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Calculate tax and shipping

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Implemented by your integration

This is an Ignite endpoint: your integration service implements it and SparkLayer calls it. Use this reference to build and test your implementation.
POST/v1/{siteEnv}/{siteId}/checkout/calculate

This endpoint is called at the final step of the checkout process in order to show tax and shipping methods available to the customer.

Path Parameters

siteEnv*string

The SparkLayer environment the request is for, such as live. Store it, with the site ID, when SparkLayer connects your platform.

siteId*string

The SparkLayer site ID the request is for, such as bobs-store. Store it, with the environment, when SparkLayer connects your platform.

Length1 <= length

Request Body

application/json

Checkout

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

cart_id?string

SparkLayer Cart ID

Formatuuid
customer?
currency_code?string

ISO 4217 currency code

Length3 <= length <= 3
billing_address?
shipping_address?
shipping_line?|

If using platform shipping, on the first load of the final checkout screen, this will be null, after it will be an ID from a method from the response of available_shipping_methods If using SparkLayer shipping, this can be null if none found or will be the method.

internal_shipping_methods?array<>|
Deprecated

List of available SparkLayer shipping methods for the given checkout, if not using spark shipping this will be empty.

shop?
line_items?array<|>
ignite_state?

Context which was set by a previous response from /checkout/calculate

ignite_checkout_context?|

Extra context provided by the checkout frontend. This allows passing arbitrary platform-specific data that might be needed by the platform's checkout process. For example, for BigCommerce, this could be used to pass a channel_id from the store theme to the ignite integration in order to support multi-channel stores.

shipping_method_source?string

Specifies the store's configured source for retrieving shipping methods during checkout. When sparklayer, a null shipping_line means the cart has no shipping charge, and no platform rate is fetched or applied. Absent is treated as platform.

Value in

  • "sparklayer"
  • "platform"

Response Body

application/json

application/problem+json

curl -X POST "https://ignite.example.com/v1/live/bobs-store/checkout/calculate" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "cart_id": "f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6",    "customer": {      "id": "cu_1",      "email": "buyer@example.com",      "external_id": "CUS1234",      "accounting_id": "<accounting_id>",      "default_billing_address_id": "<default_billing_address_id>",      "default_shipping_address_id": "<default_shipping_address_id>",      "temporary_external_address_ids": [        "<temporary_external_address_ids>"      ],      "payment_on_account": {        "credit_limit": 0,        "balance": 0,        "currency_code": "<currency_code>",        "net_terms": "7_days"      }    },    "currency_code": "gbp",    "billing_address": {      "title": "Mr",      "first_name": "Bob",      "last_name": "Jones",      "company": "Tom Jones Climbing Ltd",      "address_line1": "Example Industrial Estate",      "address_line2": "North Country",      "city": "Cityland",      "region_name": "California",      "region_code": "CA",      "postal_code": "12345",      "country_code": "US",      "phone": "+44 (0) 123456789",      "is_default_shipping": true,      "is_default_billing": true,      "is_temporary": true    },    "shipping_address": {      "title": "Mr",      "first_name": "Bob",      "last_name": "Jones",      "company": "Tom Jones Climbing Ltd",      "address_line1": "Example Industrial Estate",      "address_line2": "North Country",      "city": "Cityland",      "region_name": "California",      "region_code": "CA",      "postal_code": "12345",      "country_code": "US",      "phone": "+44 (0) 123456789",      "is_default_shipping": true,      "is_default_billing": true,      "is_temporary": true    },    "shipping_line": {      "type": "platform",      "id": "<id>",      "name": "<name>",      "price": 4.8,      "tax_rate": 0.2    },    "internal_shipping_methods": [      {        "title": "<title>",        "price_v2": {          "tax_rate": 0,          "net": 0,          "gross": 0,          "currency_code": "<currency_code>"        },        "handle": "<handle>",        "cost_type": "<cost_type>",        "cost_language_string": "<cost_language_string>"      }    ],    "shop": {      "base_currency_code": "gbp"    },    "line_items": [      {        "type": "product",        "spark_item_key": "00a0c91e6bf600a0c91e6bf",        "spark_variant_id": "8ac52999-d163-4d68-ae30-a5f0c089ed79",        "sku": "EXAMPLE-SKU",        "product_variant_external_id": "PROD123456",        "product_external_id": "PROD1234",        "quantity": 10,        "unit_price": 4.8,        "custom_attributes": [          {            "key": "<key>",            "value": "<value>"          }        ],        "options": [          {            "group": "<group>",            "value": "<value>"          }        ]      }    ],    "ignite_state": {},    "ignite_checkout_context": {      "channel_id": 12345    },    "shipping_method_source": "sparklayer"  }'
{  "available_shipping_methods": [    {      "id": "next-day",      "name": "Next day delivery",      "price": 4.8,      "currency_code": "gbp"    }  ],  "platform_shipping_line": {    "type": "platform",    "id": "string",    "name": "string",    "price": 4.8,    "tax_rate": 0.2  },  "totals": {    "line_items": 14.8,    "shipping_price": 4.8,    "tax": 2.2,    "total_price": 21.8  },  "ignite_state": {}}

DELDelete a customer address

Remove a customer address from the specific platform.

POSTComplete checkout

This endpoint is called at the final step once the customer attempts to complete the order. If the payment type is `upfrontPayment` the customer should be directed to the checkout flow to complete payment. Alternatively, an order can be created there and then for other systems to manage payments. At this point, either redirect the user to a URL to complete the transaction or return a ID of the order being created on the platform.