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Tapcart

Tapcart is a mobile commerce platform for Shopify merchants, turning a Shopify storefront into a native iOS and Android shopping app. Beyond the no-code app builder, Tapcart ships a developer platform: App Studio, a React-based custom block and component framework; a public Development API at api.tapcart.com for creating, versioning and publishing App Studio components, block templates, dependencies and layouts; an Insights (metrics) API for app analytics; a clickstream webhook that streams shopper behavioral events to merchant endpoints; a first-party CLI (@tapcart/tapcart-cli) with a bundled MCP server; and published AI agent skills for driving that CLI from Claude Code, Cursor or Windsurf.

Tapcart publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Development API - Block Templates API, Development API - Blocks API, Development API - Components API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Company, Mobile, Commerce, Shopify, and E-Commerce.

The Tapcart catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Tapcart’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, and 32 more developer resources.

64.3/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 32/100 agent ready Front door AI 5/6 prominent Heartbeat 56/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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AccessPaid
1 published contract 1 MCP Servers 2 Agent Skills
CompanyMobileCommerceShopifyE-CommerceMobile AppPush NotificationsAnalyticsWebhookDeveloper Tools

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  • Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
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Standards implemented 3

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APIs 7

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

Tapcart Insights Metrics API

The Insights (Insights Pro) Metrics API returns aggregated analytics for a Tapcart app from a single POST endpoint whose response shape varies by the requested metricType — push...

Tapcart Clickstream Webhook

Tapcart's clickstream webhook delivers realtime shopper behavioral events from the mobile app to an HTTPS endpoint the merchant configures in the Tapcart dashboard. Fifteen even...

Tapcart Development API - Block Templates API

The Development API - Block Templates API from Tapcart — 4 operation(s) for development api - block templates.

Tapcart Development API - Blocks API

The Development API - Blocks API from Tapcart — 1 operation(s) for development api - blocks.

Tapcart Development API - Components API

The Development API - Components API from Tapcart — 5 operation(s) for development api - components.

Tapcart Development API - Dependencies API

The Development API - Dependencies API from Tapcart — 1 operation(s) for development api - dependencies.

Tapcart Development API - Layouts API

The Development API - Layouts API from Tapcart — 1 operation(s) for development api - layouts.

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Open Collections 5

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

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Tapcart MCP Server

Tapcart publishes a first-party MCP server, shipped inside the Tapcart CLI npm package rather than as a hosted remote endpoint. It exposes the CLI's capability surface — project...

MCP SERVER

Agent Skills 2

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

tapcart-blocks

AGENT SKILL

tapcart-project

AGENT SKILL

Tapcart API pricing

Prices published by Tapcart, read 2026-10-28 from www.tapcart.com/pricing.

PlanPrice
Growth $500/month
Includes: Unlimited blocks, unlimited integrations, unlimited push notifications, unlimited custom app screens
Scale $1,250/month
Includes: Everything in GROWTH, plus realtime advanced analytics, A/B testing, user segmentation, heatmaps & s
Enterprise + $2,850/month
Includes: Everything in SCALE, plus dedicated account manager, Tapcart Developer Tools/Agent MCP/CLI, 99.99% u
AI Add-on $250/month
Includes: AI Push Notifications, AI Autopilot, AI Scenes, Gen AI Video; available on all plans

Plan details, limits and sources →

Billed by: subscription · FinOps profile →

Pricing Plans 2

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Tapcart Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Tapcart

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Tapcart API Rules

52 rules · 47 errors 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Tapcart Client Api Overlay

17 actions · documentation · tapcart-client-api-openapi-original.json

DERIVED

Security Posture 3

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

Tapcart Authentication

http/apiKey · 5 schemes

SECURITY

Tapcart Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Tapcart Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

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Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: tapcart
name: Tapcart
description: 'Tapcart is a mobile commerce platform for Shopify merchants, turning a Shopify storefront into a native iOS
  and Android shopping app. Beyond the no-code app builder, Tapcart ships a developer platform: App Studio, a React-based
  custom block and component framework; a public Development API at api.tapcart.com for creating, versioning and publishing
  App Studio components, block templates, dependencies and layouts; an Insights (metrics) API for app analytics; a clickstream
  webhook that streams shopper behavioral events to merchant endpoints; a first-party CLI (@tapcart/tapcart-cli) with a bundled
  MCP server; and published AI agent skills for driving that CLI from Claude Code, Cursor or Windsurf.'
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/616f0a7a027baaf59a43390b/693886b1460be74c44ae2eca_Open%20graphic%20home.webp
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tapcart/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:secondary-market
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-08-05'
modified: '2026-10-06'
x-docs-platform: readme
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-17
tags:
- Company
- Mobile
- Commerce
- Shopify
- E-Commerce
- Mobile App
- Push Notifications
- Analytics
- Webhook
- Developer Tools
tags_raw:
- Company
- Mobile
- Commerce
- Shopify
- Ecommerce
- Mobile Apps
- Push Notifications
- Analytics
- Webhooks
- Developer Tools
apis:
- aid: tapcart:insights-metrics-api
  name: Tapcart Insights Metrics API
  description: The Insights (Insights Pro) Metrics API returns aggregated analytics for a Tapcart app from a single POST endpoint
    whose response shape varies by the requested metricType — push explorer, sessions, revenue, and other app performance
    metrics — over a date range with configurable timezone and granularity. Authenticated with a static api-key header plus
    an app-id header.
  humanURL: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference/insights-api
  baseURL: https://api.tapcart.com/insights-pro/v2
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - Insights
  - Metrics
  - Push Notifications
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference/insights-api
- aid: tapcart:clickstream-webhook
  name: Tapcart Clickstream Webhook
  description: Tapcart's clickstream webhook delivers realtime shopper behavioral events from the mobile app to an HTTPS endpoint
    the merchant configures in the Tapcart dashboard. Fifteen event types are eligible for delivery, from applicationInstalled
    and pageView through cartAdd, checkoutCreated and purchaseCompleted, each carrying a shared device/session properties
    envelope and deduplication identifiers.
  humanURL: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference/clickstream
  baseURL: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference/clickstream
  tags:
  - Webhook
  - Event
  - Clickstream
  - Analytics
  tags_raw:
  - Webhooks
  - Events
  - Clickstream
  - Analytics
  properties:
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/tapcart-webhooks.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference/clickstream
- aid: tapcart:tapcart-development-api-block-templates-api
  name: Tapcart Development API - Block Templates API
  description: The Development API - Block Templates API from Tapcart — 4 operation(s) for development api - block templates.
  humanURL: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference/api-setup-and-auth
  baseURL: https://api.tapcart.com
  tags:
  - Development API - Block Templates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tapcart-development-api-block-templates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference/api-setup-and-auth
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/tapcart-data-model.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/tapcart-problem-types.yml
- aid: tapcart:tapcart-development-api-blocks-api
  name: Tapcart Development API - Blocks API
  description: The Development API - Blocks API from Tapcart — 1 operation(s) for development api - blocks.
  humanURL: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference/api-setup-and-auth
  baseURL: https://api.tapcart.com
  tags:
  - Development API - Blocks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tapcart-development-api-blocks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference/api-setup-and-auth
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/tapcart-data-model.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/tapcart-problem-types.yml
- aid: tapcart:tapcart-development-api-components-api
  name: Tapcart Development API - Components API
  description: The Development API - Components API from Tapcart — 5 operation(s) for development api - components.
  humanURL: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference/api-setup-and-auth
  baseURL: https://api.tapcart.com
  tags:
  - Development API - Components
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tapcart-development-api-components-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference/api-setup-and-auth
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/tapcart-data-model.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/tapcart-problem-types.yml
- aid: tapcart:tapcart-development-api-dependencies-api
  name: Tapcart Development API - Dependencies API
  description: The Development API - Dependencies API from Tapcart — 1 operation(s) for development api - dependencies.
  humanURL: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference/api-setup-and-auth
  baseURL: https://api.tapcart.com
  tags:
  - Development API - Dependencies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tapcart-development-api-dependencies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference/api-setup-and-auth
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/tapcart-data-model.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/tapcart-problem-types.yml
- aid: tapcart:tapcart-development-api-layouts-api
  name: Tapcart Development API - Layouts API
  description: The Development API - Layouts API from Tapcart — 1 operation(s) for development api - layouts.
  humanURL: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference/api-setup-and-auth
  baseURL: https://api.tapcart.com
  tags:
  - Development API - Layouts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tapcart-development-api-layouts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference/api-setup-and-auth
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/tapcart-data-model.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/tapcart-problem-types.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/tapcart-plans-pricing.yml
- url: https://www.tapcart.com/blog/rss.xml
  type: BlogRSS
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/tapcart-client-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.tapcart.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://dev.tapcart.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://dev.tapcart.com/docs
- type: APIReference
  url: https://dev.tapcart.com/reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://dev.tapcart.com/docs/app-studio-quick-start
- type: Support
  url: https://help.tapcart.com/en/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.tapcart.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/tapcartinc
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.tapcart.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.tapcart.com/get-started
- type: Login
  url: https://app.tapcart.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.tapcart.com/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.tapcart.com/privacy-policy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.tapcart.co/
- type: Security
  url: https://security.tapcart.com/vulnerability-program.html
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/tapcart-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/tapcart-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/tapcart-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/tapcart-cli.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/tapcart-components.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/tapcart-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/tapcart-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/tapcart-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/tapcart-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/tapcart-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/tapcart-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/tapcart-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/tapcart-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/tapcart-data-model.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/tapcart-sandbox.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/tapcart-webhooks.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/tapcart-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/tapcart-security.txt
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/tapcart-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/tapcart-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-05'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 23
  pass: local-v1

Tapcart API — frequently asked questions

Does Tapcart have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from Tapcart, including Tapcart Insights Metrics API, Tapcart Clickstream Webhook and Tapcart Development API - Block Templates API, and 4 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Tapcart API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for Tapcart, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Tapcart API?

Tapcart uses bearer-token authentication (http/apiKey · 5 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Tapcart Authentication.

How much does the Tapcart API cost?

Tapcart publishes its prices; its Growth plan is $500/month as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for Tapcart, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does Tapcart have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Tapcart: Tapcart publishes a first-party MCP server, shipped inside the Tapcart CLI npm package rather than as a hosted remote endpoint. It exposes the CLI's capability surface — project setup, blocks, compone

Is the Tapcart API ready for AI agents?

Tapcart has a Kin Score of 64.3 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 31.5 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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