Rye for Developers: An API to Sell Anything

Rye

Jul 18, 2024

4 min read

This tutorial is from 2024. For the latest, you’re going to want to get to know Rye’s Universal Checkout API. Turn any product URL into a seamless, reliable checkout with just a few lines of code.


Online shopping is changing fast. New ways to buy and sell are popping up everywhere - on social media (Instagram shopping, TikTok Shop), in games, through AI assistants, and more. But for developers trying to build these new experiences, there's a big problem.

This tutorial is from 2024. For the latest, you’re going to want to get to know Rye’s Universal Checkout API. Turn any product URL into a seamless, reliable checkout with just a few lines of code.


Online shopping is changing fast. New ways to buy and sell are popping up everywhere - on social media (Instagram shopping, TikTok Shop), in games, through AI assistants, and more. But for developers trying to build these new experiences, there's a big problem.

This tutorial is from 2024. For the latest, you’re going to want to get to know Rye’s Universal Checkout API. Turn any product URL into a seamless, reliable checkout with just a few lines of code.


Online shopping is changing fast. New ways to buy and sell are popping up everywhere - on social media (Instagram shopping, TikTok Shop), in games, through AI assistants, and more. But for developers trying to build these new experiences, there's a big problem.

The Problem

You want to build experiences with embedded commerce components. But instead of focusing on your unique product vision, you're bogged down with:

  • Running a full sales process to acquire brands

  • Signing commercial agreements with brands to sell their products

  • Integrating multiple e-commerce platforms, each with its own quirks

  • Syncing inventory and pricing data across systems

  • Building and maintaining complex checkout flows

  • Managing orders from various brands

These tasks eat up your development time and distract you from creating value for your users.

The Solution

Rye is a universal API for online commerce. We handle the backend complexity, so you can focus on building great experiences. With Rye, you can:

  • Instantly access large product catalogs of a diverse category of brands through a single API

  • Process checkouts with a unified flow across different platforms

  • Manage orders and track inventory updates in real-time

  • Handle refunds and returns across platforms seamlessly

Here's how simple it is to create a cart and checkout with Rye:

Rye is a universal API for online commerce. We handle the backend complexity, so you can focus on building great experiences. With Rye, you can:

  • Instantly access large product catalogs of a diverse category of brands through a single API

  • Process checkouts with a unified flow across different platforms

  • Manage orders and track inventory updates in real-time

  • Handle refunds and returns across platforms seamlessly

Here's how simple it is to create a cart and checkout with Rye:

Rye is a universal API for online commerce. We handle the backend complexity, so you can focus on building great experiences. With Rye, you can:

  • Instantly access large product catalogs of a diverse category of brands through a single API

  • Process checkouts with a unified flow across different platforms

  • Manage orders and track inventory updates in real-time

  • Handle refunds and returns across platforms seamlessly

Here's how simple it is to create a cart and checkout with Rye:

import { RyeClient, CartItemsInput, Country } from '@rye-api/rye-sdk';
import { tokenizeCreditCard } from './tokenization';

// You can find these in the Rye Console at console.rye.com/account

const API_HEADERS = {"Authorization": "Basic <Authorization>", "Rye-Shopper-IP": "<Shopper-IP>"};
const ryeClient = new RyeClient({authHeader: API_HEADERS.Authorization, shopperIp: API_HEADERS["Rye-Shopper-IP"]});
async function main() {

  // Create a new cart, tokenize the credit card, and submit the cart

  const createCartResponse = await ryeClient.createCart({
    input: {
      items: { amazonCartItemsInput: [{ productId: 'B01I2Y4GVY', quantity: 1 }] },
      buyerIdentity: {
        firstName: 'Jane', lastName: 'Smith', phone: '+14152940424',
        email:'jane@example.com', address1: '123 Main St', city: 'San Francisco',
        countryCode: Country.Us, provinceCode: 'CA', postalCode: '94111',
  }}});
  const paymentToken = await tokenizeCreditCard(
    'Jane', 'Smith', '4242424242424242', '423', '3', '2029'
  );

  // Order the cart

  const submitCartResponse = await ryeClient.submitCart({
    input: { id: createCartResponse!.cart.id!, token: paymentToken },
  });
  console.log(`Order submitted! Status: ${submitCartResponse!.cart.stores[0]!.status!},\n${JSON.stringify(submitCartResponse)}`);
}
main().catch(console.error);
import { RyeClient, CartItemsInput, Country } from '@rye-api/rye-sdk';
import { tokenizeCreditCard } from './tokenization';

// You can find these in the Rye Console at console.rye.com/account

const API_HEADERS = {"Authorization": "Basic <Authorization>", "Rye-Shopper-IP": "<Shopper-IP>"};
const ryeClient = new RyeClient({authHeader: API_HEADERS.Authorization, shopperIp: API_HEADERS["Rye-Shopper-IP"]});
async function main() {

  // Create a new cart, tokenize the credit card, and submit the cart

  const createCartResponse = await ryeClient.createCart({
    input: {
      items: { amazonCartItemsInput: [{ productId: 'B01I2Y4GVY', quantity: 1 }] },
      buyerIdentity: {
        firstName: 'Jane', lastName: 'Smith', phone: '+14152940424',
        email:'jane@example.com', address1: '123 Main St', city: 'San Francisco',
        countryCode: Country.Us, provinceCode: 'CA', postalCode: '94111',
  }}});
  const paymentToken = await tokenizeCreditCard(
    'Jane', 'Smith', '4242424242424242', '423', '3', '2029'
  );

  // Order the cart

  const submitCartResponse = await ryeClient.submitCart({
    input: { id: createCartResponse!.cart.id!, token: paymentToken },
  });
  console.log(`Order submitted! Status: ${submitCartResponse!.cart.stores[0]!.status!},\n${JSON.stringify(submitCartResponse)}`);
}
main().catch(console.error);
import { RyeClient, CartItemsInput, Country } from '@rye-api/rye-sdk';
import { tokenizeCreditCard } from './tokenization';

// You can find these in the Rye Console at console.rye.com/account

const API_HEADERS = {"Authorization": "Basic <Authorization>", "Rye-Shopper-IP": "<Shopper-IP>"};
const ryeClient = new RyeClient({authHeader: API_HEADERS.Authorization, shopperIp: API_HEADERS["Rye-Shopper-IP"]});
async function main() {

  // Create a new cart, tokenize the credit card, and submit the cart

  const createCartResponse = await ryeClient.createCart({
    input: {
      items: { amazonCartItemsInput: [{ productId: 'B01I2Y4GVY', quantity: 1 }] },
      buyerIdentity: {
        firstName: 'Jane', lastName: 'Smith', phone: '+14152940424',
        email:'jane@example.com', address1: '123 Main St', city: 'San Francisco',
        countryCode: Country.Us, provinceCode: 'CA', postalCode: '94111',
  }}});
  const paymentToken = await tokenizeCreditCard(
    'Jane', 'Smith', '4242424242424242', '423', '3', '2029'
  );

  // Order the cart

  const submitCartResponse = await ryeClient.submitCart({
    input: { id: createCartResponse!.cart.id!, token: paymentToken },
  });
  console.log(`Order submitted! Status: ${submitCartResponse!.cart.stores[0]!.status!},\n${JSON.stringify(submitCartResponse)}`);
}
main().catch(console.error);

What You Can Build

With Rye, you're free to innovate. Here are just a few ideas:

  • Cross-platform product discovery tools

  • Social commerce apps that turn any content into a point-of-sale

  • AR/VR shopping experiences pulling from multiple brands

  • AI-powered personal shopping assistants

  • Decentralized marketplaces

With Rye, you're free to innovate. Here are just a few ideas:

  • Cross-platform product discovery tools

  • Social commerce apps that turn any content into a point-of-sale

  • AR/VR shopping experiences pulling from multiple brands

  • AI-powered personal shopping assistants

  • Decentralized marketplaces

With Rye, you're free to innovate. Here are just a few ideas:

  • Cross-platform product discovery tools

  • Social commerce apps that turn any content into a point-of-sale

  • AR/VR shopping experiences pulling from multiple brands

  • AI-powered personal shopping assistants

  • Decentralized marketplaces

Our Commitment to Developers

We're developers too, and we're building Rye with your needs in mind:

  1. Developer Experience: Clear documentation, intuitive SDKs, and responsive support.

  2. Scalability & Reliability: Rye's infrastructure is battle-tested and built for mission-critical e-commerce operations. Our platform consistently delivers high performance and reliability, even during peak sales events. Developers can focus on building innovative shopping experiences, confident that Rye will handle the heavy lifting behind the scenes.

  3. Consistency: Our API provides a unified interface, regardless of the underlying platforms.

  4. Performance: We're constantly optimizing for low latency and high throughput.

  5. Security: Rock-solid security is table stakes. We safeguard shopper data and secure transactions.

We're developers too, and we're building Rye with your needs in mind:

  1. Developer Experience: Clear documentation, intuitive SDKs, and responsive support.

  2. Scalability & Reliability: Rye's infrastructure is battle-tested and built for mission-critical e-commerce operations. Our platform consistently delivers high performance and reliability, even during peak sales events. Developers can focus on building innovative shopping experiences, confident that Rye will handle the heavy lifting behind the scenes.

  3. Consistency: Our API provides a unified interface, regardless of the underlying platforms.

  4. Performance: We're constantly optimizing for low latency and high throughput.

  5. Security: Rock-solid security is table stakes. We safeguard shopper data and secure transactions.

We're developers too, and we're building Rye with your needs in mind:

  1. Developer Experience: Clear documentation, intuitive SDKs, and responsive support.

  2. Scalability & Reliability: Rye's infrastructure is battle-tested and built for mission-critical e-commerce operations. Our platform consistently delivers high performance and reliability, even during peak sales events. Developers can focus on building innovative shopping experiences, confident that Rye will handle the heavy lifting behind the scenes.

  3. Consistency: Our API provides a unified interface, regardless of the underlying platforms.

  4. Performance: We're constantly optimizing for low latency and high throughput.

  5. Security: Rock-solid security is table stakes. We safeguard shopper data and secure transactions.

Get Started

Check out our docs and get your API key to start building with Rye.

We’re continuing to build and innovate – for example, by launching Rye’s new Universal Checkout API. For the first time ever, you can automate programmatic checkout from any merchant, not just a handful of them. Learn more about it here.

Check out our docs and get your API key to start building with Rye.

We’re continuing to build and innovate – for example, by launching Rye’s new Universal Checkout API. For the first time ever, you can automate programmatic checkout from any merchant, not just a handful of them. Learn more about it here.

Check out our docs and get your API key to start building with Rye.

We’re continuing to build and innovate – for example, by launching Rye’s new Universal Checkout API. For the first time ever, you can automate programmatic checkout from any merchant, not just a handful of them. Learn more about it here.

FAQs

Q: What is Rye’s API for developers?
Rye’s Universal Checkout API gives developers a single interface to access products, manage carts, and process checkouts across multiple e-commerce platforms without complex integrations.


Q: How does Rye simplify building commerce apps?
Rye eliminates the need for brand deals, platform-specific integrations, and custom checkout flows by handling payments, orders, and inventory in one unified commerce API.


Q: What kinds of apps can I build with Rye?
Developers use Rye to build social commerce apps, AI shopping assistants, AR/VR shopping experiences, and decentralized marketplaces.

Q: What is Rye’s API for developers?
Rye’s Universal Checkout API gives developers a single interface to access products, manage carts, and process checkouts across multiple e-commerce platforms without complex integrations.


Q: How does Rye simplify building commerce apps?
Rye eliminates the need for brand deals, platform-specific integrations, and custom checkout flows by handling payments, orders, and inventory in one unified commerce API.


Q: What kinds of apps can I build with Rye?
Developers use Rye to build social commerce apps, AI shopping assistants, AR/VR shopping experiences, and decentralized marketplaces.

Q: What is Rye’s API for developers?
Rye’s Universal Checkout API gives developers a single interface to access products, manage carts, and process checkouts across multiple e-commerce platforms without complex integrations.


Q: How does Rye simplify building commerce apps?
Rye eliminates the need for brand deals, platform-specific integrations, and custom checkout flows by handling payments, orders, and inventory in one unified commerce API.


Q: What kinds of apps can I build with Rye?
Developers use Rye to build social commerce apps, AI shopping assistants, AR/VR shopping experiences, and decentralized marketplaces.

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Monetize
your AI platform
with shopping.

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Stumptown Coffee

Monetize
your AI platform
with shopping.

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Stumptown Coffee

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