channel this site is attached to. Each site belongs to a single channel, and each channel can have either zero or one sites.

example

Response

Body

object | application/json
  • data
    object

  • meta
    object

    Meta data relating to pagination.

Example

Get Sites

GET /sites

Request

Get sites linked to a headless storefront sales channels.

Authentication

  • X-Auth-Token in header - required

Parameters

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

    The MIME type of the response body.

  • page in query - integer

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

  • limit in query - integer

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

  • channel_id:in in query - integer

    Filters returned sites by channel ID.

  • url_type:in in query - string

    Filters sites returned in the data.urls array by their URL type.

example

Response

Body

object | application/json
  • data
    array[object]

  • meta
    object

    Meta data relating to pagination.

Get a Site

GET /sites/{site_id}

Request

Get a site with site ID {site_id}.

Authentication

  • X-Auth-Token in header - required

Parameters

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

    The MIME type of the response body.

  • site_id in path - string - required

example

Response

Body

object | application/json
  • data
    object

  • meta
    object

    Meta data relating to pagination.

Example

Update a Site

PUT /sites/{site_id}

Request

Update a site with site ID {site_id}.

Authentication

  • X-Auth-Token in header - required

Parameters

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

    The MIME type of the request body.

Body

object | application/json
  • url
    string

    The Fully Qualified URL (including host and scheme) where this site is hosted. All URLs generated for this site will be appended to this.

    Example: http://kittens.mybigcommerce.com/

example

Response

Body

object | application/json
  • data
    object

  • meta
    object

    Meta data relating to pagination.

Example

Delete a Site

DELETE /sites/{site_id}

Request

Delete a site with site ID {site_id}.

Authentication

  • X-Auth-Token in header - required

Parameters

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

    The MIME type of the response body.

  • site_id in path - string - required

example

Response

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