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RESTAdminManagementCartsSettings

Update Channel Cart Settings

PUT
https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/:store_hash/v3/carts/settings/channels/:channel_id
PUT
/stores/:store_hash/v3/carts/settings/channels/:channel_id
$curl -X PUT https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/store_hash/v3/carts/settings/channels/1 \
>     -H "Accept: application/json" \
>     -H "X-Auth-Token: <apiKey>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '{}'
1{
2  "data": {
3    "allow_purchasing": true
4  },
5  "meta": {}
6}
Update the per-channel overrides for the 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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Update the per-channel overrides for the 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 Name | Permission | Parameter | |:--------|:-----------|:----------| |Carts|modify|`store_cart`| |Carts |read-only|`store_cart_read_only`| |Information & Settings | modify | `store_v2_information`| |Information & Settings | read-only| `store_v2_information`| ### Authentication header | Header | Argument | Description | |:-------|:---------|:------------| | `X-Auth-Token` | `access_token` | For more about API accounts that generate `access_token`s, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#api-accounts). | ### Further reading For example requests and more information about authenticating BigCommerce APIs, see [Authentication and Example Requests](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#x-auth-token-header-example-requests). For more about BigCommerce OAuth scopes, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#oauth-scopes). For a list of API status codes, see [API Status Codes](/developer/api-reference/rest/overview#rest-http-status-codes).

Path parameters

channel_idintegerRequired

The channel ID of the settings overrides.

OAuth scopes

UI NamePermissionParameter
Information & Settingsmodifystore_v2_information
Information & Settingsread-onlystore_v2_information
store_hashstringRequired
Permanent ID of the BigCommerce store.

Headers

AcceptstringRequiredDefaults to application/json
The [MIME type](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types) of the response body.

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
allow_purchasingboolean or nullOptional

Response

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

Errors

400
Bad Request Error
401
Unauthorized Error
422
Unprocessable Entity Error

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.

The MIME type of the response body.