Creating or updating a cart

Learn how to create or update a cart.

Managing a cart is crucial for providing a seamless shopping experience. The process involves interacting with the Commerce API, whether creating a new cart or updating an existing one. This guide will cover the API requests and responses needed to create or update a cart successfully. Follow along to ensure your cart operations are smooth and efficient. If you want to add a gift to a cart, see Gifting.

Creating a cart

Creating a cart involves several steps, from obtaining an access token to verifying the cart's creation. This guide will walk you through the necessary API requests and responses to ensure a successful cart creation process.

To create a cart:

  1. Send a POST /oauth20/token request to obtain an access token. You must include this token in all subsequent cart interactions.

  2. After receiving the token, verify the cart creation by sending a GET /v1/shoppers/me/carts/active request. Replace {Your_API_Key} with your actual API key.

You can use cURL for this process, as shown below:

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.digitalriver.com/v1/shoppers/me/carts/active' \
--header 'Content-Type:  application/json' \
--header 'authorization: Basic {Your_API_Key}\

A successful request returns a 200 OK response, confirming the creation of the cart with various URIs for further interactions, such as managing payment methods and submitting the cart.

Updating a cart

Updating an existing cart allows you to add various elements such as products, coupon codes, billing, and shipping addresses. Below, you'll find a comprehensive guide on how to update your cart using cURL effectively. Ensure you have the API key and permission to modify the cart details.

You can use the POST /v1/shoppers/me/carts/active resource to add products, coupon codes, billing/shipping addresses, and offers to a customer's cart. You can leverage all of the resources contained in the Cart to modify specific cart data elements. See Update current cart query parameters for more information.

Required: To pass customer credit card information through the Cart resource, you need a level 3 API key, a legal/contract amendment, and PCI documentation. Contact your Account Manager if you are interested in this capability.

To update a cart:

  1. Ensure you obtain your access token during cart creation. For instructions on generating the access token, refer to Creating a cart.

  2. Send a POST /v1/shoppers/me/carts/active request. Replace {Your_API_Key} with your actual API key. Include the necessary data parameters to modify the cart's contents as required. This allows you to add products, coupon codes, billing/shipping addresses and offers to a customer's cart.

You can use cURL for this process, as shown below:

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.digitalriver.com/v1/shoppers/me/carts/active' \
--header 'Content-Type:  application/json' \
--header 'authorization: Basic {Your_API_Key}\
--data-raw '{
  "cart": {
    "ipAddress": "10.24.2.28",
    "customAttributes": {
      "attribute": [
        {
          "name": "name",
          "value": "string",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "suppressOrderConfirmationEmail": true,
    "lineItems": {
      "lineItem": [
        {
          "quantity": "1",
          "product": {
            "id": 1234
          },
          "customAttributes": {
            "attribute": [
              {
                "name": "name",
                "value": "string",
                "type": "string"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "billingAddress": {
      "uri": "https://api.digitalriver.com/v1/shoppers/me/address/47278020023",
      "relation": "https://developers.digitalriver.com/v1/shoppers/AddressesResource",
      "id": "billingAddress",
      "firstName": "Automation",
      "lastName": "Tester",
      "companyName": "Digital River",
      "line1": "PO BOX 6930",
      "line2": "123",
      "line3": "Suite Line 3",
      "city": "Waconia",
      "countrySubdivision": "MN",
      "postalCode": "5387.0",
      "country": "US",
      "countryName": "United States",
      "phoneNumber": "099-222-44454",
      "emailAddress": "automatedTester@digitalriver.com",
      "countyName": "Hennepin",
      "phoneticFirstName": "クリス",
      "phoneticLastName": "ミラー",
      "division": "製品開発",
      "title": "M"
    },
    "shippingAddress": {
      "uri": "https://api.digitalriver.com/v1/shoppers/me/address/47278020023",
      "relation": "https://developers.digitalriver.com/v1/shoppers/AddressesResource",
      "id": "shippingAddress",
      "firstName": "Automation",
      "lastName": "Tester",
      "companyName": "Digital River",
      "line1": "PO BOX 6930",
      "line2": "123",
      "line3": "Suite Line 3",
      "city": "Waconia",
      "countrySubdivision": "MN",
      "postalCode": "5387.0",
      "country": "US",
      "countryName": "United States",
      "phoneNumber": "099-222-44454",
      "countyName": "Hennepin",
      "emailAddress": "automatedTester@digitalriver.com",
      "phoneticFirstName": "クリス",
      "phoneticLastName": "ミラー",
      "division": "製品開発"
    },
    "termsOfSalesAcceptance": "true",
    "chargeType": "moto",
    "organizationId": "digitalriver12345"
  }
}'

A successful request returns a 200 OK response, confirming the updated cart details, including line items, pricing, addresses, etc.

Additional information

For additional information on updating a cart, see the following topics:

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