Big Cartel API Documentation

This is the complete API documentation for connecting to the Big Cartel API using MindCloud's Universal API. If you are new to MindCloud, start with the Introduction to see how one API can sit in front of many different apps.

MindCloud is an integration company that offers one normalized API to access 3,100+ apps from a single place. It cleans up provider-specific quirks, keeps requests and responses consistent, and centralizes authentication so you do not need to manage separate flows for every app. Browse other apps.

Meet Big Cartel: Manage Big Cartel products, orders, discounts, pages, and shipments. Keep reading to get started.

Quickstart

Before you run your first Big Cartel request, you need three things:

1. A MindCloud account — sign in or create an account at MindCloud.
2. A MindCloud API Key — create one in API Keys. Keep it on your server.
3. At least one Big Cartel connection — create or choose one in Connections. Note its connectionId.

Every Big Cartel action uses the same URL pattern:

https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/bigCartel/latest/actions/{actionSlug}

You need a MindCloud API Key and a Big Cartel connection. Then call an action such as Get Abandoned Cart:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/bigCartel/latest/actions/get-abandoned-cart" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode "connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID"

Every response comes back in the same envelope, with your rows in a data array:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    { "id": "1042", "name": "Ava" }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

After your first request works, use Shape your requests to control arguments, pagination, filtering, fields, and errors.

Authentication

Authentication has two layers. Your MindCloud API Key authenticates the request to MindCloud, sent as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. The connectionId selects the connected Big Cartel account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Big Cartel credentials behind that connection, so you never send provider tokens with your requests.

Pass connectionId in the query string for GET and DELETE actions, and in the JSON body for POST, PUT, and PATCH actions. Keep your MindCloud API Key on your server; do not ship it in browser code, mobile apps, public repositories, or logs.

Big Cartel actions

All 30 published actions for this Big Cartel version. Each page documents the endpoint, arguments, and response controls.

• POSTCreate Category
• POSTCreate Discount
• POSTCreate Page
• POSTCreate Shipment
• DELETEDelete Category
• DELETEDelete Discount
• DELETEDelete Shipment
• GETGet Abandoned Cart
• GETGet Account
• GETGet All Abandoned Carts
• GETGet All Categories
• GETGet All Discounts
• GETGet All Orders
• GETGet All Pages
• GETGet All Products
• GETGet All Shipments
• GETGet Category
• GETGet Discount
• GETGet Order
• GETGet Page
• GETGet Product
• GETGet Shipment
• PUTReposition Categories
• PUTReposition Products
• PUTUpdate Category
• PUTUpdate Discount
• PUTUpdate Order
• PUTUpdate Page
• PUTUpdate Product
• PUTUpdate Shipment

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