Canal

Canal (now Rokt Catalog, following Rokt's acquisition of Canal) is a dropship and marketplace commerce platform that lets brands, retailers, and platforms sell curated third-party products without holding inventory. Suppliers (Brands) list products into Canal's vetted network; Storefronts (Partners) surface those products, and Canal forwards each order to the Supplier who ships directly to the customer. The Rokt Catalog Platform API (api.shopcanal.com/platform) exposes products, variants, orders, fulfillments, refunds, returns, shops, shipping/tax calculation, and webhooks so custom, headless, and marketplace backends can integrate alongside the native Shopify, WooCommerce, and BigCommerce apps. Canal was an a16z portfolio company.

Canal publishes 17 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including CSV API, Fulfillments API, Markets API, and 14 more. Tagged areas include Company, E-Commerce, Dropshipping, Marketplace, and Commerce.

The Canal catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Canal’s developer surface includes authentication, sandbox, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, and 20 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Profile data on GitHub

40.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent ready Front door AI 1/6 silent saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

1 published contract

Company E-Commerce Dropshipping Marketplace Commerce Retail Fulfillment Order Product Webhook

What this lets a business do 3

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Product Information Management

BC-2370

products

POST /products/ PUT /products/{id}/ POST /products/{id}/reorder_variants/

Omnichannel Order & Fulfilment Management

BC-2330

orders

POST /orders/ POST /orders/{id}/cancel/ POST /orders/v1/create-and-charge/

Tax Management

BC-220

tax

POST /tax/calculate/

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

Composite quality — 40.5/100 · developing

Contract Quality 10.7 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 7.1 / 15

Access Clarity 5.1 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 10

Contract Governance 0.4 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.7 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 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

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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.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Commerce Platform Ecosystems (Shopify, WooCommerce, Stripe Apps)	builds-on	17.2 (thin)	-	-

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.

APIs 17

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

Canal CSV API

The csv API from Canal — 3 operation(s) for csv.

Canal Fulfillments API

The fulfillments API from Canal — 2 operation(s) for fulfillments.

Canal Markets API

The markets API from Canal — 1 operation(s) for markets.

Canal Max Shipping Rates API

The max-shipping-rates API from Canal — 1 operation(s) for max-shipping-rates.

Canal Orders API

The orders API from Canal — 6 operation(s) for orders.

Canal Product Sets API

The product_sets API from Canal — 2 operation(s) for product_sets.

Canal Products API

The products API from Canal — 5 operation(s) for products.

Canal Refunds API

The refunds API from Canal — 2 operation(s) for refunds.

Canal Returns API

The returns API from Canal — 4 operation(s) for returns.

Canal Selection API

The selection API from Canal — 1 operation(s) for selection.

Canal Shipping API

The shipping API from Canal — 1 operation(s) for shipping.

Canal Shipping Rates API

The shipping-rates API from Canal — 1 operation(s) for shipping-rates.

Canal Shops API

The shops API from Canal — 2 operation(s) for shops.

Canal Tax And Shipping API

The tax-and-shipping API from Canal — 2 operation(s) for tax-and-shipping.

Canal Tax API

The tax API from Canal — 1 operation(s) for tax.

Canal Variants API

The variants API from Canal — 2 operation(s) for variants.

Canal Webhooks API

The webhooks API from Canal — 2 operation(s) for webhooks.

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Open Collections 18

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv fulfillments API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv markets API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv max-shipping-rates API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv orders API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv product_sets API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv products API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv refunds API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv returns API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv selection API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv shipping API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv shipping-rates API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv shops API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv tax-and-shipping API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv tax API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv variants API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rokt Catalog csv webhooks API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Canal Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Canal Openapi Overlay

1 action · update · canal-openapi-original.yml

UNRECORDED

Security Posture 2

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

Canal Authentication

apiKey/http · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Canal Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

SignUp

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

ErrorCatalog

DataModel

Conventions

Idempotency

Lifecycle

Conformance

Webhooks

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Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: canal
name: Canal
description: Canal (now Rokt Catalog, following Rokt's acquisition of Canal) is a dropship and marketplace commerce platform
  that lets brands, retailers, and platforms sell curated third-party products without holding inventory. Suppliers (Brands)
  list products into Canal's vetted network; Storefronts (Partners) surface those products, and Canal forwards each order
  to the Supplier who ships directly to the customer. The Rokt Catalog Platform API (api.shopcanal.com/platform) exposes products,
  variants, orders, fulfillments, refunds, returns, shops, shipping/tax calculation, and webhooks so custom, headless, and
  marketplace backends can integrate alongside the native Shopify, WooCommerce, and BigCommerce apps. Canal was an a16z portfolio
  company.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canal/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/633617b15a78ccbe02dcf627/657cdf8810129b1d520e01c1_Site%20Opengrap%20Image.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enriched-from-public-api
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
x-docs-platform: readme
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-21
tags:
- Company
- E-Commerce
- Dropshipping
- Marketplace
- Commerce
- Retail
- Fulfillment
- Order
- Product
- Webhook
tags_raw:
- Company
- eCommerce
- Dropshipping
- Marketplace
- Commerce
- Retail
- Fulfillment
- Orders
- Products
- Webhooks
apis:
- aid: canal:canal-csv-api
  name: Canal CSV API
  description: The csv API from Canal — 3 operation(s) for csv.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - CSV
  tags_raw:
  - csv
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-csv-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-fulfillments-api
  name: Canal Fulfillments API
  description: The fulfillments API from Canal — 2 operation(s) for fulfillments.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - Fulfillments
  tags_raw:
  - fulfillments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-fulfillments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-markets-api
  name: Canal Markets API
  description: The markets API from Canal — 1 operation(s) for markets.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - Markets
  tags_raw:
  - markets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-markets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-max-shipping-rates-api
  name: Canal Max Shipping Rates API
  description: The max-shipping-rates API from Canal — 1 operation(s) for max-shipping-rates.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - max-shipping-rates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-max-shipping-rates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-orders-api
  name: Canal Orders API
  description: The orders API from Canal — 6 operation(s) for orders.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - Order
  tags_raw:
  - orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-orders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-product-sets-api
  name: Canal Product Sets API
  description: The product_sets API from Canal — 2 operation(s) for product_sets.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - Product Sets
  tags_raw:
  - product_sets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-product-sets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-products-api
  name: Canal Products API
  description: The products API from Canal — 5 operation(s) for products.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - Product
  tags_raw:
  - products
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-products-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-refunds-api
  name: Canal Refunds API
  description: The refunds API from Canal — 2 operation(s) for refunds.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - Refunds
  tags_raw:
  - refunds
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-refunds-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-returns-api
  name: Canal Returns API
  description: The returns API from Canal — 4 operation(s) for returns.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - Returns
  tags_raw:
  - returns
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-returns-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-selection-api
  name: Canal Selection API
  description: The selection API from Canal — 1 operation(s) for selection.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - Selection
  tags_raw:
  - selection
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-selection-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-shipping-api
  name: Canal Shipping API
  description: The shipping API from Canal — 1 operation(s) for shipping.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - Shipping
  tags_raw:
  - shipping
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-shipping-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-shipping-rates-api
  name: Canal Shipping Rates API
  description: The shipping-rates API from Canal — 1 operation(s) for shipping-rates.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - shipping-rates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-shipping-rates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-shops-api
  name: Canal Shops API
  description: The shops API from Canal — 2 operation(s) for shops.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - Shops
  tags_raw:
  - shops
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-shops-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-tax-and-shipping-api
  name: Canal Tax And Shipping API
  description: The tax-and-shipping API from Canal — 2 operation(s) for tax-and-shipping.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - tax-and-shipping
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-tax-and-shipping-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-tax-api
  name: Canal Tax API
  description: The tax API from Canal — 1 operation(s) for tax.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - Tax
  tags_raw:
  - tax
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-tax-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-variants-api
  name: Canal Variants API
  description: The variants API from Canal — 2 operation(s) for variants.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - Variants
  tags_raw:
  - variants
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-variants-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- aid: canal:canal-webhooks-api
  name: Canal Webhooks API
  description: The webhooks API from Canal — 2 operation(s) for webhooks.
  humanURL: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.shopcanal.com/platform
  tags:
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/canal-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/canal-capability-edges.yml
  name: Canal Business Capability Map
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/canal-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/canal-authentication.yml
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/_original/canal-openapi-original.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/canal-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/canal-llms.txt
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/canal-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/canal-data-model.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/canal-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/canal-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/canal-lifecycle.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/canal-sandbox.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/canal-conformance.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/canal-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/canal-webhooks.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/reference/brand
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.shopcanal.com/docs/getting-started
- type: Support
  url: https://shopcanalhelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.shopcanal.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/shopcanal
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.shopcanal.com/signup
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.shopcanal.com/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.shopcanal.com/privacy-policy
- type: Website
  url: https://www.shopcanal.com/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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