Search Orders

The SearchOrders endpoint lets you find orders that match your filtering criteria. For example, you can search for orders created within a specific time range, requested by a particular customer, or to be delivered to the customer.

Your request must include one or more location_ids. SearchOrders only returns the orders for those locations.

You can optionally provide a SearchOrdersQuery in your request, which consists of the following:

  • filter - Narrows the search results using the criteria you specify.
  • sort - Returns the search results in ascending or descending order.

By default, SearchOrders returns the matching Order objects in their entirety. You can set return_entries to true and receive short summaries of the orders instead (OrderEntry objects).

Note

The SearchOrders endpoint can potentially return a large number of orders, depending on your search criteria, so you might need to process the results one page at a time. For more information, see Pagination.

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Using a search filter

The filter parameter of a query lets you narrow the results from SearchOrders. Note that if you use more than one filter in a query, the results from all of the filters are ANDed together.

The following filters are available:

  • customer_filter - Orders that are associated with a specific customer.
  • fulfillment_filter - Orders that are picked up, shipped, or delivered. You can search for orders that are in a particular state in the fulfillment process.
  • source_filter - Orders that originate from a particular source. For example, the name of the application that created the order.
  • state_filter - Orders that are in specific states: OPEN, DRAFT, COMPLETED, or CANCELED.
  • date_time_filter - Orders where an event occurred during a particular time period. For more information, see Filtering and sorting within a date/time range.

The following SearchOrders request returns the completed orders for three different customers:

Search orders

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Sorting the results

The sort parameter of a query returns the search results in a sorted order. There are two parameters available:

  • sort_field - The date and time when an event occurred. Valid values are as follows:
    • CREATED_AT - The timestamp when the order was created, which is the default.
    • UPDATED_AT - The timestamp when the order was last updated.
    • CLOSED_AT - The timestamp when the order was closed.
  • sort_order - The order in which results are returned. Valid values are as follows:
    • DESC - Newest to oldest, which is the default.
    • ASC - Oldest to newest.

If you don't specify a SearchOrdersSort in your query, the results are ordered by CREATED_AT, from newest to oldest.

The following SearchOrders request returns the delivery orders that successfully completed:

Search orders

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Filtering and sorting within a date/time range

Every Order object contains several timestamps, which represent events that occur during that order's lifecycle. SearchOrders can return orders within a date/time range for one of these events. You can specify a date_time_filter for one of the following event types:

  • created_at - The timestamp when the order was created.
  • updated_at - The timestamp when the order was last updated.
  • closed_at - The timestamp when the order was closed.

Each event type has start_at and end_at fields to specify the date/time range for the filter. You must provide these in RFC 3339 timestamps format.

If you want the results to be sorted by event type, you must provide a sort_order that matches the date_time_filter.

date_time_filtersort_field value
created_atCREATED_AT
updated_atUPDATED_AT
closed_atCLOSED_AT

Important

If you specify the CLOSED_AT sort order, you must use a state_filter in your request. You must set state_filter so that it matches COMPLETED orders, CANCELED orders, or both.

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Search examples

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Search for orders within a specific date/time range

The following request returns orders that were completed during a specific time period. The orders are sorted by the closed_at timestamp, from oldest to newest.

Search orders

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Search for orders by fulfillment type and state

The following request returns orders that are prepared and ready for pickup:

Search orders

In the response, each order contains a fulfillments array with details about the fulfillment.