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Manage Merchants

General

When creating a new merchant you can specify its name, a reference key and an optional priority parameter. After creating a merchant, you can additionally configure contact information and return addresses.

Admin API

Create Merchant

When creating a merchant, you need to define a name, a reference key and optionally a priority.

ParameterDetails
id

Integer READ-ONLY

The ID of the merchant created by SCAYLE.

referenceKey

String

Reference key of the merchant.

name

String

Name of the merchant.

priority

Integer

Priority of the merchant.

contacts

MerchantContact

A list of merchant contacts.

returnAddresses

MerchantReturnAddress

A list of merchant return addresses.

carriers

MerchantCarrier

A list of carriers attached to the merchant.

warehouses

Warehouse

A list of warehouses attached to the merchant.

let newMerchant = {
  name: "ACME",
  referenceKey: "acme",
  priority: 1
};

let response = await adminApi.apis.Merchants.createMerchant({}, {requestBody: newMerchant});
let createdMerchant = response.body;

console.log(createdMerchant.id);

Update Merchant

This method is used to update an existing merchant.

ParameterDetails
id

Integer READ-ONLY

The ID of the merchant created by SCAYLE.

referenceKey

String

Reference key of the merchant.

name

String

Name of the merchant.

priority

Integer

Priority of the merchant.

contacts

MerchantContact

A list of merchant contacts.

returnAddresses

MerchantReturnAddress

A list of merchant return addresses.

carriers

MerchantCarrier

A list of carriers attached to the merchant.

warehouses

Warehouse

A list of warehouses attached to the merchant.

let response = await adminApi.apis.Merchants.getMerchant({merchantIdentifier: 1});
let merchant = response.body;

merchant.priority = 10;

response = await adminApi.apis.Merchants.updateMerchant({merchantIdentifier: merchant.id}, {requestBody: merchant});
let updatedMerchant = response.body;

console.log(updatedMerchant.priority);

Get Merchant

You can get merchant information by its reference key or ID.

ParameterDetails
with

String

Allows to load the following nested resources within this request:

  • contacts
  • returnAddresses
response = await adminApi.apis.Merchants.getMerchant({merchantIdentifier: 1});
let merchant = response.body;

console.log(merchant.name);

Get a Collection of Merchants

You can request multiple merchants and refine the search results by applying filter options.

ParameterDetails
limit

Integer

Maximum number of items in the result. (default: 100, maximum: 1000)

filters[id]

String

Comma-separated list of merchant IDs that should be used for filtering.

filters[minId]

Integer

Minimum ID of merchants that should be returned.

filters[maxId]

Integer

Maximum ID of merchants that should be returned.

with

String

Allows to load the following nested resources within this request:

  • contacts
  • returnAddresses
  • carriers
  • warehouses
ParameterDetails
entities

Merchant

A collection of merchants.

cursor

Cursor

An object containing information for use in pagination.

Get a List of 10 Merchants

let response = await adminApi.apis.Merchants.getMerchants({
  limit: 10
});
let merchants = response.body.entities;

merchants.forEach(
  merchant => console.log(merchant.name)
);

Merchant Contacts

Create Merchant Contact

You can add multiple contacts to a merchant.

ParameterDetails
id

Integer READ-ONLY

The ID of the contact created by SCAYLE.

name

String

The name of the contact.

email

String

The email of the contact.

phone

String

The phone of the contact.

cellPhone

String

The cell phone of the contact.

type

String

The type of the contact.

position

String

The position of the contact.

description

String

The description of the contact.

let newContact = {
  email: "[email protected]",
  phone: "123456789",
  cellPhone: "123456789",
  name: "John Doe",
  type: "general",
  position: "Partner Service",
  description: "Additional information"
};

let response = await adminApi.apis.Merchants.createMerchantContact({merchantIdentifier: 1}, {requestBody: newContact});
let createdContact = response.body;

console.log(createdContact.id);

Get a Merchant Contact

You can get merchant contact information by its ID.

let response = await client.apis.Merchants.getMerchantContact({merchantIdentifier: 1, merchantContactId: 1});
let contact = response.body;

console.log(contact.id);

Get a Collection of Merchant Contacts

ParameterDetails
limit

Integer

Maximum number of items in the result. (default: 100, maximum: 1000)

filters[id]

String

Comma-separated list of merchant contact IDs that should be used for filtering.

filters[minId]

Integer

Minimum ID of merchant contacts that should be returned.

filters[maxId]

Integer

Maximum ID of merchant contacts that should be returned.

ParameterDetails
entities

MerchantContact

A collection of merchant contacts.

cursor

Cursor

An object containing information for use in pagination.

let response = await adminApi.apis.Merchants.getMerchantContacts({merchantIdentifier: 1});
let contacts = response.body.entities;

contacts.forEach(
  contact => console.log(contact.id)
);

Update Merchant Contact

ParameterDetails
id

Integer READ-ONLY

The ID of the contact created by SCAYLE.

name

String

The name of the contact.

email

String

The email of the contact.

phone

String

The phone of the contact.

cellPhone

String

The cell phone of the contact.

type

String

The type of the contact.

position

String

The position of the contact.

description

String

The description of the contact.

let merchantId = 1;

let response = await adminApi.apis.Merchants.getMerchantContact({merchantIdentifier: merchantId, merchantContactId: 1});
let contact = response.body;
contact.phone = "123456789";

response = await adminApi.apis.Merchants.updateMerchantContact({merchantIdentifier: merchantId, merchantContactId: contact.id}, {requestBody: contact});
contact = response.body;

console.log(contact.phone);

Delete Merchant Contact

ParameterDetails
id

Integer READ-ONLY

The ID of the contact created by SCAYLE.

name

String

The name of the contact.

email

String

The email of the contact.

phone

String

The phone of the contact.

cellPhone

String

The cell phone of the contact.

type

String

The type of the contact.

position

String

The position of the contact.

description

String

The description of the contact.

await adminApi.apis.Merchants.deleteMerchantContact({merchantIdentifier: 1, merchantContactId: 1});