RESTIntegrationsTax ProviderTax Provider Connection

Update Connection

Set authentication information associated with a merchant's account on the tax provider's infrastructure: - [HTTP Basic Authentication](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Authentication) (developer.mozilla.org) credentials - (optional) Tax provider profile used in customized endpoint urls for tax provider calls. This is only available for tax providers that support this feature. The configured `username`, `password`, and `profile` (if available) are used to authenticate each API request to the Tax Provider from the associated store. The tax provider's `profile` will be included in the URL for [Tax Provider API](/developer/api-reference/rest/integrations/tax-provider) endpoints. > #### Note > * This operation will be logged in [Store Logs](https://support.bigcommerce.com/s/article/Using-Store-Logs) under **Staff Actions**. > * Requires **write** permissions on the **Information and Settings** [scope](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#oauth-scopes).

Authentication

X-Auth-Tokenstring
### OAuth scopes | UI Name | Permission | Parameter | |:--------|:-----------|:----------| | Information & Settings | modify | `store_v2_information` | | Information & Settings | read-only | `store_v2_information_read_only` | ### 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

provider_idstringRequired

The Tax Providerʼs provider_id provided by BigCommerce after the provider shares their provider details.

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

Basic authentication information, associated with a merchant account on the third-party tax providerʼs infrastructure.

usernamestringOptional

Public identifying information representing a unique account on the tax provider’s infrastructure. Should not contain any personal identifying information (e.g. a personal email address).

passwordstringOptional
profilestringOptional
Optional field that allows merchants to customize Tax Provider API endpoint URLs. Only available for supporting providers.

Response

OK
dataobject

Errors

404
Not Found Error
422
Unprocessable Entity Error