Swell

aid: swell
name: Swell
description: >-
  Swell is a composable headless commerce platform that gives developers and
  brands API-first building blocks for storefronts, subscriptions, B2B, and
  multi-region commerce. It exposes a server-side Backend API for managing
  products, orders, customers, content, and operations, plus a client-side
  Frontend (Storefront) API and Swell.js / Node SDKs for building custom
  shopping experiences on any stack.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/swell/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Commerce
- Headless Commerce
- Composable Commerce
- Ecommerce
- Storefront
- Subscriptions
- B2B
- Products
- Orders
- Customers
apis:
- aid: swell:backend-api
  name: Swell Backend API
  description: >-
    Server-side REST API for managing the full commerce model in Swell,
    including products, variants, stock, categories, orders, carts, payments,
    refunds, shipments, subscriptions, customers, discounts, gift cards,
    content models, webhooks, and file storage. Designed for use from
    Node.js, PHP, or any server-side environment.
  humanURL: https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.swell.store
  tags:
  - Backend API
  - REST
  - Products
  - Orders
  - Subscriptions
  - Customers
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/introduction
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/authentication
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/swellstores/swell-node
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/swellstores/swell-php
- aid: swell:frontend-api
  name: Swell Frontend (Storefront) API
  description: >-
    Client-side API and Swell.js SDK for building custom storefronts. Exposes
    products, categories, accounts, sessions, addresses, credit cards, carts,
    orders, payments, coupons, promotions, gift cards, subscriptions, store
    settings, currencies, localization, navigation menus, and payment
    options. Includes a GraphQL frontend option for headless storefronts.
  humanURL: https://developers.swell.is/frontend-api/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.swell.store
  tags:
  - Frontend API
  - Storefront
  - JavaScript SDK
  - GraphQL
  - Carts
  - Checkout
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.swell.is/frontend-api/introduction
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/swellstores/swell-js
  - type: SDK
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/swell-js
  - url: graphql/swell-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.swell.is
- type: Portal
  url: https://developers.swell.is
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.swell.is
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.swell.is/signup
- type: Login
  url: https://admin.swell.store
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.swell.is/pricing
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.swell.is/blog
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/swellstores
- type: Storefronts
  url: https://www.swell.is/storefronts
- type: Apps
  url: https://www.swell.is/apps
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.swell.is/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.swell.is/privacy
- type: Support
  url: https://support.swell.is
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kinlane@gmail.com