Alliance Data Systems (Bread Financial Holdings)

Alliance Data Systems (Bread Financial Holdings) Carts API

Manage Bread shopping carts that initiate the BNPL checkout flow.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Bread Classic Merchant Buyers Carts API
  description: Legacy "bread-classic" REST API for managing Bread Pay BNPL checkouts. The Merchant API helps manage completed transactions and carts (which can also be created directly in the browser via the Bread JavaScript SDK), and the Shipping API exposes carrier and tracking number information on the transaction. Hosted by Bread Financial Holdings (NYSE&#58; BFH).
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Bread Financial Developer Support
    url: https://docs.breadpayments.com/bread-classic/reference
servers:
- url: https://api.breadpayments.com
  description: Production
- url: https://api-sandbox.breadpayments.com
  description: Sandbox
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Carts
  description: Manage Bread shopping carts that initiate the BNPL checkout flow.
paths:
  /carts:
    post:
      operationId: createCart
      summary: Bread Classic Create A Cart
      description: Create a Bread cart that can be referenced by the on-page Bread modal.
      tags:
      - Carts
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CartRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Cart created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Cart'
  /carts/{cartID}:
    get:
      operationId: getCart
      summary: Bread Classic Get A Cart
      description: Retrieve a Bread cart by its identifier.
      tags:
      - Carts
      parameters:
      - name: cartID
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Cart returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Cart'
components:
  schemas:
    CartItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        sku:
          type: string
        unitPrice:
          type: integer
        quantity:
          type: integer
        imageUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
    Cart:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CartRequest'
      - type: object
        properties:
          id:
            type: string
          createdAt:
            type: string
            format: date-time
    CartRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        currency:
          type: string
          example: USD
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CartItem'
        discounts:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              description:
                type: string
              amount:
                type: integer
        shipping:
          type: object
          properties:
            typeId:
              type: string
            cost:
              type: integer
        tax:
          type: integer
        totalPrice:
          type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bread Merchant Portal access token (legacy scheme).
externalDocs:
  description: Bread Classic Reference
  url: https://docs.breadpayments.com/bread-classic/reference