commercetools

commercetools is the leading composable, headless, API-first Commerce platform powering large-scale B2C, B2B, and marketplace digital commerce for enterprise brands. The platform exposes a broad API surface organized into the HTTP API (core REST interface), GraphQL API (flexible query and mutation alternative), Import API (bulk data ingestion), Change History API (audit log), Checkout API (managed checkout configuration), and Merchant Center Customizations API (custom UI extensions). It is complemented by official SDKs (TypeScript, Java, PHP, .NET, Python) and AsyncAPI-based subscriptions for event-driven integrations.

commercetools publishes 14 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Carts API, Categories API, ChangeHistory API, and 11 more. Tagged areas include Commerce, Composable Commerce, E-Commerce, GraphQL, and REST.

The commercetools catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification, 1 JSON-LD context, and 3 Spectral governance rulesets.

commercetools’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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55.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 39/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessPaidSelf serve

19 APIs 16 Features

CommerceComposable CommerceE-CommerceGraphQLRESTSDK

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Composite quality — 55.6/100 · developing

Contract Quality 19.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 11.6 / 20

Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13

Governance 5.7 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 39/100 · agent ready

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 6 / 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 19

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

Commercetools GraphQL API

The commercetools GraphQL API provides a flexible, network-efficient alternative to the HTTP API for querying and mutating Composable Commerce resources. It exposes a single end...

Commercetools TypeScript SDK

The commercetools TypeScript SDK is the official client library for interacting with the Composable Commerce HTTP API, Import API, and GraphQL API from JavaScript and TypeScript...

Commercetools Java SDK

The commercetools Java SDK is the official client library for accessing the Composable Commerce APIs from Java applications. It provides strongly typed request builders, automat...

Commercetools Checkout API

The commercetools Checkout API provides programmatic control over Checkout application configurations within Composable Commerce. The Checkout Applications API allows developers...

Commercetools Merchant Center Customizations API

The commercetools Merchant Center Customizations API provides the programmatic interface for building custom applications and UI extensions within the Merchant Center. It expose...

commercetools Carts API

Manage shopping carts with line items, discounts, shipping, and tax calculations.

commercetools Categories API

Organize products into hierarchical category structures.

commercetools ChangeHistory API

Query the audit log of resource changes across the project.

commercetools Customers API

Manage customer accounts, addresses, authentication, and group assignments.

commercetools ImportContainers API

Manage import containers that hold import requests before processing.

commercetools ImportOperations API

Monitor the status of individual import operations.

commercetools Inventory API

Manage inventory entries tracking stock levels per channel and SKU.

commercetools Orders API

Create and manage orders resulting from cart checkouts or quotes.

commercetools Payments API

Track payment transactions and PSP interactions associated with orders.

commercetools Products API

Manage product catalog entries including variants, images, prices, and attributes.

commercetools ProductVariants API

Import product variant resources into the project.

commercetools Project API

Read and configure project-level settings including currencies, languages, and messages.

commercetools StandalonePrices API

Import standalone price resources into the project.

commercetools Subscriptions API

The Subscriptions API from commercetools — 2 operation(s) for subscriptions.

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Open Collections 3

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

commercetools Change History API

OPEN COLLECTION

commercetools HTTP API

OPEN COLLECTION

commercetools Import API

OPEN COLLECTION

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Commercetools Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Commercetools Finops

FINOPS

Features 16

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Core Commerce Edition: Composable Commerce APIs (custom price)

Foundry Edition: includes Frontend + Checkout + Blueprints + Expert Services

Premium Edition: unlimited SKUs, B2B APIs, Audit Log Premium

Headless / API-first commerce

REST API at api.{region}.commercetools.com

GraphQL API at api.{region}.commercetools.com/{project}/graphql

REST API: 200 req/sec/project default

Search (Product Projection): 100 req/sec

Concurrent connections: 200/project

Cart, Order, Customer, Catalog, Discount, Inventory APIs

OAuth 2.0 with scoped tokens

Subscription messages for async event delivery

Webhooks via HTTP destinations

Multi-region: AWS US/EU/Australia, GCP US/EU/Australia

Custom Objects for extensibility

Composable Frontend (B2C2B Foundry)

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6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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Documentation 4

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Spectral

Spectral

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: commercetools
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/commercetools/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: commercetools
tags:
- Commerce
- Composable Commerce
- E-Commerce
- GraphQL
- REST
- SDK
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · 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/commercetools.png
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consumer
kind: company
created: '2025-09-15'
modified: '2026-05-19'
apis:
- aid: commercetools:graphql-api
  name: Commercetools GraphQL API
  tags:
  - Commerce
  - Composable Commerce
  - E-Commerce
  - GraphQL
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://api.{region}.commercetools.com
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/graphql
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/graphql
    type: Documentation
  - url: graphql/commercetools-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
  description: The commercetools GraphQL API provides a flexible, network-efficient alternative to the HTTP API for querying
    and mutating Composable Commerce resources. It exposes a single endpoint and allows clients to request exactly the data
    they need, reducing over-fetching and minimizing round trips. The GraphQL API uses the same API clients, authentication
    tokens, and project scopes as the HTTP API.
- aid: commercetools:typescript-sdk
  name: Commercetools TypeScript SDK
  tags:
  - Commerce
  - JavaScript
  - SDK
  - TypeScript
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://api.example.com
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/sdk/typescript-sdk
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.commercetools.com/sdk/typescript-sdk
    type: Documentation
  description: The commercetools TypeScript SDK is the official client library for interacting with the Composable Commerce
    HTTP API, Import API, and GraphQL API from JavaScript and TypeScript applications. It provides full type safety, IDE autocompletion,
    and a fluent domain-specific language for constructing valid API requests. The SDK handles OAuth 2.0 token management,
    request building, and response deserialization.
- aid: commercetools:java-sdk
  name: Commercetools Java SDK
  tags:
  - Commerce
  - Java
  - JVM
  - SDK
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://api.example.com
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/sdk/java-sdk
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.commercetools.com/sdk/java-sdk
    type: Documentation
  description: The commercetools Java SDK is the official client library for accessing the Composable Commerce APIs from Java
    applications. It provides strongly typed request builders, automatic OAuth 2.0 token management, and support for all HTTP
    API and Import API endpoints. The SDK is compatible with standard Java development toolchains and is distributed via Maven
    Central. It is commonly used in enterprise backend systems and microservices that require JVM-based integration with the
    commercetools platform.
- aid: commercetools:checkout-api
  name: Commercetools Checkout API
  tags:
  - Checkout
  - Commerce
  - Embedded Components
  - Payments
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://api.example.com
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/checkout
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.commercetools.com/checkout
    type: Documentation
  description: The commercetools Checkout API provides programmatic control over Checkout application configurations within
    Composable Commerce. The Checkout Applications API allows developers to create, update, and manage Checkout applications
    without manual setup in the Merchant Center, enabling automated deployment and configuration across multiple stores, regions,
    and business units. Checkout integrates with payment connectors available through the Connect marketplace.
- aid: commercetools:merchant-center-customizations-api
  name: Commercetools Merchant Center Customizations API
  tags:
  - Commerce
  - Customizations
  - Extensions
  - Merchant Center
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://api.example.com
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/merchant-center-customizations/concepts/merchant-center-api
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.commercetools.com/merchant-center-customizations/concepts/merchant-center-api
    type: Documentation
  description: The commercetools Merchant Center Customizations API provides the programmatic interface for building custom
    applications and UI extensions within the Merchant Center. It exposes proxy endpoints to underlying REST and GraphQL APIs,
    allowing custom UIs to interact with Composable Commerce resources in a secure, scoped manner. Developers use this API
    when creating Custom Applications that extend the Merchant Center with business-specific tooling.
- aid: commercetools:commercetools-carts-api
  name: commercetools Carts API
  description: Manage shopping carts with line items, discounts, shipping, and tax calculations.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.{region}.commercetools.com
  tags:
  - Carts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercetools-carts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/commercetools-subscriptions-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/import-export/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/history/overview
- aid: commercetools:commercetools-categories-api
  name: commercetools Categories API
  description: Organize products into hierarchical category structures.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.{region}.commercetools.com
  tags:
  - Categories
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercetools-categories-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/commercetools-subscriptions-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/import-export/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/history/overview
- aid: commercetools:commercetools-changehistory-api
  name: commercetools ChangeHistory API
  description: Query the audit log of resource changes across the project.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.{region}.commercetools.com
  tags:
  - ChangeHistory
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercetools-changehistory-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/commercetools-subscriptions-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/import-export/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/history/overview
- aid: commercetools:commercetools-customers-api
  name: commercetools Customers API
  description: Manage customer accounts, addresses, authentication, and group assignments.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.{region}.commercetools.com
  tags:
  - Customers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercetools-customers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/commercetools-subscriptions-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/import-export/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/history/overview
- aid: commercetools:commercetools-importcontainers-api
  name: commercetools ImportContainers API
  description: Manage import containers that hold import requests before processing.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.{region}.commercetools.com
  tags:
  - ImportContainers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercetools-importcontainers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/commercetools-subscriptions-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/import-export/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/history/overview
- aid: commercetools:commercetools-importoperations-api
  name: commercetools ImportOperations API
  description: Monitor the status of individual import operations.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.{region}.commercetools.com
  tags:
  - ImportOperations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercetools-importoperations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/commercetools-subscriptions-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/import-export/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/history/overview
- aid: commercetools:commercetools-inventory-api
  name: commercetools Inventory API
  description: Manage inventory entries tracking stock levels per channel and SKU.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.{region}.commercetools.com
  tags:
  - Inventory
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercetools-inventory-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/commercetools-subscriptions-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/import-export/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/history/overview
- aid: commercetools:commercetools-orders-api
  name: commercetools Orders API
  description: Create and manage orders resulting from cart checkouts or quotes.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.{region}.commercetools.com
  tags:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercetools-orders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/commercetools-subscriptions-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/import-export/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/history/overview
- aid: commercetools:commercetools-payments-api
  name: commercetools Payments API
  description: Track payment transactions and PSP interactions associated with orders.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.{region}.commercetools.com
  tags:
  - Payments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercetools-payments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/commercetools-subscriptions-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/import-export/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/history/overview
- aid: commercetools:commercetools-products-api
  name: commercetools Products API
  description: Manage product catalog entries including variants, images, prices, and attributes.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.{region}.commercetools.com
  tags:
  - Products
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercetools-products-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/commercetools-subscriptions-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/import-export/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/history/overview
- aid: commercetools:commercetools-productvariants-api
  name: commercetools ProductVariants API
  description: Import product variant resources into the project.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.{region}.commercetools.com
  tags:
  - ProductVariants
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercetools-productvariants-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/commercetools-subscriptions-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/import-export/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/history/overview
- aid: commercetools:commercetools-project-api
  name: commercetools Project API
  description: Read and configure project-level settings including currencies, languages, and messages.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.{region}.commercetools.com
  tags:
  - Project
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercetools-project-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/commercetools-subscriptions-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/import-export/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/history/overview
- aid: commercetools:commercetools-standaloneprices-api
  name: commercetools StandalonePrices API
  description: Import standalone price resources into the project.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.{region}.commercetools.com
  tags:
  - StandalonePrices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercetools-standaloneprices-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/commercetools-subscriptions-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/import-export/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/history/overview
- aid: commercetools:commercetools-subscriptions-api
  name: commercetools Subscriptions API
  description: The Subscriptions API from commercetools — 2 operation(s) for subscriptions.
  humanURL: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.{region}.commercetools.com
  tags:
  - Subscriptions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/commercetools-subscriptions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/commercetools-subscriptions-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/import-export/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.commercetools.com/api/history/overview
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/commercetools-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/commercetools-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/commercetools-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/commercetools-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/commercetools
- type: Website
  url: https://commercetools.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.commercetools.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://commercetools.com/pricing
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.commercetools.com/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/commercetools
- url: json-ld/commercetools-context.jsonld
  type: JSONLD
- url: json-schema/commercetools-order-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
- url: json-schema/commercetools-product-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
- url: json-schema/commercetools-subscription-message-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
- url: rules/commercetools-rules.yml
  type: Spectral
- type: Features
  data:
  - 'Core Commerce Edition: Composable Commerce APIs (custom price)'
  - 'Foundry Edition: includes Frontend + Checkout + Blueprints + Expert Services'
  - 'Premium Edition: unlimited SKUs, B2B APIs, Audit Log Premium'
  - Headless / API-first commerce
  - REST API at api.{region}.commercetools.com
  - GraphQL API at api.{region}.commercetools.com/{project}/graphql
  - 'REST API: 200 req/sec/project default'
  - 'Search (Product Projection): 100 req/sec'
  - 'Concurrent connections: 200/project'
  - Cart, Order, Customer, Catalog, Discount, Inventory APIs
  - OAuth 2.0 with scoped tokens
  - Subscription messages for async event delivery
  - Webhooks via HTTP destinations
  - 'Multi-region: AWS US/EU/Australia, GCP US/EU/Australia'
  - Custom Objects for extensibility
  - Composable Frontend (B2C2B Foundry)
  sources:
  - https://commercetools.com/pricing
  updated: '2026-05-04'
- type: Integrations
  url: https://commercetools.com/partners
- url: https://commercetools.com/blog
  type: Blog
integrations:
- name: Solution Integrators & Agencies
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'
description: commercetools is the leading composable, headless, API-first Commerce platform powering large-scale B2C, B2B,
  and marketplace digital commerce for enterprise brands. The platform exposes a broad API surface organized into the HTTP
  API (core REST interface), GraphQL API (flexible query and mutation alternative), Import API (bulk data ingestion), Change
  History API (audit log), Checkout API (managed checkout configuration), and Merchant Center Customizations API (custom UI
  extensions). It is complemented by official SDKs (TypeScript, Java, PHP, .NET, Python) and AsyncAPI-based subscriptions
  for event-driven integrations.

commercetools

APIs 19

Open Collections 3

GraphQL 1

Pricing Plans 1

Rate Limits 1

FinOps 1

Features 16

Event Specifications 1

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Spectral Rules 3

JSON Schema 77

JSON Structure 1

Security Posture 3

Agentic Access 1

Documentation 4

Agent Surfaces 1

Design & Contract 2

Build 1

Access & Security 3

Operate 1

Commercial 1

Company 3

Source (apis.yml)