Developer-friendly & type-safe Python SDK specifically catered to leverage bolt-api-sdk API.
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Bolt API Reference: Postman Collection:
A comprehensive Bolt API reference for interacting with Transactions, Orders, Product Catalog, Configuration, Testing, and much more.
Note: You must also reference the Merchant Callback API when building a managed checkout custom cart integration
Tip
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Note
Python version upgrade policy
Once a Python version reaches its official end of life date, a 3-month grace period is provided for users to upgrade. Following this grace period, the minimum python version supported in the SDK will be updated.
The SDK can be installed with uv, pip, or poetry package managers.
uv is a fast Python package installer and resolver, designed as a drop-in replacement for pip and pip-tools. It's recommended for its speed and modern Python tooling capabilities.
uv add git+<UNSET>.gitPIP is the default package installer for Python, enabling easy installation and management of packages from PyPI via the command line.
pip install git+<UNSET>.gitPoetry is a modern tool that simplifies dependency management and package publishing by using a single pyproject.toml file to handle project metadata and dependencies.
poetry add git+<UNSET>.gitYou can use this SDK in a Python shell with uv and the uvx command that comes with it like so:
uvx --from bolt-api-sdk pythonIt's also possible to write a standalone Python script without needing to set up a whole project like so:
#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script
# /// script
# requires-python = ">=3.9"
# dependencies = [
# "bolt-api-sdk",
# ]
# ///
from bolt_api_sdk import Bolt
sdk = Bolt(
# SDK arguments
)
# Rest of script here...Once that is saved to a file, you can run it with uv run script.py where
script.py can be replaced with the actual file name.
Generally, the SDK will work well with most IDEs out of the box. However, when using PyCharm, you can enjoy much better integration with Pydantic by installing an additional plugin.
# Synchronous Example
from bolt_api_sdk import Bolt, models
import os
with Bolt() as bolt:
res = bolt.account.get_account(security=models.GetAccountSecurity(
o_auth=os.getenv("BOLT_O_AUTH", ""),
x_api_key=os.getenv("BOLT_X_API_KEY", ""),
))
# Handle response
print(res)The same SDK client can also be used to make asynchronous requests by importing asyncio.
# Asynchronous Example
import asyncio
from bolt_api_sdk import Bolt, models
import os
async def main():
async with Bolt() as bolt:
res = await bolt.account.get_account_async(security=models.GetAccountSecurity(
o_auth=os.getenv("BOLT_O_AUTH", ""),
x_api_key=os.getenv("BOLT_X_API_KEY", ""),
))
# Handle response
print(res)
asyncio.run(main())This SDK supports the following security schemes globally:
| Name | Type | Scheme | Environment Variable |
|---|---|---|---|
x_api_key |
apiKey | API key | BOLT_X_API_KEY |
o_auth |
oauth2 | OAuth2 token | BOLT_O_AUTH |
You can set the security parameters through the security optional parameter when initializing the SDK client instance. The selected scheme will be used by default to authenticate with the API for all operations that support it. For example:
from bolt_api_sdk import Bolt, models
import os
with Bolt(
security=models.Security(
x_api_key=os.getenv("BOLT_X_API_KEY", ""),
),
) as bolt:
res = bolt.account.create_account(create_account_input={
"addresses": [
{
"company": "Bolt",
"country": "United States",
"country_code": "US",
"door_code": "123456",
"email": "alan.watts@example.com",
"first_name": "Alan",
"last_name": "Watts",
"locality": "Brooklyn",
"name": "Alan Watts",
"phone": "+12125550199",
"postal_code": "10044",
"region": "NY",
"region_code": "NY",
"street_address1": "888 main street",
"street_address2": "apt 3021",
"street_address3": "c/o Alicia Watts",
"street_address4": "Bridge Street Apartment Building B",
"metadata": {},
},
],
"payment_methods": [
{
"billing_address": {
"company": "Bolt",
"country": "United States",
"country_code": "US",
"default": True,
"door_code": "123456",
"email": "alan.watts@example.com",
"first_name": "Alan",
"last_name": "Watts",
"locality": "Brooklyn",
"name": "Alan Watts",
"phone": "+12125550199",
"postal_code": "10044",
"region": "NY",
"region_code": "NY",
"street_address1": "888 main street",
"street_address2": "apt 3021",
"street_address3": "c/o Alicia Watts",
"street_address4": "Bridge Street Apartment Building B",
},
"billing_address_id": None,
"bin": "411111",
"expiration": "2025-11",
"last4": "1234",
"metadata": {},
"postal_code": "10044",
"token": "a1B2c3D4e5F6G7H8i9J0k1L2m3N4o5P6Q7r8S9t0",
"token_type": models.PaymentMethodAccountTokenType.BOLT,
},
],
"profile": {
"email": "alan.watts@example.com",
"first_name": "Alan",
"last_name": "Watts",
"metadata": {},
"phone": "+12125550199",
},
})
# Handle response
print(res)Some operations in this SDK require the security scheme to be specified at the request level. For example:
from bolt_api_sdk import Bolt, models
import os
with Bolt() as bolt:
res = bolt.account.get_account(security=models.GetAccountSecurity(
o_auth=os.getenv("BOLT_O_AUTH", ""),
x_api_key=os.getenv("BOLT_X_API_KEY", ""),
))
# Handle response
print(res)Available methods
- get_account - Get Account Details
- create_account - Create Bolt Account
- update_account_profile - Update Profile
- add_address - Add Address
- delete_address - Delete Address
- replace_address - Replace Address
- edit_address - Edit Address
- detect_account - Detect Account
- add_payment_method - Add Payment Method
- delete_payment_method - Delete Payment Method
- get_merchant_callbacks - Get Callback URLs
- set_merchant_callbacks - Set Callback URLs
- get_merchant_identifiers - Get Merchant Identifiers
- o_auth_token - OAuth Token Endpoint
- create_order_token - Create Order Token
- track_order - Send order tracking details
- get_statements - Fetch a Statement
- test_shipping - Test Shipping
- create_testing_shopper_account - Create Testing Shopper Account
- get_test_credit_card_token - Fetch a Test Credit Card Token
- authorize_transaction - Authorize a Card
- capture_transaction - Capture a Transaction
- refund_transaction - Refund a Transaction
- review_transaction - Review Transaction
- void_transaction - Void a Transaction
- get_transaction_details - Transaction Details
- update_transaction - Update a Transaction
- query_webhooks - Query Webhooks
- create_webhook - Create Bolt Webhook
- delete_webhook - Delete a Bolt Webhook
- get_webhook - Get Webhook
Some of the endpoints in this SDK support retries. If you use the SDK without any configuration, it will fall back to the default retry strategy provided by the API. However, the default retry strategy can be overridden on a per-operation basis, or across the entire SDK.
To change the default retry strategy for a single API call, simply provide a RetryConfig object to the call:
from bolt_api_sdk import Bolt, models
from bolt_api_sdk.utils import BackoffStrategy, RetryConfig
import os
with Bolt() as bolt:
res = bolt.account.get_account(security=models.GetAccountSecurity(
o_auth=os.getenv("BOLT_O_AUTH", ""),
x_api_key=os.getenv("BOLT_X_API_KEY", ""),
),
RetryConfig("backoff", BackoffStrategy(1, 50, 1.1, 100), False))
# Handle response
print(res)If you'd like to override the default retry strategy for all operations that support retries, you can use the retry_config optional parameter when initializing the SDK:
from bolt_api_sdk import Bolt, models
from bolt_api_sdk.utils import BackoffStrategy, RetryConfig
import os
with Bolt(
retry_config=RetryConfig("backoff", BackoffStrategy(1, 50, 1.1, 100), False),
) as bolt:
res = bolt.account.get_account(security=models.GetAccountSecurity(
o_auth=os.getenv("BOLT_O_AUTH", ""),
x_api_key=os.getenv("BOLT_X_API_KEY", ""),
))
# Handle response
print(res)BoltError is the base class for all HTTP error responses. It has the following properties:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
err.message |
str |
Error message |
err.status_code |
int |
HTTP response status code eg 404 |
err.headers |
httpx.Headers |
HTTP response headers |
err.body |
str |
HTTP body. Can be empty string if no body is returned. |
err.raw_response |
httpx.Response |
Raw HTTP response |
err.data |
Optional. Some errors may contain structured data. See Error Classes. |
from bolt_api_sdk import Bolt, errors
with Bolt() as bolt:
res = None
try:
res = bolt.account.detect_account(x_publishable_key="<value>")
# Handle response
print(res)
except errors.BoltError as e:
# The base class for HTTP error responses
print(e.message)
print(e.status_code)
print(e.body)
print(e.headers)
print(e.raw_response)
# Depending on the method different errors may be thrown
if isinstance(e, errors.ErrorsBoltAPIResponse):
print(e.data.errors) # Optional[List[models.ErrorBoltAPI]]
print(e.data.result) # Optional[models.RequestResult]Primary error:
BoltError: The base class for HTTP error responses.
Less common errors (8)
Network errors:
httpx.RequestError: Base class for request errors.httpx.ConnectError: HTTP client was unable to make a request to a server.httpx.TimeoutException: HTTP request timed out.
Inherit from BoltError:
ErrorsBoltAPIResponse: Applicable to 19 of 31 methods.*ErrorsOauthServerResponse: Invalid request to OAuth Token. Applicable to 1 of 31 methods.*UnprocessableEntityError: Unprocessable Entity. Status code422. Applicable to 1 of 31 methods.*ResponseValidationError: Type mismatch between the response data and the expected Pydantic model. Provides access to the Pydantic validation error via thecauseattribute.
* Check the method documentation to see if the error is applicable.
You can override the default server globally by passing a server index to the server_idx: int optional parameter when initializing the SDK client instance. The selected server will then be used as the default on the operations that use it. This table lists the indexes associated with the available servers:
| # | Server | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | https://api.bolt.com |
The Production URL (Live Data). |
| 1 | https://api-sandbox.bolt.com |
The Sandbox URL (Test Data). |
| 2 | https://api-staging.bolt.com |
The Staging URL (Staged Data). |
from bolt_api_sdk import Bolt, models
import os
with Bolt(
server_idx=2,
) as bolt:
res = bolt.account.get_account(security=models.GetAccountSecurity(
o_auth=os.getenv("BOLT_O_AUTH", ""),
x_api_key=os.getenv("BOLT_X_API_KEY", ""),
))
# Handle response
print(res)The default server can also be overridden globally by passing a URL to the server_url: str optional parameter when initializing the SDK client instance. For example:
from bolt_api_sdk import Bolt, models
import os
with Bolt(
server_url="https://api-staging.bolt.com",
) as bolt:
res = bolt.account.get_account(security=models.GetAccountSecurity(
o_auth=os.getenv("BOLT_O_AUTH", ""),
x_api_key=os.getenv("BOLT_X_API_KEY", ""),
))
# Handle response
print(res)The Python SDK makes API calls using the httpx HTTP library. In order to provide a convenient way to configure timeouts, cookies, proxies, custom headers, and other low-level configuration, you can initialize the SDK client with your own HTTP client instance.
Depending on whether you are using the sync or async version of the SDK, you can pass an instance of HttpClient or AsyncHttpClient respectively, which are Protocol's ensuring that the client has the necessary methods to make API calls.
This allows you to wrap the client with your own custom logic, such as adding custom headers, logging, or error handling, or you can just pass an instance of httpx.Client or httpx.AsyncClient directly.
For example, you could specify a header for every request that this sdk makes as follows:
from bolt_api_sdk import Bolt
import httpx
http_client = httpx.Client(headers={"x-custom-header": "someValue"})
s = Bolt(client=http_client)or you could wrap the client with your own custom logic:
from bolt_api_sdk import Bolt
from bolt_api_sdk.httpclient import AsyncHttpClient
import httpx
class CustomClient(AsyncHttpClient):
client: AsyncHttpClient
def __init__(self, client: AsyncHttpClient):
self.client = client
async def send(
self,
request: httpx.Request,
*,
stream: bool = False,
auth: Union[
httpx._types.AuthTypes, httpx._client.UseClientDefault, None
] = httpx.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects: Union[
bool, httpx._client.UseClientDefault
] = httpx.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
) -> httpx.Response:
request.headers["Client-Level-Header"] = "added by client"
return await self.client.send(
request, stream=stream, auth=auth, follow_redirects=follow_redirects
)
def build_request(
self,
method: str,
url: httpx._types.URLTypes,
*,
content: Optional[httpx._types.RequestContent] = None,
data: Optional[httpx._types.RequestData] = None,
files: Optional[httpx._types.RequestFiles] = None,
json: Optional[Any] = None,
params: Optional[httpx._types.QueryParamTypes] = None,
headers: Optional[httpx._types.HeaderTypes] = None,
cookies: Optional[httpx._types.CookieTypes] = None,
timeout: Union[
httpx._types.TimeoutTypes, httpx._client.UseClientDefault
] = httpx.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions: Optional[httpx._types.RequestExtensions] = None,
) -> httpx.Request:
return self.client.build_request(
method,
url,
content=content,
data=data,
files=files,
json=json,
params=params,
headers=headers,
cookies=cookies,
timeout=timeout,
extensions=extensions,
)
s = Bolt(async_client=CustomClient(httpx.AsyncClient()))The Bolt class implements the context manager protocol and registers a finalizer function to close the underlying sync and async HTTPX clients it uses under the hood. This will close HTTP connections, release memory and free up other resources held by the SDK. In short-lived Python programs and notebooks that make a few SDK method calls, resource management may not be a concern. However, in longer-lived programs, it is beneficial to create a single SDK instance via a context manager and reuse it across the application.
from bolt_api_sdk import Bolt
def main():
with Bolt() as bolt:
# Rest of application here...
# Or when using async:
async def amain():
async with Bolt() as bolt:
# Rest of application here...You can setup your SDK to emit debug logs for SDK requests and responses.
You can pass your own logger class directly into your SDK.
from bolt_api_sdk import Bolt
import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
s = Bolt(debug_logger=logging.getLogger("bolt_api_sdk"))You can also enable a default debug logger by setting an environment variable BOLT_DEBUG to true.
This SDK is in beta, and there may be breaking changes between versions without a major version update. Therefore, we recommend pinning usage to a specific package version. This way, you can install the same version each time without breaking changes unless you are intentionally looking for the latest version.
While we value open-source contributions to this SDK, this library is generated programmatically. Any manual changes added to internal files will be overwritten on the next generation. We look forward to hearing your feedback. Feel free to open a PR or an issue with a proof of concept and we'll do our best to include it in a future release.