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My Business Units

This feature is part of Composable Commerce for B2B and will be subject to additional terms and pricing.

The My Business Unit endpoint provides access to Business Units associated with a specific user. The endpoint requires an access token from the password flow.

A Business Unit created using the My Business Unit endpoint is Inactive by default. Additionally, there is a restriction on updating Business Unit status using the My Business Unit endpoint. This ensures that a merchant can inspect a Business Unit created by a Customer, assign the appropriate Products and Prices, and activate it only when it is ready to be used. You can change this default configuration through a Project-level setting.

My Business Unit allows Customers with the AddChildUnit Permission to create new Business Units and edit their existing ones. New Customers can also sign-up and create and manage new Business Units.

The My Business Unit endpoint does not support managing the Stores of a Business Unit, changing the Business Unit status, or assigning new Associates. This intentional restriction provides additional security in scenarios when the client application must communicate directly with the Composable Commerce API, for example in the case of mobile applications. If you need to update a field available only on the full Business Unit resource, do so from a trusted, server-side application.

A checkout flow that uses My Business Unit, My Cart, and My Order endpoints has additional limitations. For example, the use of external prices or external taxes is not supported.

Representations

MyBusinessUnitDraft

key​
String​

User-defined unique identifier for the BusinessUnit.

MinLength: 2​MaxLength: 256​Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$​
unitType​
BusinessUnitType​

Type of the Business Unit indicating its position in a hierarchy.

name​
String​

Name of the Business Unit.

contactEmail​
String​

Email address of the Business Unit.

addresses​
Array of BaseAddress​

Addresses used by the Business Unit.

shippingAddresses​
Array of Integer​

Indexes of entries in addresses to set as shipping addresses. The shippingAddressIds of the Customer will be replaced by these addresses.

defaultShippingAddress​
Int​

Index of the entry in addresses to set as the default shipping address.

billingAddresses​
Array of Integer​

Indexes of entries in addresses to set as billing addresses. The billingAddressIds of the Customer will be replaced by these addresses.

defaultBillingAddress​
Int​

Index of the entry in addresses to set as the default billing address.

custom​
CustomFieldsDraft​

Custom Fields for the Business Unit.

CompanyDraft

Draft type to represent the top level of a business. Contains the fields and values of the generic MyBusinessUnitDraft that are used specifically for creating a Company.

unitType​
BusinessUnitType​
"Company"

Top-level Business Unit. Must not have a parentUnit defined.

DivisionDraft

Draft type to model divisions that are part of the Company or a higher-order Division. Contains the fields and values of the generic MyBusinessUnitDraft that are used specifically for creating a Division.

unitType​
BusinessUnitType​
"Division"

Business Unit with a parentUnit reference to a Company or another Division.

parentUnit​
BusinessUnitResourceIdentifier​

The parent unit of this Division. Can be a Company or a Division.

MyBusinessUnitAssociateDraft

version​
Int​

Expected version of the BusinessUnit on which the changes should be applied. If the expected version does not match the actual version, a ConcurrentModification error will be returned.

customer​
MyCustomerDraft​

Customer to create and assign to the Business Unit.

associateRoleAssignments​
Array of AssociateRoleAssignmentDraft​

Roles assigned to the new Associate within a Business Unit. Can only contain AssociateRoles with the buyerAssignable property set to true.

MinItems: 1​

Get BusinessUnit

by ID

by Key

GET
https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units/{id}

Returns a Business Unit for a given id. Returns a 200 OK status if the Business Unit exists and the Customer has access to it, or a ResourceNotFound error otherwise.

OAuth 2.0 Scopes:
manage_my_business_units:{projectKey}customer_id:{id}
Path parameters:
region
​
String
​

Region in which the Project is hosted.

projectKey
​
String
​

key of the Project.

id
​
String
​

id of the BusinessUnit.

Query parameters:
expand
​
Expansion
​
The parameter can be passed multiple times.
Response:
200BusinessUnitasapplication/json
Request Example:cURL
curl --get https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units/{id} -i \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}'
200 Response Example: BusinessUnitjson
{
  "id": "2a3baa00-44fa-4ab8-bec7-933c31e18dcc",
  "version": 5,
  "createdAt": "2022-04-19T15:36:17.510Z",
  "lastModifiedAt": "2022-04-20T15:41:55.816Z",
  "name": "commercetools",
  "unitType": "Company",
  "key": "commercetools",
  "status": "Active",
  "storeMode": "Explicit",
  "stores": [],
  "topLevelUnit": {
    "typeId": "business-unit",
    "key": "commercetools"
  },
  "addresses": [],
  "associates": [],
  "associateMode": "Explicit",
  "inheritedAssociates": [],
  "approvalRuleMode": "Explicit"
}
GET
https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units/key={key}

Returns a Business Unit for a given key. Returns a 200 OK status if the Business Unit exists and the Customer has access to it, or a ResourceNotFound error otherwise.

OAuth 2.0 Scopes:
manage_my_business_units:{projectKey}customer_id:{id}
Path parameters:
region
​
String
​

Region in which the Project is hosted.

projectKey
​
String
​

key of the Project.

key
​
String
​

key of the BusinessUnit.

Query parameters:
expand
​
Expansion
​
The parameter can be passed multiple times.
Response:
200BusinessUnitasapplication/json
Request Example:cURL
curl --get https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units/key={key} -i \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}'
200 Response Example: BusinessUnitjson
{
  "id": "2a3baa00-44fa-4ab8-bec7-933c31e18dcc",
  "version": 5,
  "createdAt": "2022-04-19T15:36:17.510Z",
  "lastModifiedAt": "2022-04-20T15:41:55.816Z",
  "name": "commercetools",
  "unitType": "Company",
  "key": "commercetools",
  "status": "Active",
  "storeMode": "Explicit",
  "stores": [],
  "topLevelUnit": {
    "typeId": "business-unit",
    "key": "commercetools"
  },
  "addresses": [],
  "associates": [],
  "associateMode": "Explicit",
  "inheritedAssociates": [],
  "approvalRuleMode": "Explicit"
}

Query BusinessUnits

GET
https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units

Returns all of the authenticated Customer’s Business Units in a Project. Returns a 200 OK status if successful, or a ResourceNotFound error otherwise.

OAuth 2.0 Scopes:
manage_my_business_units:{projectKey}customer_id:{id}
Path parameters:
region
​
String
​

Region in which the Project is hosted.

projectKey
​
String
​

key of the Project.

Query parameters:
where
​
QueryPredicate
​
The parameter can be passed multiple times.
/^var[.][a-zA-Z0-9]+$/
​
Any string parameter matching this regular expression
​

Predicate parameter values.

The parameter can be passed multiple times.
sort
​
Sort
​
The parameter can be passed multiple times.
expand
​
Expansion
​
The parameter can be passed multiple times.
limit
​
Int
​

Number of results requested.

offset
​
Int
​

Number of elements skipped.

withTotal
​
Boolean
​

Controls the calculation of the total number of query results. Set to false to improve query performance when the total is not needed.

Default: true​
Response:
200BusinessUnitPagedQueryResponseasapplication/json
Request Example:cURL
curl --get https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units -i \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}'
200 Response Example: BusinessUnitPagedQueryResponsejson
{
  "limit": 20,
  "offset": 0,
  "count": 1,
  "total": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "2a3baa00-44fa-4ab8-bec7-933c31e18dcc",
      "version": 5,
      "createdAt": "2022-04-19T15:36:17.510Z",
      "lastModifiedAt": "2022-04-20T15:41:55.816Z",
      "name": "commercetools",
      "unitType": "Company",
      "key": "commercetools",
      "status": "Active",
      "storeMode": "Explicit",
      "stores": [],
      "topLevelUnit": {
        "typeId": "business-unit",
        "key": "commercetools"
      },
      "addresses": [],
      "associates": [],
      "associateMode": "Explicit",
      "inheritedAssociates": [],
      "approvalRuleMode": "Explicit"
    }
  ]
}

Check if BusinessUnit exists

by ID

by Key

by Query Predicate

HEAD
https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units/{id}

Checks if a BusinessUnit exists for a given id. Returns a 200 OK status if the BusinessUnit exists and the Customer has access to it, or a ResourceNotFound error otherwise.

OAuth 2.0 Scopes:
manage_my_business_units:{projectKey}customer_id:{id}
Path parameters:
region
​
String
​

Region in which the Project is hosted.

projectKey
​
String
​

key of the Project.

id
​
String
​

id of the BusinessUnit.

Response:
200
Request Example:cURL
curl --head https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units/{id} -i \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}'
HEAD
https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units/key={key}

Checks if a BusinessUnit exists for a given key. Returns a 200 OK status if the Business Unit exists and the Customer has access to it, or a ResourceNotFound error otherwise.

OAuth 2.0 Scopes:
manage_my_business_units:{projectKey}customer_id:{id}
Path parameters:
region
​
String
​

Region in which the Project is hosted.

projectKey
​
String
​

key of the Project.

key
​
String
​

key of the BusinessUnit.

Response:
200
Request Example:cURL
curl --head https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units/key={key} -i \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}'
HEAD
https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units

Checks if a BusinessUnit exists for a given Query Predicate. Returns a 200 OK status if any BusinessUnits match the Query Predicate and the Customer has access to them, or a ResourceNotFound error otherwise.

OAuth 2.0 Scopes:
manage_my_business_units:{projectKey}customer_id:{id}
Path parameters:
region
​
String
​

Region in which the Project is hosted.

projectKey
​
String
​

key of the Project.

Query parameters:
where
​
QueryPredicate
​
The parameter can be passed multiple times.
Response:
200
Request Example:cURL
curl --head https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units -i \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}'

Create BusinessUnit

POST
https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units

Automatically assigns the Associate to the Business Unit in the default Associate Role defined in BusinessUnitConfiguration. If there is no default Associate Role configured, this request fails with an InvalidOperation error. When creating a Division, the Associate must have the AddChildUnits Permission in the parent unit. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

OAuth 2.0 Scopes:
manage_my_business_units:{projectKey}customer_id:{id}
Path parameters:
region
​
String
​

Region in which the Project is hosted.

projectKey
​
String
​

key of the Project.

Query parameters:
expand
​
Expansion
​
The parameter can be passed multiple times.
Request Body:MyBusinessUnitDraftasapplication/json
Response:
201BusinessUnitasapplication/json
Request Example:cURL
curl https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units -i \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-binary @- << DATA 
{
  "name" : "commercetools",
  "unitType" : "Company",
  "key" : "commercetools"
}
DATA
201 Response Example: BusinessUnitjson
{
  "id": "2a3baa00-44fa-4ab8-bec7-933c31e18dcc",
  "version": 5,
  "createdAt": "2022-04-19T15:36:17.510Z",
  "lastModifiedAt": "2022-04-20T15:41:55.816Z",
  "name": "commercetools",
  "unitType": "Company",
  "key": "commercetools",
  "status": "Active",
  "storeMode": "Explicit",
  "stores": [],
  "topLevelUnit": {
    "typeId": "business-unit",
    "key": "commercetools"
  },
  "addresses": [],
  "associates": [],
  "associateMode": "Explicit",
  "inheritedAssociates": [],
  "approvalRuleMode": "Explicit"
}

Update BusinessUnit

To update a Business Unit using the My Business Unit endpoint, the authenticated user must be an Associate in the Business Unit with sufficient Permissions to perform the update action. If a required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

by ID

by Key

POST
https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units/{id}

Updates a Business Unit for a given id. Returns a 200 OK status if the Business Unit exists and the Customer has access to it, or a ResourceNotFound error otherwise.

OAuth 2.0 Scopes:
manage_my_business_units:{projectKey}customer_id:{id}
Path parameters:
region
​
String
​

Region in which the Project is hosted.

projectKey
​
String
​

key of the Project.

id
​
String
​

id of the BusinessUnit.

Query parameters:
expand
​
Expansion
​
The parameter can be passed multiple times.
Request Body:
application/json
version​
Int​

Expected version of the BusinessUnit on which the changes should be applied. If the expected version does not match the actual version, a ConcurrentModification error will be returned.

actions​
Array of BusinessUnitUpdateAction​

Update actions to be performed on the BusinessUnit.

Response:
200BusinessUnitasapplication/json
Request Example:cURL
curl https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units/{id} -i \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-binary @- << DATA 
{
  "version" : 3,
  "actions" : [ {
    "action" : "addAddress",
    "address" : {
      "streetName" : "Any Street",
      "streetNumber" : "1337",
      "postalCode" : "11111",
      "city" : "Any City",
      "country" : "US"
    }
  } ]
}
DATA
200 Response Example: BusinessUnitjson
{
  "id": "2a3baa00-44fa-4ab8-bec7-933c31e18dcc",
  "version": 5,
  "createdAt": "2022-04-19T15:36:17.510Z",
  "lastModifiedAt": "2022-04-20T15:41:55.816Z",
  "name": "commercetools",
  "unitType": "Company",
  "key": "commercetools",
  "status": "Active",
  "storeMode": "Explicit",
  "stores": [],
  "topLevelUnit": {
    "typeId": "business-unit",
    "key": "commercetools"
  },
  "addresses": [],
  "associates": [],
  "associateMode": "Explicit",
  "inheritedAssociates": [],
  "approvalRuleMode": "Explicit"
}
POST
https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units/key={key}

Updates a Business Unit for a given key. Returns a 200 OK status if the Business Unit exists and the Customer has access to it, or a ResourceNotFound error otherwise.

OAuth 2.0 Scopes:
manage_my_business_units:{projectKey}customer_id:{id}
Path parameters:
region
​
String
​

Region in which the Project is hosted.

projectKey
​
String
​

key of the Project.

key
​
String
​

key of the BusinessUnit.

Query parameters:
expand
​
Expansion
​
The parameter can be passed multiple times.
Request Body:
application/json
version​
Int​

Expected version of the BusinessUnit on which the changes should be applied. If the expected version does not match the actual version, a ConcurrentModification error will be returned.

actions​
Array of BusinessUnitUpdateAction​

Update actions to be performed on the BusinessUnit.

Response:
200BusinessUnitasapplication/json
Request Example:cURL
curl https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/me/business-units/key={key} -i \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-binary @- << DATA 
{
  "version" : 3,
  "actions" : [ {
    "action" : "addAddress",
    "address" : {
      "streetName" : "Any Street",
      "streetNumber" : "1337",
      "postalCode" : "11111",
      "city" : "Any City",
      "country" : "US"
    }
  } ]
}
DATA
200 Response Example: BusinessUnitjson
{
  "id": "2a3baa00-44fa-4ab8-bec7-933c31e18dcc",
  "version": 5,
  "createdAt": "2022-04-19T15:36:17.510Z",
  "lastModifiedAt": "2022-04-20T15:41:55.816Z",
  "name": "commercetools",
  "unitType": "Company",
  "key": "commercetools",
  "status": "Active",
  "storeMode": "Explicit",
  "stores": [],
  "topLevelUnit": {
    "typeId": "business-unit",
    "key": "commercetools"
  },
  "addresses": [],
  "associates": [],
  "associateMode": "Explicit",
  "inheritedAssociates": [],
  "approvalRuleMode": "Explicit"
}

Update actions

Add Address

Requires the UpdateBusinessUnitDetails Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Adding an address to a Business Unit generates a BusinessUnitAddressAdded Message.

action​
String​
"addAddress"
address​
BaseAddress​

The address to add to addresses.

Example: json
{
  "action": "addAddress",
  "address": {
    "id": "exampleAddress",
    "key": "exampleKey",
    "title": "My Address",
    "salutation": "Mr.",
    "firstName": "Example",
    "lastName": "Person",
    "streetName": "Example Street",
    "streetNumber": "4711",
    "additionalStreetInfo": "Backhouse",
    "postalCode": "80933",
    "city": "Exemplary City",
    "region": "Exemplary Region",
    "state": "Exemplary State",
    "country": "DE",
    "company": "My Company Name",
    "department": "Sales",
    "building": "Hightower 1",
    "apartment": "247",
    "pOBox": "2471",
    "phone": "+49 89 12345678",
    "mobile": "+49 171 2345678",
    "email": "mail@example.com",
    "fax": "+49 89 12345679",
    "additionalAddressInfo": "no additional Info",
    "externalId": "Information not needed"
  }
}

Add Billing Address Identifier

Requires the UpdateBusinessUnitDetails Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Adding a billing address to a Business Unit generates a BusinessUnitBillingAddressAdded Message.

action​
String​
"addBillingAddressId"
addressId​
String​

ID of the address to add as a billing address. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

addressKey​
String​

Key of the address to add as a billing address. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

Example: json
{
  "action": "addBillingAddressId",
  "addressId": "{{addressId}}"
}

Add Shipping Address Identifier

Requires the UpdateBusinessUnitDetails Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Adding a shipping address to a Business Unit generates a BusinessUnitShippingAddressAdded Message.

action​
String​
"addShippingAddressId"
addressId​
String​

ID of the address to add as a shipping address. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

addressKey​
String​

Key of the address to add as a shipping address. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

Example: json
{
  "action": "addShippingAddressId",
  "addressId": "{{addressId}}"
}

Change Address

Requires the UpdateBusinessUnitDetails Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Changing the address on a Business Unit generates the BusinessUnitAddressChanged Message.

action​
String​
"changeAddress"
addressId​
String​

ID of the address to change. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

addressKey​
String​

Key of the address to change. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

address​
BaseAddress​

New address to set.

Example: json
{
  "action": "changeAddress",
  "addressId": "{{addressId}}",
  "address": {
    "id": "exampleAddress",
    "key": "exampleKey",
    "title": "My Address",
    "salutation": "Mr.",
    "firstName": "Example",
    "lastName": "Person",
    "streetName": "Example Street",
    "streetNumber": "4711",
    "additionalStreetInfo": "Backhouse",
    "postalCode": "80933",
    "city": "Exemplary City",
    "region": "Exemplary Region",
    "state": "Exemplary State",
    "country": "DE",
    "company": "My Company Name",
    "department": "Sales",
    "building": "Hightower 1",
    "apartment": "247",
    "pOBox": "2471",
    "phone": "+49 89 12345678",
    "mobile": "+49 171 2345678",
    "email": "email@example.com",
    "fax": "+49 89 12345679",
    "additionalAddressInfo": "no additional Info",
    "externalId": "Information not needed"
  }
}

Change Associate

Requires the UpdateAssociates Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Updating the Associate on a Business Unit generates the BusinessUnitAssociateChanged Message.

action​
String​
"changeAssociate"
associate​
AssociateDraft​

The Associate to add.

Example: json
{
  "action": "changeAssociate",
  "associate": {
    "customer": {
      "typeId": "customer",
      "id": "some-customer-id"
    },
    "associateRoleAssignments": [
      {
        "associateRole": {
          "typeId": "associate-role",
          "key": "admin"
        },
        "inheritance": "Enabled"
      },
      {
        "associateRole": {
          "typeId": "associate-role",
          "key": "buyer"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Change Name

Requires the UpdateBusinessUnitDetails Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Updating the name on a Business Unit generates a BusinessUnitNameChanged Message.

action​
String​
"changeName"
name​
String​

New name to set.

Example: json
{
  "action": "changeName",
  "name": "commercetools"
}

Change Parent Unit

Requires the UpdateParentUnit Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Changing the parent of a Business Unit generates a BusinessUnitParentChanged Message.

action​
String​
"changeParentUnit"
parentUnit​
BusinessUnitResourceIdentifier​

New parent unit of the Business Unit. The new parent unit must have the same top-level unit as the old parent unit.

Example: json
{
  "action": "changeParentUnit",
  "parentUnit": {
    "typeId": "business-unit",
    "key": "commercetools"
  }
}

Remove Address

Requires the UpdateBusinessUnitDetails Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Removing the address from a Business Unit generates the BusinessUnitAddressRemoved Message.

action​
String​
"removeAddress"
addressId​
String​

ID of the address to be removed. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

addressKey​
String​

Key of the address to be removed. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

Example: json
{
  "action": "removeAddress",
  "addressId": "{{addressId}}"
}

Remove Associate

Requires the UpdateAssociates Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Removing an Associate from a Business Unit generates a BusinessUnitAssociateRemoved Message.

action​
String​
"removeAssociate"
customer​
CustomerResourceIdentifier​

Associate to remove.

Example: json
{
  "action": "removeAssociate",
  "customer": {
    "typeId": "customer",
    "id": "some-customer-id"
  }
}

Remove Billing Address Identifier

Requires the UpdateBusinessUnitDetails Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Removing a billing address from a Business Unit generates a BusinessUnitBillingAddressRemoved Message.

action​
String​
"removeBillingAddressId"
addressId​
String​

ID of the billing address to be removed. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

addressKey​
String​

Key of the billing address to be removed. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

Example: json
{
  "action": "removeBillingAddressId",
  "addressId": "{{addressId}}"
}

Remove Shipping Address Identifier

Requires the UpdateBusinessUnitDetails Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Removing a shipping address from a Business Unit generates a BusinessUnitShippingAddressRemoved Message.

action​
String​
"removeShippingAddressId"
addressId​
String​

ID of the shipping address to be removed. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

addressKey​
String​

Key of the shipping address to be removed. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

Example: json
{
  "action": "removeShippingAddressId",
  "addressId": "{{addressId}}"
}

Set Address CustomField

Requires the UpdateBusinessUnitDetails Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Adding a Custom Field to an Address of a Business Unit generates the BusinessUnitAddressCustomFieldAdded Message, removing one generates the BusinessUnitAddressCustomFieldRemoved Message, and updating an existing one generates the BusinessUnitAddressCustomFieldChanged Message.

action​
String​
"setAddressCustomField"
addressId​
String​

ID of the address to be extended.

name​
String​

Name of the Custom Field.

value​
CustomFieldValue​

If value is absent or null, this field will be removed if it exists. Trying to remove a field that does not exist will fail with an InvalidOperation error. If value is provided, it is set for the field defined by name.

Example: json
{
  "action": "setAddressCustomField",
  "name": "ExampleStringTypeField",
  "value": "TextString",
  "addressId": "{{address-id}}"
}

Set Custom Type in Address

Requires the UpdateBusinessUnitDetails Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Adding or updating a Custom Type to an Address of a Business Unit generates the BusinessUnitAddressCustomTypeSet Message, and removing one generates the BusinessUnitAddressCustomTypeRemoved Message.

action​
String​
"setAddressCustomType"
type​
TypeResourceIdentifier​

Defines the Type that extends the address with Custom Fields. If absent, any existing Type and Custom Fields are removed from the address.

fields​
FieldContainer​

Sets the Custom Fields fields for the address.

addressId​
String​

ID of the address to be extended.

Example: json
{
  "action": "setAddressCustomType",
  "type": {
    "id": "{{type-id}}",
    "typeId": "type"
  },
  "fields": {
    "exampleStringTypeField": "TextString"
  },
  "addressId": "{{address-id}}"
}

Set ContactEmail

Requires the UpdateBusinessUnitDetails Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Setting the contact email on a Business Unit generates a BusinessUnitContactEmailSet Message.

action​
String​
"setContactEmail"
contactEmail​
String​

Email to set. If contactEmail is absent or null, the existing contact email, if any, will be removed.

Example: json
{
  "action": "setContactEmail",
  "contactEmail": "contact@example.com"
}

Set CustomField

Requires the UpdateBusinessUnitDetails Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Adding a Custom Field to a Business Unit generates the BusinessUnitCustomFieldAdded Message, removing one generates the BusinessUnitCustomFieldRemoved Message, and updating an existing one generates the BusinessUnitCustomFieldChanged Message.

action​
String​
"setCustomField"
name​
String​

Name of the Custom Field.

value​
CustomFieldValue​

If value is absent or null, this field will be removed if it exists. Trying to remove a field that does not exist will fail with an InvalidOperation error. If value is provided, it is set for the field defined by name.

Example: json
{
  "action": "setCustomField",
  "name": "ExampleStringTypeField",
  "value": "TextString"
}

Set Custom Type

Requires the UpdateBusinessUnitDetails Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Adding or updating a Custom Type on a Business Unit generates the BusinessUnitCustomTypeSet Message, removing one generates the BusinessUnitCustomTypeRemoved Message.

action​
String​
"setCustomType"
type​
TypeResourceIdentifier​

Defines the Type that extends the BusinessUnit with Custom Fields. If absent, any existing Type and Custom Fields are removed from the BusinessUnit.

fields​
FieldContainer​

Sets the Custom Fields for the BusinessUnit.

Example: json
{
  "action": "setCustomType",
  "type": {
    "id": "{{type-id}}",
    "typeId": "type"
  },
  "fields": {
    "exampleStringTypeField": "TextString"
  }
}

Set Default Billing Address ID

Requires the UpdateBusinessUnitDetails Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Setting the default billing address on a Business Unit generates the BusinessUnitDefaultBillingAddressSet Message.

action​
String​
"setDefaultBillingAddress"
addressId​
String​

ID of the address to add as a billing address. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

addressKey​
String​

Key of the address to add as a billing address. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

Example: json
{
  "action": "setDefaultBillingAddress",
  "addressId": "{{addressId}}"
}

Set Default Shipping Address ID

Requires the UpdateBusinessUnitDetails Permission. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

Setting the default shipping address on a Business Unit generates a BusinessUnitDefaultShippingAddressSet Message.

action​
String​
"setDefaultShippingAddress"
addressId​
String​

ID of the address to add as a shipping address. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

addressKey​
String​

Key of the address to add as a shipping address. Either addressId or addressKey is required.

Example: json
{
  "action": "setDefaultShippingAddress",
  "addressId": "{{addressId}}"
}

Create Associate for a BusinessUnit

POST
https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/in-business-unit/key={businessUnitKey}/me/customers

The My Business Unit endpoint does not support assigning existing Customers to a Business Unit. Associates with the UpdateAssociates Permission can use this endpoint to create a new Customer and associate it with the Business Unit. If the required Permission is missing, an AssociateMissingPermission error is returned.

OAuth 2.0 Scopes:
manage_my_business_units:{projectKey}
Path parameters:
region
​
String
​

Region in which the Project is hosted.

projectKey
​
String
​

key of the Project.

businessUnitKey
​
String
​

key of the BusinessUnit.

Request Body:MyBusinessUnitAssociateDraftasapplication/json
Response:
201CustomerSignInResultasapplication/json
Request Example:cURL
curl https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/in-business-unit/key={businessUnitKey}/me/customers -i \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-binary @- << DATA 
{
  "version" : 2,
  "customer" : {
    "email" : "<random>@example.com",
    "password" : "secret123",
    "firstName" : "John",
    "lastName" : "Doe"
  },
  "associateRoleAssignments" : [ {
    "associateRole" : {
      "key" : "buyer-role"
    }
  } ]
}
DATA
201 Response Example: CustomerSignInResultjson
{
  "customer": {
    "addresses": [],
    "email": "johndoe@example.com",
    "firstName": "John",
    "id": "some_123_id",
    "isEmailVerified": false,
    "lastName": "Doe",
    "password": "****aGg=",
    "version": 1,
    "createdAt": "2015-07-06T13:22:33.339Z",
    "lastModifiedAt": "2015-07-06T13:22:33.339Z",
    "authenticationMode": "Password",
    "stores": []
  }
}