OpenCart

OpenCart is a free, open-source eCommerce platform providing a REST API for managing products, categories, orders, customers, returns, and store configuration in self-hosted environments. Built on PHP and MySQL, OpenCart powers over 470,000 online stores worldwide and offers token-based API authentication with IP-allowlist security controls.

OpenCart publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Affiliates API, Authentication API, Cart API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include eCommerce, Shopping Cart, Open Source, Self-Hosted, and Products.

The OpenCart catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

OpenCart’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 11 more developer resources.

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47.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 34/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try

10 APIs

eCommerceShopping CartOpen SourceSelf-HostedProductsOrdersCustomersCategories

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 47.7/100 · developing

Contract Quality 16.3 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 34/100 · 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 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

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APIs 10

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Opencart Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 3

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

Examples 6

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Forums

Forums

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Marketplace

Marketplace

Source (apis.yml)

aid: opencart
name: OpenCart
description: 'OpenCart is a free, open-source eCommerce platform providing a REST API for managing products, categories, orders,
  customers, returns, and store configuration in self-hosted environments. Built on PHP and MySQL, OpenCart powers over 470,000
  online stores worldwide and offers token-based API authentication with IP-allowlist security controls.

  '
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · 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/opencart.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/opencart/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- eCommerce
- Shopping Cart
- Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- Products
- Orders
- Customers
- Categories
apis:
- aid: opencart:opencart-affiliates-api
  name: OpenCart Affiliates API
  description: Affiliate session management
  humanURL: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  baseURL: https://yourstore.com/api
  tags:
  - Affiliates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opencart-affiliates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/developer/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/opencart/opencart
- aid: opencart:opencart-authentication-api
  name: OpenCart Authentication API
  description: API login and session token management
  humanURL: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  baseURL: https://yourstore.com/api
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opencart-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/developer/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/opencart/opencart
- aid: opencart:opencart-cart-api
  name: OpenCart Cart API
  description: Shopping cart product management
  humanURL: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  baseURL: https://yourstore.com/api
  tags:
  - Cart
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opencart-cart-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/developer/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/opencart/opencart
- aid: opencart:opencart-customer-api
  name: OpenCart Customer API
  description: Customer session and profile management
  humanURL: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  baseURL: https://yourstore.com/api
  tags:
  - Customer
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opencart-customer-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/developer/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/opencart/opencart
- aid: opencart:opencart-orders-api
  name: OpenCart Orders API
  description: Order creation, confirmation, and history
  humanURL: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  baseURL: https://yourstore.com/api
  tags:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opencart-orders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/developer/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/opencart/opencart
- aid: opencart:opencart-payment-address-api
  name: OpenCart Payment Address API
  description: Billing address management
  humanURL: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  baseURL: https://yourstore.com/api
  tags:
  - Payment Address
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opencart-payment-address-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/developer/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/opencart/opencart
- aid: opencart:opencart-payment-methods-api
  name: OpenCart Payment Methods API
  description: Available payment method retrieval and selection
  humanURL: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  baseURL: https://yourstore.com/api
  tags:
  - Payment Methods
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opencart-payment-methods-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/developer/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/opencart/opencart
- aid: opencart:opencart-shipping-address-api
  name: OpenCart Shipping Address API
  description: Shipping address management
  humanURL: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  baseURL: https://yourstore.com/api
  tags:
  - Shipping Address
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opencart-shipping-address-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/developer/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/opencart/opencart
- aid: opencart:opencart-shipping-methods-api
  name: OpenCart Shipping Methods API
  description: Available shipping method retrieval and selection
  humanURL: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  baseURL: https://yourstore.com/api
  tags:
  - Shipping Methods
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opencart-shipping-methods-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/developer/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/opencart/opencart
- aid: opencart:opencart-subscriptions-api
  name: OpenCart Subscriptions API
  description: Subscription order management
  humanURL: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  baseURL: https://yourstore.com/api
  tags:
  - Subscriptions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opencart-subscriptions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/admin-interface/system/users/api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opencart.com/developer/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/opencart/opencart
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/opencart-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/opencart-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/opencart-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.opencart.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.opencart.com
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/opencart
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/5224021/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.opencart.com/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=cms/download
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/opencart
- type: Forums
  url: https://forum.opencart.com
- type: Marketplace
  url: https://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=marketplace/extension
- type: Plans
  url: plans/opencart-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/opencart-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/opencart-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com