> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.orbit.devotel.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create cart

> Create a fresh, empty omnichannel cart in the `browsing` state.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.yaml post /api/v1/commerce/cart
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Devotel CPaaS API
  description: Orbit by Devotel — Communications Platform as a Service API
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Devotel
    url: https://devotel.io
    email: support@devotel.io
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
  - url: https://api.orbit.devotel.io
    description: Production
security:
  - Bearer: []
  - ApiKey: []
tags:
  - name: Messages
    description: >-
      Send and manage messages across all channels (SMS, WhatsApp, RCS, Email,
      Viber, etc.)
  - name: Fax
    description: >-
      List and track fax (MMS/T.38) transmissions on Telnyx-backed fax numbers
      (sending flows through the Messaging API)
  - name: Agents
    description: AI agent creation, configuration, and execution
  - name: Voice
    description: Voice calls, IVR, conferencing, and SIP trunking
  - name: OnCall
    description: On-call rotations and escalation policy planning for incident alerting
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Webhook endpoint management and delivery logs
  - name: Numbers
    description: Phone number search, provisioning, and configuration
  - name: Brand Identity
    description: >-
      Unified cross-channel brand trust posture (10DLC, toll-free, WhatsApp,
      RCS, branded calling, number KYC)
  - name: Contacts
    description: Contact management, segmentation, and lifecycle tracking
  - name: Campaigns
    description: Marketing campaign orchestration and analytics
  - name: Flows
    description: Automation flow builder and execution engine
  - name: Templates
    description: Message template management and approval workflows
  - name: Settings
    description: Organization, channel, and user preference settings
  - name: Verify
    description: OTP generation and verification across channels
  - name: Push
    description: Push notification delivery via FCM and APNs
  - name: Integrations
    description: Third-party service connections and OAuth management
  - name: CDP
    description: >-
      Customer Data Platform — activation surface (CRM object sync, streaming
      destinations, ad-audience activation)
  - name: Files
    description: >-
      Server-to-server media upload, listing, retrieval, and deletion
      (signed-URL backed)
  - name: Commerce
    description: >-
      Omnichannel conversational-commerce — persistent cart + checkout state
      machine, channel-agnostic hosted pay-by-link, native WhatsApp checkout,
      and AP2-style agent payment mandates.
  - name: Sync
    description: >-
      Real-time shared-state primitive (Twilio Sync parity) — Documents, Maps,
      Lists, and ephemeral Streams, with change events relayed over the
      /api/v1/ws/sync WebSocket gateway
paths:
  /api/v1/commerce/cart:
    post:
      tags:
        - Commerce
      summary: Create cart
      description: Create a fresh, empty omnichannel cart in the `browsing` state.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
              required:
                - cartId
              properties:
                cartId:
                  type: string
                  description: Caller-supplied opaque cart id, stable across channels.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The newly-created cart snapshot.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
                required:
                  - data
                  - meta
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    additionalProperties: true
                    description: >-
                      Serializable omnichannel cart snapshot. Derived fields
                      (subtotal, itemCount, …) are re-computed server-side and
                      never trusted.
                    properties:
                      cartId:
                        type: string
                      items:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          additionalProperties: true
                          properties:
                            productRetailerId:
                              type: string
                            name:
                              type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                            quantity:
                              type: integer
                            unitPrice:
                              type: number
                            currency:
                              type: string
                            lineTotal:
                              type: number
                            sourceChannels:
                              type: array
                              items:
                                type: string
                                enum:
                                  - whatsapp
                                  - rcs
                                  - amb
                                description: >-
                                  Conversational-commerce channel a cart
                                  contribution came from.
                      lineCount:
                        type: integer
                      itemCount:
                        type: integer
                      subtotal:
                        type: number
                      currency:
                        type: string
                      mixedCurrency:
                        type: boolean
                      state:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - browsing
                          - cart_active
                          - checkout_initiated
                          - awaiting_payment
                          - paid
                          - fulfilled
                          - abandoned
                          - cancelled
                      lastChannel:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        enum:
                          - whatsapp
                          - rcs
                          - amb
                          - 'null'
                      updatedAt:
                        type: number
                  meta:
                    type: object
                    additionalProperties: true
                    properties:
                      request_id:
                        type: string
                      timestamp:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
components:
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: Dashboard JWT token from Clerk
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      name: X-API-Key
      in: header
      description: Server-to-server API key (dv_live_sk_*)

````