Find stores offering pickup

POST /v2/fulfillment/stores/pickup

Returns an array of stores that offer pickup 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 pickup orders when the pickup flag is set to true.

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 retrieving the list of available time slots and creating an order.

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
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/pickup \
  --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/pickup")
  .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/pickup", 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/pickup"

	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.

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

{
  "stores": [
    {
      "name": "Test Warehouse Location 555",
      "location_code": "000-33562",
      "flags": {
        "alcohol": false,
        "pickup": true,
        "pickup_only": false
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Test Warehouse Location 557",
      "location_code": "000-33585",
      "flags": {
        "alcohol": true,
        "pickup": true,
        "pickup_only": true
      }
    }
  ]
}

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"}