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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.

49.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessEnterpriseSelf serve
6 APIs
Office SuppliesRetailProcurementB2BeProcurementFortune 500

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 49.3/100 · developing
Contract Quality 17.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 6.1 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 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 6

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

Staples Product Catalog API

The Staples Product Catalog API provides programmatic access to Staples' office supply catalog including product search, pricing, availability, and category browsing for integra...

Staples Account API

Account and contract management operations

Staples Catalog API

Product catalog search and browse operations

Staples Delivery API

Delivery tracking and scheduling operations

Staples Invoices API

Invoice and billing operations

Staples Orders API

Order management operations

Open Collections 1

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

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Staples Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

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.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Staples Context

47 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Staples API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Staples API Rules

21 rules · 9 errors 10 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

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

Staples Advantage Order

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Staples Product

15 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Staples Product Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Security Posture 2

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

Staples Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Staples Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Staples Agentic Access

11 operations · 1 acting

11 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Press 5

Recent news and press coverage referencing this provider.

Staples Canada: Scaling AI-Driven Ecommerce Search ...

2026-05-25

Will Staples 'Business is Human' Campaign Connect With ...

2026-05-25

Staples Launches “Business is Human” Brand Campaign

2026-05-25

Staples Canada rethinks its fulfillment model

2026-05-25

Staples Canada ULC Press Releases | Cision

2026-05-25

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: staples
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/staples/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Staples
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
  - 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:
  - 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