Find stores offering last mile delivery

POST /v2/fulfillment/stores/last_mile

Returns an array of stores that offer delivery for the customer's location. The list of stores is sorted by distance, with the store closest to the customer displayed first.

A store is eligible for delivery orders when the pickup_only flag is set to false.

By default, shoppers deliver to addresses that are within 30 minutes of the store location. If long distance delivery is enabled for a store, deliveries can be made to addresses that are between 30 and 60 minutes away. When a store offers this option, the long_distance_delivery flag is set to true. For more information about enabling this option, see Service areas for delivery.

The find stores operation doesn't check whether the customer's address meets Instacart's deliverability requirements. For example, deliveries to post office boxes are not supported. However, if find_by contains the address_line_2 field and its value is P.O. Box 123, one or more stores[] objects might still be returned.

To determine whether an address is eligible to receive deliveries, you can use the Validate user address or List time slots for last mile delivery operation.

If a store offers alcohol, the alcohol flag is set to true. For more information, see Alcohol compliance.

After a store is selected, save the store location_code. You specify the location when creating an order.

warning

The ability to look up stores by postal code only is deprecated. To guarantee deliverability, a full address is required.

Security

Name	In	Description
Authorization	header	The Authorization header with the bearer token acquired during authentication.

Parameters

None.

Request

Field	Type	Required	Description
find_by	Find_by		The location to use for finding the stores.

Find_by Object

One of the following:

Field	Type	Required	Description
latitude	number		The latitude coordinate.
longitude	number		The longitude coordinate.

or

Field	Type	Required	Description
address_line_1	string		The first address line.
address_line_2	string		The second address line.
address_type	string		The type of address, e.g., "residential".
postal_code	string		The postal/zip code of the address.
city	string		The city or town of the address, e.g., "Chicago".

or

Field	Type	Required	Description
postal_code	string		A zip code or postal code can have numbers and uppercase letters only. Omit spaces. For example: "90210" or "M6K3L5".

Request examples

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://connect.instacart.com/v2/fulfillment/stores/last_mile \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "find_by": {
    "latitude": 1,
    "longitude": 1
  }
}'

Java

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://connect.instacart.com/v2/fulfillment/stores/last_mile")
  .header("Accept", "application/json")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .body("{\n  \"find_by\": {\n    \"latitude\": 1,\n    \"longitude\": 1\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

Python

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("connect.instacart.com")

payload = "{\n  \"find_by\": {\n    \"latitude\": 1,\n    \"longitude\": 1\n  }\n}"

headers = {
    'Accept': "application/json",
    'Content-Type': "application/json",
    'Authorization': "Bearer <token>"
    }

conn.request("POST", "/v2/fulfillment/stores/last_mile", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

Go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://connect.instacart.com/v2/fulfillment/stores/last_mile"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"find_by\": {\n    \"latitude\": 1,\n    \"longitude\": 1\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

Response

Field	Type	Required	Description
stores	Array(Store)		The returned stores.
is_partial	boolean		Whether the zip code or postal code has partial coverage.

Store Object

Field	Type	Required	Description
name	string		The name of the store.
location_code	string		The store code, which is used in other requests to identify the store.
flags	Flags		Properties of the store.

Flags Object

Field	Type	Required	Description
alcohol	boolean		Whether the store supports alcoholic orders.
pickup	boolean		Whether the store supports pickup orders. When pickup is true, the store supports both pickup and delivery. When pickup is false, the store supports only delivery orders.
pickup_only	boolean		When the pickup flag is true, the pickup_only value indicates whether the store supports delivery in addition to pickup. When pickup_only is false, the store supports delivery. When pickup_only is true, the store doesn't support delivery.
long_distance_delivery	boolean		Whether a delivery from the store will be a long distance delivery.

Response examples

200 Success

200 Stores found by address

{
  "stores": [
    {
      "name": "Test Warehouse Location 577",
      "location_code": "000-33640",
      "flags": {
        "alcohol": false,
        "pickup": true,
        "pickup_only": false,
        "long_distance_delivery": false
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Test Warehouse Location 578",
      "location_code": "000-33655",
      "flags": {
        "alcohol": true,
        "pickup": true,
        "pickup_only": false,
        "long_distance_delivery": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "is_partial": false
}

200 Stores found by coordinates

{
  "stores": [
    {
      "name": "Test Warehouse Location 580",
      "location_code": "000-33671",
      "flags": {
        "alcohol": false,
        "pickup": true,
        "pickup_only": false,
        "long_distance_delivery": false
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Test Warehouse Location 581",
      "location_code": "000-33686",
      "flags": {
        "alcohol": true,
        "pickup": true,
        "pickup_only": false,
        "long_distance_delivery": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "is_partial": false
}

4XX Errors

Error responses return either a single error or multiple errors.

HTTP Code	Cause	Error Message	Error Code	Error Meta
400	No stores found	"Stores not found for the provided request."	1001	Not applicable
400	Postal code not found	"Postal code not found."	1001	{"key":"postal_code"}
400	Malformed find_by object	"value is not valid"	1001	{"key":"find_by"}
400	Missing both postal code and coordinates	"can't be blank"	1001	{"key":"find_by"}