Supported OAuth and Commerce API formats

Learn about supported OAuth and Commerce API formats.

The Commerce API and OAuth support requests and responses in XML and JSON formats. XML is the default for the Commerce API; JSON is the default for the OAuth API. You can override the default in the Accept header for both the OAuth and Commerce API. You can also override the default format using the format query parameter in the Commerce API.

Accept header format for OAuth

The following example shows the supported accept header format for the OAuth resource.

Request Header

Accept: application/json (default)
Accept: application/xml

Accept header format for Commerce API

The following example shows the supported accept header format for Shoppers resource.

Request Header

Accept: application/xml (default)
Accept: application/json

Query parameter format

The following GET request sets the parameter format to JSON:

Request Header

GET /shoppers/me/categories?format=json
Accept: */*
Authorization: bearer your_access_token

Supported webhook formats

Digital River supports the XML format for webhooks.