RESTAdminManagementSitesSite Routes

Create Site Route

Create routes that tell BigCommerce how to link to pages on a [headless storefront](/developer/docs/storefront/headless). ## Usage Notes * For a list of supported route types, see [Route types](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/management/sites#route-types).

Authentication

X-Auth-Tokenstring
### OAuth scopes | UI Name | Permission | Parameter | |:--------|:-----------|:----------| | Channel Listings | modify | `store_channel_listings` | | Channel Listings | read-only | `store_channel_listings_read_only` | | Channel Settings | modify | `store_channel_settings` | | Channel Settings | read-only | `store_channel_settings_read_only` | | Sites & Routes | modify | `store_sites` | | Sites & Routes | read-only | `store_sites_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-accounts#api-accounts). | ### Further reading For example requests and more information about authenticating BigCommerce APIs, see [Authentication and Example Requests](/developer/docs/overview/api-accounts#x-auth-token-header-example-requests). For more about BigCommerce OAuth scopes, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/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

site_idstringRequired

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
typeenumOptional

The type of resource being routed to; supported types.

matchingstringOptional

Depending on the resource type, this can be an ID (matching a specific item), or a ”*” wildcard (matching all items of that type).

For example, a route with a type: “product” and matching: “5” will be used for the product with the ID of 5.

routestringOptional
The route template that will be used to generate the URL for the requested resource. Supports several tokens: - `{id}` The **ID** of the requested item. - `{slug}` The **slug** for the requested item (if available). Note: the `slug` value may contain `/` slash. - `{language}` The **language** string that the client is using.

Response

dataobject
Route object used in responses.
metaobject
Response metadata.

Errors

422
Unprocessable Entity Error
502
Bad Gateway Error