Roles and permissions

How to set specific permitted actions for each resource

Commerce Layer supports a granular access control system on a resource level. Each access token gets a specific set of permissions. The client and the authorization flow determine your permitted actions for each resource.
Introduction
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Sales channel
Sales channel applications support client_credentials, password and refresh_token grant types. Given their limited permissions, they can be safely used in client-side applications.
Client credentials
Sales channel applications that authenticate through client_credentials get the following permissions.
For security reasons sales channel applications can read resource lists only for skus, sku_options and prices. Getting a list is not allowed for all the other resources. For example, a sales channel is authorized to get /api/orders/xYZkjABcde but not /api/orders endpoint.
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Create
Read
Update
Delete
Restrictions
Addresses
✅
✅
✅
✅
Single resource only.
Customers
✅
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Customer subscriptions
✅
✅
✅
✅
Single resource only.
Delivery lead times
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✅
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Delivery lead times associated with the shipping methods enabled for the market in scope.
Gift cards
✅
✅
✅
✅
If "draft" (single resource only).
Gift card recipients
✅
✅
✅
✅
Single resource only.
Orders
✅
✅
✅
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Can be read if "draft", "pending" or "placed" and updated if "draft" or "pending" (single resource only).
Line items
✅
✅
✅
✅
Can be read if belonging to "draft", "pending" or "placed" orders and updated/deleted if belonging to "draft" or "pending" orders (single resource only).
Line item options
✅
✅
✅
✅
Can be read if belonging line items associated with "draft", "pending" or "placed" orders and updated/deleted if belonging to line items associated with "draft" or "pending" orders (single resource only).
Payment methods
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✅
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Enabled payment methods associated with the market in scope.
Payment sources
✅
✅
✅
✅
Can be read if belonging to "draft", "pending" or "placed" orders and updated/deleted if belonging to "draft" or "pending" orders (single resource only).
Prices
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✅
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Prices associated with the market price list.
Returns
✅
✅
✅
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Can be created for orders associated with the market in scope and updated if in "draft" status (single resource only).
Return Line Items
✅
✅
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Single resource only.
Shipments
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✅
✅
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Can be read if belonging to "draft", "pending" or "placed" orders and updated if belonging to "draft" or "pending" orders (single resource only).
Shipment line items
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✅
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Can be read if belonging to shipments associated with "draft", "pending" or "placed" orders (single resource only).
Shipping methods
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✅
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Enabled shipping methods associated with the market in scope.
SKUs
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✅
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SKUs with stock items in the market inventory model and a price in the market price list.
SKU options
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✅
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SKU options associated with the market in scope.
SKU lists
✅
✅
✅
✅
Single resource only.
SKU list items
✅
✅
✅
✅
Single resource only.
Stock items
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✅
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SKU items belonging to the stock locations associated with the market in scope.
Stock transfers
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✅
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Can be read if belonging to shipments associated with "draft", "pending" or "placed" orders (single resource only).
Password
Sales channel applications can authenticate a customer through the password flow. The access tokens that they get include the sum of the client permissions plus the ones below.
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Create
Read
Update
Delete
Restrictions
Customers
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✅
✅
✅
The customer must be the authenticated resource owner.
Customer addresses
✅
✅
✅
✅
The customer must be the authenticated resource owner.
Customer payment sources
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✅
✅
✅
The customer must be the authenticated resource owner.
Customer subscriptions
✅
✅
✅
✅
The customer must be the authenticated resource owner.
Line items
✅
✅
✅
✅
The line items must belong to one of the customer's orders.
Line item options
✅
✅
✅
✅
The line item options must belong to one of the line items associated with one of the customer's orders.
Orders
✅
✅
✅
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The customer must be the authenticated resource owner.
Parcels
✅
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The parcels must belong to one of the customer's orders.
Shipments
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✅
✅
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The shipments must belong to one of the customer's orders.
Refresh token
An access token obtained through a refresh_token inherit the same set of permissions as the one that expired.
Integration
Integration applications support the client_credentials grant type. The access tokens that they get include the set of permissions of their role.
Webapp
Webapp applications support authorization_code and refresh_token grant types. They don't bring any grants to the access tokens, and get the set of permissions of to the authenticated user's role. Access tokens obtained through a refresh_token inherit the same set of permissions as the one that expired.
Other application types
Other application types (such as Zapier, Contentful, DatoCMS, etc.) have more straightforward authorization rules and get the right amount of permissions that are required by the relevant tool.
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	Create	Read	Update	Delete	Restrictions
Addresses	✅	✅	✅	✅	Single resource only.
Customers	✅
Customer subscriptions	✅	✅	✅	✅	Single resource only.
Delivery lead times		✅			Delivery lead times associated with the shipping methods enabled for the market in scope.
Gift cards	✅	✅	✅	✅	If "draft" (single resource only).
Gift card recipients	✅	✅	✅	✅	Single resource only.
Orders	✅	✅	✅		Can be read if "draft", "pending" or "placed" and updated if "draft" or "pending" (single resource only).
Line items	✅	✅	✅	✅	Can be read if belonging to "draft", "pending" or "placed" orders and updated/deleted if belonging to "draft" or "pending" orders (single resource only).
Line item options	✅	✅	✅	✅	Can be read if belonging line items associated with "draft", "pending" or "placed" orders and updated/deleted if belonging to line items associated with "draft" or "pending" orders (single resource only).
Payment methods		✅			Enabled payment methods associated with the market in scope.
Payment sources	✅	✅	✅	✅	Can be read if belonging to "draft", "pending" or "placed" orders and updated/deleted if belonging to "draft" or "pending" orders (single resource only).
Prices		✅			Prices associated with the market price list.
Returns	✅	✅	✅		Can be created for orders associated with the market in scope and updated if in "draft" status (single resource only).
Return Line Items	✅	✅			Single resource only.
Shipments		✅	✅		Can be read if belonging to "draft", "pending" or "placed" orders and updated if belonging to "draft" or "pending" orders (single resource only).
Shipment line items		✅			Can be read if belonging to shipments associated with "draft", "pending" or "placed" orders (single resource only).
Shipping methods		✅			Enabled shipping methods associated with the market in scope.
SKUs		✅			SKUs with stock items in the market inventory model and a price in the market price list.
SKU options		✅			SKU options associated with the market in scope.
SKU lists	✅	✅	✅	✅	Single resource only.
SKU list items	✅	✅	✅	✅	Single resource only.
Stock items		✅			SKU items belonging to the stock locations associated with the market in scope.
Stock transfers		✅			Can be read if belonging to shipments associated with "draft", "pending" or "placed" orders (single resource only).