Printify

About Printify

Printify provides a REST API and webhook system for automating a print-on-demand business. It allows applications to manage a Printify shop on behalf of a merchant, including creating products, submitting artwork, generating mockups, placing and receiving orders, and fulfilling them. Webhooks deliver notifications when events occur in a shop, such as order placement or tracking updates, allowing developers to sync data to external systems like accounting or customer-facing tracking pages.

The API supports two access methods: a Personal Access Token for connecting to a single Printify merchant account, and OAuth 2.0 for platforms that manage multiple merchant accounts. Personal access tokens are generated from a user's account settings, are valid for one year, and requests must include a User-Agent header. The base URL for all endpoints is https://api.printify.com/v1/.

The API is intended for developers building custom e-commerce integrations beyond Printify's existing connections to platforms like Etsy, Shopify, and WooCommerce, as well as for applications that generate user content for products or platforms wanting to offer merchandise sales to a community. Printify imposes rate limits: 600 requests per minute globally, a separate 100 requests per minute limit for Catalog endpoints, and a 200 requests per 30 minutes limit on the product publishing endpoint, with error responses capped at 5% of total requests.

Key features

• Create products and submit orders via REST API
• Webhooks for instant event notifications (orders, tracking, product syncs)
• Personal Access Token authentication for single-account integrations
• OAuth 2.0 authentication for platforms managing multiple merchant accounts
• Product Catalog API for browsing available print-on-demand products
• Mockup generation for products

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