Staples

Staples is an American multinational office supply retail company that offers B2B procurement integration through Staples Business Advantage. The platform supports over 170 eProcurement system integrations including PunchOut catalogs, EDI, and REST-based procurement APIs for enterprise customers.

Staples publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Account API, Catalog API, Delivery API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Office Supplies, Retail, Procurement, B2B, and eProcurement.

The Staples catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Staples’ developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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34.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessEnterpriseSelf serve

6 APIs

Office SuppliesRetail Procurement B2B eProcurement Fortune 500

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 34.9/100 · thin

Contract Quality 15.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Access Clarity 6.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 13

Contract Governance 1.6 / 12

Discoverability 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 6

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Staples Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 2

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

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Press 5

Recent news and press coverage referencing this provider.

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

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 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Facebook

Facebook

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: staples
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/staples/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Staples
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Office Supplies
- Retail
- Procurement
- B2B
- eProcurement
- Fortune 500
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise · 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/staples.png
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
description: Staples is an American multinational office supply retail company that offers B2B procurement integration through
  Staples Business Advantage. The platform supports over 170 eProcurement system integrations including PunchOut catalogs,
  EDI, and REST-based procurement APIs for enterprise customers.
apis:
- aid: staples:staples-product-catalog-api
  name: Staples Product Catalog API
  tags:
  - Catalog
  - Product
  - Retail
  - Commerce
  - Search
  tags_raw:
  - Catalog
  - Products
  - Retail
  - Commerce
  - Search
  properties:
  - url: https://www.staples.com/
    type: Website
  description: The Staples Product Catalog API provides programmatic access to Staples' office supply catalog including product
    search, pricing, availability, and category browsing for integration with procurement and ordering systems.
- aid: staples:staples-account-api
  name: Staples Account API
  description: Account and contract management operations
  tags:
  - Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/staples-account-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.staplesadvantage.com/learn/eprocurement-integrations
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.staplesadvantage.com/
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/staples/refs/heads/main/rules/staples-rules.yml
- aid: staples:staples-catalog-api
  name: Staples Catalog API
  description: Product catalog search and browse operations
  tags:
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/staples-catalog-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.staplesadvantage.com/learn/eprocurement-integrations
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.staplesadvantage.com/
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/staples/refs/heads/main/rules/staples-rules.yml
- aid: staples:staples-delivery-api
  name: Staples Delivery API
  description: Delivery tracking and scheduling operations
  tags:
  - Delivery
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/staples-delivery-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.staplesadvantage.com/learn/eprocurement-integrations
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.staplesadvantage.com/
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/staples/refs/heads/main/rules/staples-rules.yml
- aid: staples:staples-invoices-api
  name: Staples Invoices API
  description: Invoice and billing operations
  tags:
  - Invoices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/staples-invoices-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.staplesadvantage.com/learn/eprocurement-integrations
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.staplesadvantage.com/
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/staples/refs/heads/main/rules/staples-rules.yml
- aid: staples:staples-orders-api
  name: Staples Orders API
  description: Order management operations
  tags:
  - Order
  tags_raw:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/staples-orders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.staplesadvantage.com/learn/eprocurement-integrations
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.staplesadvantage.com/
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/staples/refs/heads/main/rules/staples-rules.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/staples-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/staples-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/staples-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Staples-Inc
- url: https://www.staples.com
  type: Website
- url: https://www.staplesadvantage.com/
  type: Portal
- url: https://www.staplesadvantage.com/learn/eprocurement-integrations
  type: Documentation
- url: https://news.staples.com/
  type: Blog
- url: https://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/programs/privacy_policy/index.html
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/terms-and-conditions/
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://x.com/Staples
  type: X
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/staples
  type: LinkedIn
- url: https://www.facebook.com/Staples
  type: Facebook

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APIs 6

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Pricing Plans 1

Rate Limits 1

FinOps 1

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