# OpenCart

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/opencart/  
**Website:** https://www.opencart.com  
**APIs profiled:** 10

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.

## Kin Score — 41.8 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 41.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 59.4 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 28.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 32.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (10)

- **OpenCart Affiliates API** — Affiliate session management
- **OpenCart Authentication API** — API login and session token management
- **OpenCart Cart API** — Shopping cart product management
- **OpenCart Customer API** — Customer session and profile management
- **OpenCart Orders API** — Order creation, confirmation, and history
- **OpenCart Payment Address API** — Billing address management
- **OpenCart Payment Methods API** — Available payment method retrieval and selection
- **OpenCart Shipping Address API** — Shipping address management
- **OpenCart Shipping Methods API** — Available shipping method retrieval and selection
- **OpenCart Subscriptions API** — Subscription order management

## Agentic access (1)

- **Opencart Agentic Access** — 16 operations · 12 acting

## Security (2)

- **Opencart Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Opencart Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Opencart Plans Pricing**

## Tags

E-Commerce, Shopping Cart, Open-Source, Self-Hosted, Product, Order, Customers, Categories

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/opencart/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.