aid: commercelayer
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/commercelayer/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Commerce Layer
kind: company
description: Commerce Layer is a headless, composable commerce platform that exposes
  a JSON:API-compliant REST API for building omnichannel storefronts and order
  management. The Core API serves SKUs, prices, stock, orders, line items, customers,
  addresses, shipments, payment methods, markets, and promotions, with OAuth2
  authentication, market-scoped access tokens, and real-time webhooks.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Commerce
- Headless
- Composable
- eCommerce
- JSON:API
- Orders
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: commercelayer:skus-prices-stock
  name: Commerce Layer SKUs, Prices & Stock API
  tags:
  - SKUs
  - Prices
  - Stock
  - Inventory
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/commercelayer-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Manage product SKUs and their variations, price lists and prices, and
    stock items and stock locations as JSON:API resources, with market-scoped reads
    that filter catalog and inventory by the access token's market.
- aid: commercelayer:orders-line-items
  name: Commerce Layer Orders & Line Items API
  tags:
  - Orders
  - Line Items
  - Cart
  - Checkout
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/commercelayer-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Create and manage shopping carts and orders, add and update line items,
    and drive the checkout state machine (pending, placed, approved) through the
    JSON:API order and line_item resources.
- aid: commercelayer:customers-addresses
  name: Commerce Layer Customers & Addresses API
  tags:
  - Customers
  - Addresses
  - Accounts
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/commercelayer-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Manage customer records, customer addresses, and the address book,
    including billing and shipping addresses associated with orders and customer
    accounts.
- aid: commercelayer:shipments
  name: Commerce Layer Shipments API
  tags:
  - Shipments
  - Fulfillment
  - Shipping
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/commercelayer-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Manage order shipments and their fulfillment lifecycle, including
    shipping methods, stock transfers, and shipment status transitions tied to
    stock locations.
- aid: commercelayer:payments
  name: Commerce Layer Payments API
  tags:
  - Payments
  - Payment Methods
  - Gateways
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/commercelayer-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Configure payment methods and payment gateways and manage payment
    sources used to authorize and capture funds against orders across supported
    PSPs.
- aid: commercelayer:markets
  name: Commerce Layer Markets API
  tags:
  - Markets
  - Pricing
  - Localization
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/commercelayer-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Manage markets that bind a price list, an inventory model, and a
    merchant to scope catalog, pricing, and inventory for a region, channel, or
    brand via market-scoped access tokens.
- aid: commercelayer:promotions
  name: Commerce Layer Promotions API
  tags:
  - Promotions
  - Discounts
  - Coupons
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/commercelayer-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Configure promotions such as percentage and fixed-amount discounts,
    free shipping, free gifts, and buy-X-pay-Y rules, along with coupon codes and
    promotion rules applied at checkout.
- aid: commercelayer:webhooks
  name: Commerce Layer Webhooks API
  tags:
  - Webhooks
  - Events
  - Callbacks
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/real-time-webhooks
  baseURL: https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/real-time-webhooks
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/api-reference/webhooks
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/commercelayer-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Subscribe to event topics (e.g. orders.place, orders.approve) and
    receive signed POST callbacks to a callback_url, with a per-webhook circuit
    breaker (circuit_state) that opens after repeated delivery failures.
common:
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/commercelayer
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/commerce-layer
- type: Website
  url: https://commercelayer.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.commercelayer.io
- type: Plans
  url: plans/commercelayer-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/commercelayer-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/commercelayer-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com