Retrieve a merchant

How to fetch a specific merchant via API

To fetch a single merchant, send a GET request to the /api/merchants/:id endpoint, where id is the ID of the resource that you want to retrieve.

Request

GET https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/merchants/:id

Example

Request

The following request fetches the merchant identified by the id "xYZkjABcde":

curl -g -X GET \
  'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/merchants/xYZkjABcde' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token'

Response

On success, the API responds with a 200 OK status code, returning a single 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"
    }
  }
}