API (Application Programming Interface)
Definition
An API is a documented way for one program to read and change data in another, over HTTP in the case of web platforms. A store's API lets an ERP, accounting tool, warehouse system, or custom app list products, create orders, or update stock without using the admin panel. Together with webhooks, it is what makes a platform open to integration rather than closed.
Why it matters for your store
As a store grows, more of its work happens in other systems: accounting, stock management, a supplier's catalog, a marketplace management tool. Each of those needs to read from and write to the store. Without an API, the connection is a spreadsheet export and a person. With one, it is an integration that runs on its own.
On many platforms the API is the feature locked behind the top tier, so the moment you need it is the moment your bill doubles. Whether it is included, how it is versioned, and how long old versions are supported are practical questions to ask before building anything on it.
How Kambloo handles it
Each Kambloo store has a REST API at its own domain, under /api/v1. You create access tokens in the admin panel and give each token only the scopes it needs, such as reading products or writing orders. The first version covers products, product variants, orders, customers, and stock, with listing, filtering, and cursor-based pagination.
Requests are rate-limited per token at 120 per minute, with the limit raisable through hosting plan resources; over-limit requests receive a standard response with a retry hint. The API is versioned in the URL, and a version stays available for at least twelve months after a newer one is released.
Because Kambloo has no feature tiers, the API is on every plan. Third-party marketplace management tools can connect through it, and outgoing webhooks complement it by pushing events as they happen.
Questions about API (Application Programming Interface)
Is API access included on every Kambloo plan?
Yes. Kambloo has no feature tiers, so the API is available to every store. Hosting plans differ only in resource capacity, and the API rate limit can be raised with plan resources.
How is API access secured?
With personal access tokens you create in the admin panel, each limited to the scopes you choose, such as read products or write orders. Tokens can be revoked at any time, and requests are rate-limited per token.