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RESTAdminManagementCartsSettings

Get Global Cart Settings

GET
https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/:store_hash/v3/carts/settings
GET
/stores/:store_hash/v3/carts/settings
$curl https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/store_hash/v3/carts/settings \
>     -H "Accept: application/json" \
>     -H "X-Auth-Token: <apiKey>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json"
1{
2  "data": {
3    "allow_purchasing": true
4  },
5  "meta": {}
6}
Returns the global cart settings of a store. ### OAuth scopes | UI Name | Permission | Parameter | |:--------|:-----------|:----------| |Information & Settings | modify | `store_v2_information`| |Information & Settings | read-only| `store_v2_information`|
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Returns the global cart settings of a store.

OAuth scopes

UI NamePermissionParameter
Information & Settingsmodifystore_v2_information
Information & Settingsread-onlystore_v2_information

Authentication

X-Auth-Tokenstring

OAuth scopes

UI NamePermissionParameter
Cartsmodifystore_cart
Cartsread-onlystore_cart_read_only
Information & Settingsmodifystore_v2_information
Information & Settingsread-onlystore_v2_information

Authentication header

HeaderArgumentDescription
X-Auth-Tokenaccess_tokenFor more about API accounts that generate access_tokens, see our Guide to API Accounts.

Further reading

For example requests and more information about authenticating BigCommerce APIs, see Authentication and Example Requests.

For more about BigCommerce OAuth scopes, see our Guide to API Accounts.

For a list of API status codes, see API Status Codes.

Path parameters

store_hashstringRequired
Permanent ID of the BigCommerce store.

Headers

AcceptstringRequiredDefaults to application/json

The MIME type of the response body.

Response

OK
dataobject
Represents all settings related to the shopping cart functionality of a store.
metaobject
Response metadata.

Errors

401
Unauthorized Error