BigCommerce (via Apideck)

Access BigCommerce through Apideck's Ecommerce unified API — one of 17 Ecommerce connectors that share the same method surface. Code you write here ports to Shopify, Shopify (Public App), WooCommerce and 13 other Ecommerce connectors by changing a single serviceId string. Apideck handles auth, pagination, rate limiting, and retries so you don't write per-tenant BigCommerce plumbing.

Beta connector. BigCommerce is currently in beta on Apideck. Expect partial resource coverage and occasional mapping gaps. Always verify coverage (see below) and fall back to the Proxy API for unsupported operations.

Quick facts

• Apideck serviceId: bigcommerce
• Unified API: Ecommerce
• Auth type: apiKey
• Status: beta
• Gotchas: page
• BigCommerce docs: https://developer.bigcommerce.com
• Homepage: https://www.bigcommerce.com/

When to use this skill

Activate this skill when the user explicitly wants to work with BigCommerce — for example, "list orders in BigCommerce" or "sync products in BigCommerce". This skill teaches the agent:

1. Which Apideck unified API covers BigCommerce (Ecommerce)
2. The correct serviceId to pass on every call (bigcommerce)
3. BigCommerce-specific auth and coverage caveats

For the full method surface (parameters, pagination, filtering), use your language SDK skill:

• apideck-node, apideck-python, apideck-dotnet, apideck-java, apideck-go, apideck-php, or apideck-rest

For the raw OpenAPI spec:

• Ecommerce: https://specs.apideck.com/ecommerce.yml · API Explorer

Minimal example (TypeScript)

import { Apideck } from "@apideck/unify";

const apideck = new Apideck({
  apiKey: process.env.APIDECK_API_KEY,
  appId: process.env.APIDECK_APP_ID,
  consumerId: "your-consumer-id",
});

// List orders in BigCommerce
const { data } = await apideck.ecommerce.orders.list({
  serviceId: "bigcommerce",
});

Portable across 17 Ecommerce connectors

The Apideck Ecommerce unified API exposes the same methods for every connector in its catalog. Switching from BigCommerce to another Ecommerce connector is a one-string change — no rewrite, no new SDK.

// Today — BigCommerce
await apideck.ecommerce.orders.list({ serviceId: "bigcommerce" });

// Tomorrow — same code, different connector
await apideck.ecommerce.orders.list({ serviceId: "shopify" });
await apideck.ecommerce.orders.list({ serviceId: "shopify-public-app" });

This is the compounding advantage of using Apideck over integrating BigCommerce directly: code against the unified Ecommerce API once, gain access to every connector in it. New connectors Apideck adds become available to your app without code changes.

BigCommerce via Apideck Ecommerce

BigCommerce is a mid-market ecommerce platform. Apideck covers the storefront catalog + order/customer data.

Entity mapping

Coverage highlights

• ✅ Orders (list, get)
• ✅ Products with variants (list, get, create, update)
• ✅ Customers (list, get, create)
• ❌ Inventory, price lists, promotions — use Proxy

Auth

• Type: API key (Store API token + client ID), managed by Apideck Vault
• Store binding: each connection = one BigCommerce store hash.
• Scopes: the API token's scopes determine what's callable. For full catalog + orders, create a token with broad read/write.

Example: list orders from the last week

const since = new Date(Date.now() - 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString();

const { data } = await apideck.ecommerce.orders.list({
  serviceId: "bigcommerce",
  filter: { updated_since: since },
});

Escape hatch: Proxy API

When an endpoint isn't covered by the Ecommerce unified API, use Apideck's Proxy to call BigCommerce directly — Apideck injects auth headers and handles token refresh. Set x-apideck-downstream-url to the target endpoint on BigCommerce's own API:

curl 'https://unify.apideck.com/proxy' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${APIDECK_API_KEY}" \
  -H "x-apideck-app-id: ${APIDECK_APP_ID}" \
  -H "x-apideck-consumer-id: ${CONSUMER_ID}" \
  -H "x-apideck-service-id: bigcommerce" \
  -H "x-apideck-downstream-url: <target endpoint on BigCommerce>" \
  -H "x-apideck-downstream-method: GET"

See BigCommerce's API docs for available endpoints.

Sibling connectors

Other Ecommerce connectors that share this unified API surface (same method signatures, just change serviceId):

shopify (beta), shopify-public-app (beta), woocommerce (beta), amazon-seller-central (beta), ebay (beta), etsy (beta), magento (beta), bol-com (beta), and 8 more.

See also

• Ecommerce OpenAPI spec · API Explorer
• apideck-connector-coverage — programmatic coverage checks
• apideck-best-practices — architecture, Vault, pagination, error handling
• apideck-node — TypeScript / Node SDK patterns
• BigCommerce official docs