Magento 2 API – Create Coupon Code

Follow this tutorial to create coupon code in Magento 2 using REST API.

Cart price rules in Magento 2 help the merchants to create discounts and deals for the customers. The merchant can also create coupon codes in Magento 2 and distribute them to the customers via multiple channels. The coupon codes are  some of the amazing ways to attract customers to your online store. If you are creating a new admin panel for your Magento 2 store, you can use the Magento 2 REST APIs to use the functionalities of Magento 2 in your new backend. One such functionality is creating coupon codes in Magento 2 using APIs.

In this blog post, I will show you how to create coupon codes in Magento 2 using API.

Let’s begin!

How to Create Coupon Code in Magento 2 Using REST API?

In order to create a coupon code in Magento 2 using the REST API, the client need to have admin-level access. Therefore, the admin access token should also be passed along with the API request. The client needs to call the API request to the /V1/coupons/generate endpoint along with the data in the body along with the admin token.

Note: In order to create a coupon code using API in Magento 2, you need to have an active cart price rule and pass its rule_id in the request. You can check out our post on creating cart price rules in Magento 2 using REST API for more details.

Provided below is the complete structure of the Magento 2 API to Create Coupon Codes.

Method: POST

URL: store_url/rest/V1/coupons/generate

Headers:

• Content Type: application/json
• Authorization: Bearer <admin token>

Body:

{
    "couponSpec": {
        "rule_id":1,
        "quantity": 1,
        "length": 8
    }
}

Response:

The response will return the discount coupon code.

Conclusion

The Magento 2 API to create coupon code is useful when you are looking to create discount codes for the cart price rules. The developers can use this Magento 2 API for using the create coupon code functionality while developing a new backend. I hope this blog post will guide you through the Magento 2 API, and you will find it helpful.

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