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BlueCart

BlueCart is an end-to-end eCommerce and procurement platform for the hospitality and food and beverage industries, connecting restaurants and buyers with wholesale distributors and suppliers. It streamlines wholesale ordering, order management, inventory, and payments for both sides of the supply chain. BlueCart exposes a public REST API that lets distributors and partners programmatically manage products, orders, customers, catalogs, and users, returning JSON responses and integrating BlueCart data with external accounting, eCommerce, and logistics systems used across foodservice operations.

BlueCart is listed with 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Catalogs API, Clients API, Orders API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Restaurant, Procurement, Wholesale, Ordering, and Food Distribution.

The BlueCart catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

BlueCart’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, support, signup flow, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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30.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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5 APIs
RestaurantProcurementWholesaleOrderingFood DistributionHospitalityE-Commerce

Kin Score

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Composite quality — 30.1/100 · thin
Contract Quality 4.7 / 19
Developer Ergonomics 7.1 / 15
Access Clarity 3.2 / 15
Operational Transparency 0.8 / 10
Contract Governance 2.5 / 9
Discoverability 4.7 / 8
Regulatory Posture 2.5 / 15
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
Pagination 5 / 5
Distinct Operations 3 / 3
MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6
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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):
  • MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
  • Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
  • Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
  • A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
  • Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
  • Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
8 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.
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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

MarketPositionDepthRegistered MCP serverDeclares compatibility
Procurement and B2B Buying (source-to-pay suites, spend management) undeclared - - -

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI
measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

BlueCart Catalogs API

Manage client-specific catalogs of products and pricing.

BlueCart Clients API

Manage buyer/client associations and their account details.

BlueCart Orders API

Search, retrieve, place, and modify wholesale orders.

BlueCart Products API

Manage the product catalog including pricing and inventory.

BlueCart Users API

Manage platform users and their roles and notifications.

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

BlueCart Catalogs API

OPEN COLLECTION

BlueCart Catalogs Clients API

OPEN COLLECTION

BlueCart Catalogs Orders API

OPEN COLLECTION

BlueCart Catalogs Products API

OPEN COLLECTION

BlueCart Catalogs Users API

OPEN COLLECTION

BlueCart API

OPEN COLLECTION

BlueCart API pricing

Not yet checked against BlueCart's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-06-02 from www.bluecart.com/; confirm before you rely on a figure.

PlanPrice
Entry subscription —
Growth subscription —
Custom / Enterprise enterprise —

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against BlueCart's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Bluecart Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Bluecart Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

BlueCart

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Bluecart Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Bluecart Context

19 classes · 60 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

BlueCart — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

BlueCart API Rules

44 rules · 8 errors 22 warnings 14 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 19

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

CatalogCreate

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CatalogList

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Catalog

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CatalogUpdate

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ClientCreate

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Client

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ClientUpdate

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OrderCreateResult

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OrderCreate

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OrderList

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OrderProduct

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Order

15 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OrderUpdate

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ProductCreate

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ProductList

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Product

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

UserCreate

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

UserList

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

User

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 19

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Bluecart Catalog Create Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart Catalog List Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart Catalog Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart Catalog Update Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart Client Create Structure

9 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart Client Structure

13 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart Client Update Structure

9 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart Order Create Result Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart Order Create Structure

9 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart Order List Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart Order Product Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart Order Structure

15 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart Order Update Structure

10 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart Product Create Structure

9 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart Product List Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart Product Structure

12 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart User Create Structure

9 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart User List Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Bluecart User Structure

12 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 19

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Bluecart Catalog Create Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart Catalog Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart Catalog List Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart Catalog Update Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart Client Create Example

9 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart Client Example

13 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart Client Update Example

9 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart Order Create Example

9 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart Order Create Result Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart Order Example

15 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart Order List Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart Order Product Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart Order Update Example

10 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart Product Create Example

9 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart Product Example

12 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart Product List Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart User Create Example

9 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart User Example

12 fields

EXAMPLE

Bluecart User List Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Bluecart Authentication

apiKey · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Bluecart Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Bluecart Agentic Access

22 operations · 13 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

22 operations · 13 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup
Signup

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Pagination
Pagination
 Rules
Rules
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary
 JSONLD
JSONLD

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: bluecart
name: BlueCart
description: BlueCart is an end-to-end eCommerce and procurement platform for the hospitality and food and beverage industries,
  connecting restaurants and buyers with wholesale distributors and suppliers. It streamlines wholesale ordering, order management,
  inventory, and payments for both sides of the supply chain. BlueCart exposes a public REST API that lets distributors and
  partners programmatically manage products, orders, customers, catalogs, and users, returning JSON responses and integrating
  BlueCart data with external accounting, eCommerce, and logistics systems used across foodservice operations.
type: Company
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bluecart.png
tags:
- Restaurant
- Procurement
- Wholesale
- Ordering
- Food Distribution
- Hospitality
- E-Commerce
tags_raw:
- Restaurant
- Procurement
- Wholesale
- Ordering
- Food Distribution
- Hospitality
- eCommerce
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bluecart/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-02'
modified: '2026-06-02'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: bluecart:bluecart-catalogs-api
  name: BlueCart Catalogs API
  description: Manage client-specific catalogs of products and pricing.
  humanURL: https://docs.bluecart.com/
  tags:
  - Catalog
  tags_raw:
  - Catalogs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bluecart-catalogs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/running-your-first-request
  - type: Pagination
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/pagination
- aid: bluecart:bluecart-clients-api
  name: BlueCart Clients API
  description: Manage buyer/client associations and their account details.
  humanURL: https://docs.bluecart.com/
  tags:
  - Clients
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bluecart-clients-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/running-your-first-request
  - type: Pagination
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/pagination
- aid: bluecart:bluecart-orders-api
  name: BlueCart Orders API
  description: Search, retrieve, place, and modify wholesale orders.
  humanURL: https://docs.bluecart.com/
  tags:
  - Order
  tags_raw:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bluecart-orders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/running-your-first-request
  - type: Pagination
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/pagination
- aid: bluecart:bluecart-products-api
  name: BlueCart Products API
  description: Manage the product catalog including pricing and inventory.
  humanURL: https://docs.bluecart.com/
  tags:
  - Product
  tags_raw:
  - Products
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bluecart-products-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/running-your-first-request
  - type: Pagination
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/pagination
- aid: bluecart:bluecart-users-api
  name: BlueCart Users API
  description: Manage platform users and their roles and notifications.
  humanURL: https://docs.bluecart.com/
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bluecart-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/running-your-first-request
  - type: Pagination
    url: https://docs.bluecart.com/pagination
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/bluecart-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bluecart-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bluecart-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bluecart.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.bluecart.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.bluecart.com/endpoints
- type: Authentication
  url: https://docs.bluecart.com/authentication
- type: Pagination
  url: https://docs.bluecart.com/pagination
- type: Support
  url: https://www.bluecart.com/contact
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.bluecart.com/
- type: Rules
  url: rules/bluecart-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/bluecart-vocabulary.yaml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/bluecart-context.jsonld
- type: Plans
  url: plans/bluecart-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/bluecart-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/bluecart-finops.yml
- url: https://www.bluecart.com/blog
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

BlueCart API — frequently asked questions

Does BlueCart have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from BlueCart, including BlueCart Catalogs API, BlueCart Clients API and BlueCart Orders API, and 2 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the BlueCart API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for BlueCart, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the BlueCart API?

BlueCart uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Bluecart Authentication.

How much does the BlueCart API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for BlueCart, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the BlueCart API ready for AI agents?

BlueCart has a Kin Score of 30.1 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 24.6 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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