> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.shoply.gg/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a storefront > Adds a storefront as a draft: a theme's starting design, or a copy of one the store already has. Answers the store's storefronts with the new one among them. Needs the `storefronts.write` permission (Change Storefronts). ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /stores/{storeId}/storefronts openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Shoply API version: '1' description: >- Everything a store's own server can do with a secret API key: its catalogue, orders, customers, marketing, finance and the rest of what the dashboard does. And the Customer API, which a buyer's own device asks with a token of theirs. servers: - url: https://api.shoply.gg/v1 security: - apiKey: [] tags: - name: API key - name: Store - name: Domain - name: Payment methods - name: Analytics - name: Storefronts - name: Storefront code - name: Payment Routing - name: Custom payment methods - name: Products - name: Product pictures - name: Stock - name: Categories - name: Upsells - name: Subscriptions - name: Orders - name: Invoices - name: Reviews - name: Coupons - name: Coupon categories - name: Coupon pop-up - name: Sales - name: Blog - name: Search settings - name: Redirects - name: Sitemap - name: Cart Recovery - name: Email Marketing - name: Email Templates - name: Customers - name: Affiliates - name: Support Tickets - name: Blacklist - name: Fraud protection - name: Disputes - name: Finance - name: Tax - name: Expenses - name: Expense setup - name: API requests - name: Webhook endpoints - name: Webhook deliveries - name: Customer API paths: /stores/{storeId}/storefronts: post: tags: - Storefronts summary: Create a storefront description: >- Adds a storefront as a draft: a theme's starting design, or a copy of one the store already has. Answers the store's storefronts with the new one among them. Needs the `storefronts.write` permission (Change Storefronts). operationId: storefronts.create parameters: - name: storeId in: path required: true description: >- The store's ID. A key reaches the store it was made in: `GET /key` answers which. schema: type: string - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdempotencyKey' requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: name: type: string description: What to call it. theme: type: string description: The theme it starts from, by its ID in `meta.themes`. default: simplistic example: keystone from: type: string description: >- A storefront to copy in place of starting from the theme, by its ID. required: - name responses: '201': description: It worked. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: success: type: boolean message: nullable: true code: nullable: true data: type: array items: type: object properties: id: type: string name: type: string theme: type: string themeVersion: type: string published: type: boolean publishedAt: nullable: true live: type: boolean createdAt: type: string updatedAt: type: string code: type: boolean engine: type: string codeOnCopy: nullable: true unpublished: type: boolean accent: nullable: true headingFont: nullable: true pages: type: integer meta: type: object properties: liveId: nullable: true limit: type: integer themes: type: array items: type: object properties: id: type: string name: type: string description: type: string version: type: string schemes: type: array items: type: string headingFont: type: string features: type: array items: type: string demoUrl: type: string storeUrl: type: string storeAccent: type: string example: success: true message: null code: null data: - id: 93618f34-cfad-44d8-a677-253b7238f272 name: Autumn look theme: keystone themeVersion: 2.6.0 published: false publishedAt: null live: false createdAt: '2026-10-22T16:20:20Z' updatedAt: '2026-10-22T16:20:20Z' code: true engine: files codeOnCopy: null unpublished: false accent: null headingFont: null pages: 6 meta: liveId: null limit: 10 themes: - id: simplistic name: Simplistic description: >- Product cards, a search bar at the top, categories as tiles and a slide-out cart. version: 2.5.0 schemes: - light - dark headingFont: Inter features: - Light and dark mode - Your logo, favicon and accent colour demoUrl: https://simplistic-demo.myshoply.gg - id: keystone name: Keystone description: >- A full-screen hero with search, category covers and a product page built around one buy panel. version: 2.6.0 schemes: - dark headingFont: Red Hat Display features: - Dark look in your accent colour, pictures included - Full-screen hero with search and shortcuts demoUrl: https://keystone-demo.myshoply.gg storeUrl: https://northwind.myshoply.gg storeAccent: '#6a3ce2' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/NoKey' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotAllowed' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound' '422': $ref: '#/components/responses/Refused' '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/TooMany' x-codeSamples: - lang: javascript label: Node.js source: | import Shoply from "@shoplygg/node"; const shoply = new Shoply({ apiKey: process.env.SHOPLY_API_KEY }); const result = await shoply.storefronts.create({ name: "...", }); - lang: php label: PHP source: | getenv('SHOPLY_API_KEY')]); $result = $shoply->storefronts->create([ 'name' => '...', ]); - lang: python label: Python source: | import shoply client = shoply.Client() # reads SHOPLY_API_KEY result = client.storefronts.create(name="...") components: parameters: IdempotencyKey: name: Idempotency-Key in: header required: false description: >- A word of your own for this one change, up to 180 letters, digits, dots, dashes, underscores and colons. Sent again with the same key, the request is not carried out twice: the first answer comes back, with `Idempotent-Replay: true`. schema: type: string responses: NoKey: description: >- No API key was sent, or the one sent is not a live key: `api_key_required`, `invalid_api_key`. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal' NotAllowed: description: >- The key is real and may not do this: `missing_scope` (with `requiredScope`), `ip_not_allowed`, `account_unavailable`, or `dashboard_only` for something only a person in the dashboard may do. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal' NotFound: description: >- There is no such thing in this store: `not_found`. A store that is not the key's own is answered the same way. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal' Refused: description: >- The request was understood and not carried out. `validation_failed` says what is wrong with each field under `errors`; other codes are the route's own. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal' TooMany: description: >- The key has used up its budget for now: `rate_limited`. `Retry-After` says how many seconds to wait. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal' schemas: Refusal: type: object properties: success: type: boolean example: false message: type: string description: What is wrong, in words for a person. code: type: string description: What is wrong, as a word that does not change. data: nullable: true errors: type: object description: >- For `validation_failed`: what is wrong with each field, by the field's name. additionalProperties: type: string required: - success - message - code securitySchemes: apiKey: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- A secret API key, made under Developers in the dashboard: `Authorization: Bearer shoply_sk_...` ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.