Player Item Management - Start Purchase

Service:

Client

API Version:

241025

NOTE: This is a Legacy Economy API, and is in bugfix-only mode. All new Economy features are being developed only for version 2. Creates an order for a list of items from the title catalog

POST https://titleId.playfabapi.com/Client/StartPurchase

Request Header

Name	Required	Type	Description
X-Authorization	True	string	This API requires a client session ticket, available from any Client Login function.

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
Items	True	ItemPurchaseRequest[]	Array of items to purchase.
CatalogVersion		string	Catalog version for the items to be purchased. Defaults to most recent catalog.
CustomTags		object	The optional custom tags associated with the request (e.g. build number, external trace identifiers, etc.).
StoreId		string	Store through which to purchase items. If not set, prices will be pulled from the catalog itself.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	StartPurchaseResult
400 Bad Request	ApiErrorWrapper	This is the outer wrapper for all responses with errors

Security

X-Authorization

This API requires a client session ticket, available from any Client Login function.

Type: apiKey
In: header

Definitions

Name	Description
ApiErrorWrapper	The basic wrapper around every failed API response
CartItem
ItemPurchaseRequest
PaymentOption
StartPurchaseRequest	This is the first step in the purchasing process. For security purposes, once the order (or "cart") has been created, additional inventory objects may no longer be added. In addition, inventory objects will be locked to the current prices, regardless of any subsequent changes at the catalog level which may occur during the next two steps.
StartPurchaseResult

ApiErrorWrapper

The basic wrapper around every failed API response

Name	Type	Description
code	integer	Numerical HTTP code
error	string	Playfab error code
errorCode	integer	Numerical PlayFab error code
errorDetails	object	Detailed description of individual issues with the request object
errorMessage	string	Description for the PlayFab errorCode
status	string	String HTTP code

CartItem

Name	Type	Description
Description	string	Description of the catalog item.
DisplayName	string	Display name for the catalog item.
ItemClass	string	Class name to which catalog item belongs.
ItemId	string	Unique identifier for the catalog item.
ItemInstanceId	string	Unique instance identifier for this catalog item.
RealCurrencyPrices	object	Cost of the catalog item for each applicable real world currency.
VCAmount	object	Amount of each applicable virtual currency which will be received as a result of purchasing this catalog item.
VirtualCurrencyPrices	object	Cost of the catalog item for each applicable virtual currency.

ItemPurchaseRequest

Name	Type	Description
Annotation	string	Title-specific text concerning this purchase.
ItemId	string	Unique ItemId of the item to purchase.
Quantity	number	How many of this item to purchase. Min 1, maximum 25.
UpgradeFromItems	string[]	Items to be upgraded as a result of this purchase (upgraded items are hidden, as they are "replaced" by the new items).

PaymentOption

Name	Type	Description
Currency	string	Specific currency to use to fund the purchase.
Price	number	Amount of the specified currency needed for the purchase.
ProviderName	string	Name of the purchase provider for this option.
StoreCredit	number	Amount of existing credit the user has with the provider.

StartPurchaseRequest

This is the first step in the purchasing process. For security purposes, once the order (or "cart") has been created, additional inventory objects may no longer be added. In addition, inventory objects will be locked to the current prices, regardless of any subsequent changes at the catalog level which may occur during the next two steps.

Name	Type	Description
CatalogVersion	string	Catalog version for the items to be purchased. Defaults to most recent catalog.
CustomTags	object	The optional custom tags associated with the request (e.g. build number, external trace identifiers, etc.).
Items	ItemPurchaseRequest[]	Array of items to purchase.
StoreId	string	Store through which to purchase items. If not set, prices will be pulled from the catalog itself.

StartPurchaseResult

Name	Type	Description
Contents	CartItem[]	Cart items to be purchased.
OrderId	string	Purchase order identifier.
PaymentOptions	PaymentOption[]	Available methods by which the user can pay.
VirtualCurrencyBalances	object	Current virtual currency totals for the user.

Error Codes

Name	Code
StoreNotFound	1221