Register a merchant

Returns the merchant and the DNS TXT record (_acceptor-verify.<domain>) to publish for domain verification.

POST/v1/merchants

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer token (JWT) · headerrequired

Clerk human owner session JWT; iss must equal the configured Clerk issuer and the identity must be a human (not agent) owner with a verified email.

AuthorizationOAuth2 access token · headerrequired

Scopes:agentsub:owner

Header parameters

Idempotency-Keystringrequired

Required only where this parameter is listed. Same payload/key recovers prior operation; secret replays omit plaintext.

matches ^[A-Za-z0-9._:-]{1,200}$

Request body

requiredapplication/json

namestringrequired

min length 1 · max length 100

domainstringrequired

Public DNS hostname; no scheme, path, credentials, IP address or localhost

categoriesstring[]required

min items 1 · max items 20

Responses

201

Merchant registered with DNS verification record

merchantMerchant

Show properties

idstring

ownerIdstring

namestring

domainstring

verificationChallengestring

verifiedboolean

acceptedPaymentMethodsstring[]

webhookUrlstring

dnsRecordobject

Show properties

typestring

namestring

valuestring

400

invalid_input problem

typestringrequired

titlestringrequired

statusintegerrequired

codestringrequired

401

unauthorized problem; live 401s advertise WWW-Authenticate: Bearer resource_metadata=...

typestringrequired

titlestringrequired

statusintegerrequired

codestringrequired

403

Identity, ownership, scope or policy denied (human_required, owner_claim_required, scope_required, FROZEN, CAP_EXCEEDED, SCOPE_FORBIDDEN)

typestringrequired

titlestringrequired

statusintegerrequired

codestringrequired

503

Runtime or provider configuration unavailable (runtime_configuration_required, signing_configuration_required, runtime_unavailable, workspace_unavailable, provider_configuration_required)

typestringrequired

titlestringrequired

statusintegerrequired

codestringrequired

Request

curl -X POST 'https://api.agentsub.dev/v1/merchants' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Idempotency-Key: string' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "string",
  "domain": "string",
  "categories": [
    "string"
  ]
}'

const response = await fetch("https://api.agentsub.dev/v1/merchants", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
    "Idempotency-Key": "string",
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: "{\n  \"name\": \"string\",\n  \"domain\": \"string\",\n  \"categories\": [\n    \"string\"\n  ]\n}"
});

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.agentsub.dev/v1/merchants",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
        "Idempotency-Key": "string",
        "Accept": "application/json",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    data="{\n  \"name\": \"string\",\n  \"domain\": \"string\",\n  \"categories\": [\n    \"string\"\n  ]\n}",
)

Response

{
  "merchant": {
    "id": "string",
    "ownerId": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "domain": "string",
    "verificationChallenge": "string",
    "verified": true,
    "acceptedPaymentMethods": [
      "string"
    ],
    "webhookUrl": "string"
  },
  "dnsRecord": {
    "type": "TXT",
    "name": "string",
    "value": "string"
  }
}

{
  "type": "https://agentsub.dev/problems/not_found",
  "title": "string",
  "status": 0,
  "code": "string"
}

{
  "type": "https://agentsub.dev/problems/not_found",
  "title": "string",
  "status": 0,
  "code": "string"
}

{
  "type": "https://agentsub.dev/problems/not_found",
  "title": "string",
  "status": 0,
  "code": "string"
}

{
  "type": "https://agentsub.dev/problems/not_found",
  "title": "string",
  "status": 0,
  "code": "string"
}