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Commerce Layer

Commerce Layer is a headless, composable commerce platform that exposes a JSON:API-compliant REST API for building omnichannel storefronts and order management. The Core API serves SKUs, prices, stock, orders, line items, customers, addresses, shipments, payment methods, markets, and promotions, with OAuth2 authentication, market-scoped access tokens, and real-time webhooks.

Commerce Layer publishes 12 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Addresses API, Customers API, Line Items API, and 9 more. Tagged areas include Commerce, Headless, Composable, eCommerce, and JSON:API.

Commerce Layer’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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39.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
12 APIs
CommerceHeadlessComposableeCommerceJSON:APIOrders

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 39.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 13.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 9.5 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 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
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APIs 12

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

Commerce Layer Addresses API

Billing and shipping addresses.

Commerce Layer Customers API

Customer accounts.

Commerce Layer Line Items API

Line items belonging to an order.

Commerce Layer Markets API

Markets binding price list, inventory model, and merchant.

Commerce Layer Orders API

Shopping carts and orders and their checkout lifecycle.

Commerce Layer Payment Methods API

Payment methods available for orders.

Commerce Layer Prices API

Prices belonging to price lists, associated with SKUs.

Commerce Layer Promotions API

Discounts, free shipping, free gifts, and other promotions.

Commerce Layer Shipments API

Order shipments and fulfillment.

Commerce Layer SKUs API

Stock keeping units describing the product variations being sold.

Commerce Layer Stock Items API

Stock quantities for a SKU at a given stock location.

Commerce Layer Webhooks API

Event subscriptions delivering signed callbacks.

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Open Collections 1

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

Commerce Layer Core API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Commercelayer Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Commercelayer Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Commercelayer Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 3

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

Commercelayer Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Commercelayer Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Commercelayer Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Commercelayer Agentic Access

55 operations · 31 acting

55 operations · 31 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: commercelayer
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/commercelayer/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Commerce Layer
kind: company
description: Commerce Layer is a headless, composable commerce platform that exposes a JSON:API-compliant REST API for building
  omnichannel storefronts and order management. The Core API serves SKUs, prices, stock, orders, line items, customers, addresses,
  shipments, payment methods, markets, and promotions, with OAuth2 authentication, market-scoped access tokens, and real-time
  webhooks.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/commercelayer.png
tags:
- Commerce
- Headless
- Composable
- eCommerce
- JSON:API
- Orders
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: commercelayer:commercelayer-addresses-api
  name: Commerce Layer Addresses API
  description: Billing and shipping addresses.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  tags:
  - Addresses
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercelayer-addresses-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/real-time-webhooks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference/webhooks
- aid: commercelayer:commercelayer-customers-api
  name: Commerce Layer Customers API
  description: Customer accounts.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  tags:
  - Customers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercelayer-customers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/real-time-webhooks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference/webhooks
- aid: commercelayer:commercelayer-line-items-api
  name: Commerce Layer Line Items API
  description: Line items belonging to an order.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  tags:
  - Line Items
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercelayer-line-items-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/real-time-webhooks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference/webhooks
- aid: commercelayer:commercelayer-markets-api
  name: Commerce Layer Markets API
  description: Markets binding price list, inventory model, and merchant.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  tags:
  - Markets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercelayer-markets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/real-time-webhooks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference/webhooks
- aid: commercelayer:commercelayer-orders-api
  name: Commerce Layer Orders API
  description: Shopping carts and orders and their checkout lifecycle.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  tags:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercelayer-orders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/real-time-webhooks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference/webhooks
- aid: commercelayer:commercelayer-payment-methods-api
  name: Commerce Layer Payment Methods API
  description: Payment methods available for orders.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  tags:
  - Payment Methods
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercelayer-payment-methods-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/real-time-webhooks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference/webhooks
- aid: commercelayer:commercelayer-prices-api
  name: Commerce Layer Prices API
  description: Prices belonging to price lists, associated with SKUs.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  tags:
  - Prices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercelayer-prices-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/real-time-webhooks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference/webhooks
- aid: commercelayer:commercelayer-promotions-api
  name: Commerce Layer Promotions API
  description: Discounts, free shipping, free gifts, and other promotions.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  tags:
  - Promotions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercelayer-promotions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/real-time-webhooks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference/webhooks
- aid: commercelayer:commercelayer-shipments-api
  name: Commerce Layer Shipments API
  description: Order shipments and fulfillment.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  tags:
  - Shipments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercelayer-shipments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/real-time-webhooks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference/webhooks
- aid: commercelayer:commercelayer-skus-api
  name: Commerce Layer SKUs API
  description: Stock keeping units describing the product variations being sold.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  tags:
  - SKUs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercelayer-skus-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/real-time-webhooks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference/webhooks
- aid: commercelayer:commercelayer-stock-items-api
  name: Commerce Layer Stock Items API
  description: Stock quantities for a SKU at a given stock location.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  tags:
  - Stock Items
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercelayer-stock-items-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/real-time-webhooks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference/webhooks
- aid: commercelayer:commercelayer-webhooks-api
  name: Commerce Layer Webhooks API
  description: Event subscriptions delivering signed callbacks.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  tags:
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercelayer-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/real-time-webhooks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference/webhooks
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/commercelayer-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/commercelayer-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/commercelayer-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/commercelayer-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/commercelayer
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/commerce-layer
- type: Website
  url: https://commercelayer.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.commercelayer.io
- type: Plans
  url: plans/commercelayer-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/commercelayer-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/commercelayer-finops.yml
- url: https://commercelayer.io/blog
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com