ecommerce

Hostinger Ecommerce

The Ecommerce API manages online stores associated with your Hostinger account. You can list existing stores and create new ones — creating a store also provisions a primary sales channel for it.

Table of Contents

• Core Concepts
• Common Patterns
• API Reference
• Best Practices
• Troubleshooting
• References

Core Concepts

Stores

A store is the top-level ecommerce entity tied to your account. Each store carries company details (name, email, country) and a default language used for the storefront.

Sales Channels

Every store has at least one sales channel — the surface through which products are sold. When you create a store, a primary sales channel is created alongside it. You can supply a sales_channel object (e.g., type: custom with an external_id) to link the store to an external system.

Common Patterns

List Stores

curl -X GET "https://developers.hostinger.com/api/ecommerce/v1/stores" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HOSTINGER_API_TOKEN"

# Paginate
curl -X GET "https://developers.hostinger.com/api/ecommerce/v1/stores?page=2" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HOSTINGER_API_TOKEN"

Python SDK:

from hostinger_api import Hostinger

client = Hostinger(api_token="YOUR_API_TOKEN")

stores = client.ecommerce.stores.list()
for store in stores:
    print(store.name)

TypeScript SDK:

import { Hostinger } from "hostinger-api-sdk";

const client = new Hostinger({ apiToken: "YOUR_API_TOKEN" });

const stores = await client.ecommerce.stores.list();
for (const store of stores) {
  console.log(store.name);
}

PHP SDK:

use Hostinger\Api\HostingerApi;

$client = new HostingerApi('YOUR_API_TOKEN');

$stores = $client->ecommerce->stores->list();
foreach ($stores as $store) {
    echo $store->name . "\n";
}

Create a Store

curl -X POST "https://developers.hostinger.com/api/ecommerce/v1/stores" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HOSTINGER_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "My Store",
    "country_code": "us",
    "company_email": "[email protected]",
    "company_name": "My Company",
    "language": "en",
    "sales_channel": {
      "type": "custom",
      "external_id": "ext-12345"
    }
  }'

A primary sales channel is created automatically with the store. The sales_channel object is optional — omit it to use the default.

API Reference

Stores

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/api/ecommerce/v1/stores	Get stores (paginated via page)
POST	/api/ecommerce/v1/stores	Create a store (also creates a primary sales channel)

Create Store Body

Field	Type	Description
name	string	Store name
country_code	string	ISO country code (e.g., us)
company_email	string	Company contact email
company_name	string	Company name
language	string	Default storefront language (e.g., en)
sales_channel	object	Optional. { "type": "custom", "external_id": "..." }

Best Practices

Store Setup

• Set country_code and language to match your target market — they drive storefront defaults
• Use a monitored company_email — it receives store-related notifications
• Provide a sales_channel.external_id when integrating with an external system so you can reconcile records later

Listing

• Paginate with page when an account has many stores rather than assuming a single page

Troubleshooting

401 Unauthorized

• Verify your API token is valid and not expired
• Check the Authorization: Bearer <token> header format

422 Unprocessable Content

• Invalid country_code (use a valid ISO code like us) or malformed company_email
• Missing or malformed sales_channel object when one is provided

Store Not Appearing After Creation

• Re-list stores — propagation may take a moment
• Confirm the create request returned a success status and a store ID

References

• Hostinger API Documentation
• Hostinger API Changelog
• Python SDK
• TypeScript SDK
• PHP SDK
• CLI Tool