Orders – API methods 

Using API, you can automate activities related to orders placed by your customers. We provide 3 HTTP methods: 

1. POST – Adding a new order or updating order data. 
2. GET  – Obtaining information about an order using the order ID number. 
3. PUT – Adding an order that has not been registered in the platform. 
4. DELETE – Changing order status to ‘deleted’ (IsDeleted). 

POST method – adding order information 

The actions you can perform using this method include adding new orders data and updating data about already placed orders. There are 3 modes for this (modes): 

• Add – Adding an order in ExpertSender. 
• AddOrReplace – Adding a new order to the platform or replacing its data, if the order is already in the platform. 
• Replace – Changing the data set in the order.

POST method – request 

To send a request using this method, it must contain: 

1. Server address (endpoint): https://api.ecdp.app/orders  
2. Parameters: 

The customer, products and orderAttributes parameters have their own parameters that will allow you to add or obtain more detailed order information. Parameters marked with an asterisk must be included in the request. For customers, these are: 

For products these are: 

For productAttributes these are: 

Other parameters you can include in your request:

For orderAttributes these are: 

Query syntax for the POST method 

Below, you can see an example syntax of the query that allows you to add (Add) an order to the database: 

{
  "mode": "Add",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "12345",
      "date": "2024-11-06T10:10:00.055Z",
      "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time",
      "websiteId": 1,
      "status": "Completed",
      "currency": "USD",
      "totalValue": 150.00,
      "returnsValue": 0,
      "customer": {
        "email": "customer@example.com",
        "phone": "+15551234567",
        "crmId": "67890"
      },
      "products": [
        {
          "id": "p001",
          "name": "Wireless Earbuds",
          "price": 75.00,
          "quantity": 2,
          "returned": 0,
          "url": "https://example.com/products/wireless-earbuds",
          "imageUrl": "https://example.com/images/wireless-earbuds.jpg",
          "category": "Electronics",
          "productAttributes": [
            {
              "name": "Color",
              "value": "Black"
            },
            {
              "name": "Warranty",
              "value": "1 Year"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "orderAttributes": [
        {
          "name": "Shipping Method",
          "value": "Express"
        },
        {
          "name": "Gift Wrap",
          "value": "Yes"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

If you do not know whether a given order is already in the database and you want to add its data, change the “mode” parameter to “AddOrReplace”.

POST query response codes 

201: Created

The request has been created.

400: Bad request

The request was not processed. The reason is usually a missing or incorrect parameter. Sample response syntax:

{
  "type": "string",
  "title": "string",
  "status": 0,
  "substatus": "CustomerInvalidModelState",
  "detail": "string",
  "instance": "string",
  "errors": [
    "string"
  ]

401: Unauthorized

The request was missing an API key or you are requesting access to information that you do not have permission to access. Sample response syntax:

{
  "type": "string",
  "title": "string",
  "status": 0,
  "substatus": "CustomerInvalidModelState",
  "detail": "string",
  "instance": "string"
}

GET method – obtaining information about the order 

The GET method is used to obtain information from ExpertSender about the order placed by the customer. For a valid GET query, you will receive a response with a ‘read-only’ status.

GET method using the order ID number 

To send a query using this method, it must contain: 

1. Server address (endpoint): https://api.ecdp.app/orders/{id} 
2. Order ID: Order number 
3. API key: Your API key, which you can find in Settings > API. 

The correct API request for order number 12 looks like this: https://client.ecdp.app/orders/{12}

GET query response codes

200: Success

The query was processed, the server returned a response. Sample response syntax:

{
  "status": 0,
  "data": {
    "id": "string",
    "date": "2024-07-25T10:08:59.197Z",
    "timeZone": "string",
    "websiteId": 0,
    "status": "string",
    "currency": "str",
    "totalValue": 0,
    "returnsValue": 0,
    "customer": {
      "id": 0,
      "email": "string",
      "phone": "string",
      "crmId": "string"
    },
    "products": [
      {
        "id": "string",
        "name": "string",
        "price": 0,
        "quantity": 2147483647,
        "returned": 2147483647,
        "url": "string",
        "imageUrl": "string",
        "category": "string",
        "productAttributes": [
          {
            "name": "string",
            "value": "string"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "orderAttributes": [
      {
        "name": "string",
        "value": "string"
      }
    ]
  }
}

401: Unauthorized

The request was missing an API key, or you are requesting access to information that you do not have permission to access. Sample response syntax: 

{
  "type": "string",
  "title": "string",
  "status": 0,
  "substatus": "CustomerInvalidModelState",
  "detail": "string",
  "instance": "string"
}

404: Not found

The data you are looking for is not on the server. Sample response syntax:

{  "type": "string",
  "title": "string",
  "status": 0,
  "substatus": "CustomerInvalidModelState",
  "detail": "string",
  "instance": "string"
}

PUT method – adding an order that has not been registered in the platform 

The method is used to add order details that have not been registered in the platform. 
 

The PUT method is used to change the status of an order registered in ExpertSender. For a correct query using the PUT method, you will receive a response with a ‘read-only’ status.

PUT method – query

To send a query using this method, it must contain: 

1. Server address (endpoint): https://api.ecdp.app/orders/status
2. Parameters:

Query syntax for the PUT method

Below, you can see an example syntax of the query that can be used to change the order status: 

{
  "orderId": "string",
  "orderStatus": "string"
}

PUT query response codes

200: Success

The query was processed, the server returned a response.

400: Bad request

The request was not processed. The reason is usually a missing or incorrect parameter. Sample response syntax:

{
  "type": "string",
  "title": "string",
  "status": 0,
  "substatus": "CustomerInvalidModelState",
  "detail": "string",
  "instance": "string",
  "errors": [
    "string"
  ]
}

401: Unauthorized

The request was missing an API key, or you are requesting access to information that you do not have permission to access. Sample response syntax:

{
  "type": "string",
  "title": "string",
  "status": 0,
  "substatus": "CustomerInvalidModelState",
  "detail": "string",
  "instance": "string"
}

DELETE{id} method – changing the order status to IsDeleted

The PUT method is used to change the status of an order registered in ExpertSender to Deleted (IsDeleted). 

 
For a correct query using the PUT method, you will receive a response with a ‘read-only’ status.

DELETE method – query 

To send a query using this method, it must contain: 

1. Server address (endpoint): https://api.ecdp.app/orders/{orderId} 
2. Order ID: Order ID number 
3. API key: Your API key, found in Settings > API. 

The correct API query to change the status of order number 12 to Deleted looks like this: https://client.ecdp.app/orders/{12}

DELETE query response codes

200: Success

The query was processed, the server returned a response. Sample response syntax:

{
  "status": 0,
  "data": {
    "id": "string",
    "date": "2024-07-25T10:10:53.036Z",
    "timeZone": "string",
    "websiteId": 0,
    "status": "string",
    "currency": "str",
    "totalValue": 0,
    "returnsValue": 0,
    "customer": {
      "id": 0,
      "email": "string",
      "phone": "string",
      "crmId": "string"
    },
    "products": [
      {
        "id": "string",
        "name": "string",
        "price": 0,
        "quantity": 2147483647,
        "returned": 2147483647,
        "url": "string",
        "imageUrl": "string",
        "category": "string",
        "productAttributes": [
          {
            "name": "string",
            "value": "string"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "orderAttributes": [
      {
        "name": "string",
        "value": "string"
      }
    ]
  }
}

401: Unauthorized

The request was missing an API key, or you are requesting access to information that you do not have permission to access. Sample response syntax:

{
  "type": "string",
  "title": "string",
  "status": 0,
  "substatus": "CustomerInvalidModelState",
  "detail": "string",
  "instance": "string"
}

404: Not found

The data you are looking for is not on the server. Sample response syntax:

{
  "type": "string",
  "title": "string",
  "status": 0,
  "substatus": "CustomerInvalidModelState",
  "detail": "string",
  "instance": "string"
}