Create a merchant
How to create a merchant via API
To create a new merchant, send a
POST
request to the /api/merchants
endpoint, passing the resource arguments in the request body.POST https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/merchants
Body Parameter | Type | Required |
---|---|---|
type | string | Required |
attributes.name | string | Required |
attributes.reference | string | Optional |
attributes.reference_origin | string | Optional |
attributes.metadata | object | Optional |
relationships.address | object | Required |
Request
Response
The following request creates a new merchant:
curl -g -X POST \
'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/merchants' \
-H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
-d '{
"data": {
"type": "merchants",
"attributes": {
"name": "The Brand Inc."
},
"relationships": {
"address": {
"data": {
"type": "addresses",
"id": "ABCRtyUpBa"
}
}
}
}
}'
On success, the API responds with a
201 Created
status code, returning the created resource object:{
"data": {
"id": "xYZkjABcde",
"type": "merchants",
"links": {
"self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/merchants/xYZkjABcde"
},
"attributes": {
"name": "The Brand Inc.",
"created_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
"updated_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
"reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE",
"reference_origin": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE-ORIGIN",
"metadata": {
"foo": "bar"
}
},
"relationships": {
"address": {
"links": {
"self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/merchants/xYZkjABcde/relationships/address",
"related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/merchants/xYZkjABcde/address"
}
},
"attachments": {
"links": {
"self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/merchants/xYZkjABcde/relationships/attachments",
"related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/merchants/xYZkjABcde/attachments"
}
},
"versions": {
"links": {
"self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/merchants/xYZkjABcde/relationships/versions",
"related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/merchants/xYZkjABcde/versions"
}
}
},
"meta": {
"mode": "test"
}
}
}
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