📄️ Asynchronously create a last mile delivery order
Learn how to asynchronously create a last mile delivery order. Asynchronous order creation enables you to reduce API response times and quickly move your customers through the checkout process.
📄️ Link an Instacart account
Learn how to link a customer’s Instacart account to their Connect user account. For more information, see Account linking.
📄️ Retrieve ETA time slots
When listing the delivery time slots for your customers to reserve, you can choose to present estimated time of arrival (ETA) time slots. The ETA service options replace the immediate time slots of within 2 or 5 hours. For more information, see Service options.
📄️ Retrieve time slots for desired windows
By default, when you request a list of time slots for a delivery order, Instacart returns available delivery service options. If you’d like more flexibility with your time slots, when you request a list of time slots for a delivery order, you can also send Instacart your desired windows. For more information, see Desired windows.
📄️ Support guest customers
When your retailer site permits shoppers to shop as a guest, you might not want to engage with Instacart Connect until the guest is ready to check out.
📄️ Support time-sensitive last mile delivery
Time-sensitive last mile delivery orders, such as order ahead meals, require careful coordination between retailers and shoppers. To ensure the shopper arrives as close as possible to the time the meal is prepared, Instacart calculates the handoff time. The handoff time is the time when a shopper is expected to reach the food counter.
📄️ Verify Instacart+ membership
Learn how to verify the Instacart+ membership status of a customer and identify Instacart+ orders.