REST API · Developer-First · Cloud & On-Premise

Web-to-Print API for Print Commerce

Every print operation, one API.

Products, pricing, artwork, orders, customers, vendors — all accessible through authenticated REST endpoints. Build custom integrations, automate workflows, or power entirely new print commerce experiences. Full documentation, sandbox environment, and Postman collection included.

REST EndpointsOAuth 2.0WebhooksSandboxRate LimitingVersioned
Cloud & On-Premise350+ print businesses40+ countriesISO 27001 & ISO 9001
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Consumer Key plus three tokens. That is the entire auth setup to connect any custom CMS.
The Challenge

Why Custom Integrations Fail Without a Proper API

Manual Data Entry Between Systems

Your ERP, CRM, and storefront don't talk to your print production system. Staff re-enter orders, artwork specs, and customer data across multiple platforms — errors multiply with every copy-paste.

✓ PrintXpand API syncs products, orders, and artwork across all your systems

Brittle Point-to-Point Integrations

Every integration is a custom script that breaks when either system updates. You spend more time maintaining connectors than building features. No documentation, no versioning, no reliability.

✓ Versioned, documented REST API with backward compatibility guarantees

Months-Long Integration Timelines

Connecting your systems to a print platform takes 3-6 months of custom development. By the time it's live, requirements have changed and you're already behind.

✓ Sandbox + Postman collection gets your first integration running in days

What You Get

Complete API Coverage for Print Commerce

Product Catalog API

CRUD operations on products, categories, variants, and attributes. Full-text search, filtering, and pagination. Sync your product catalog with any external system.

Pricing Engine API

Calculate prices in real time based on product, quantity, size, substrate, decoration method, and custom parameters. Returns itemised breakdown including setup fees, per-unit costs, and volume discounts.

Artwork Processing API

Upload, validate, and pre-flight artwork files. Check resolution, color space, bleed, and trim. Generate print-ready output in PDF/X-4, PNG, or SVG. Async processing with callback notifications.

Order Management API

Create, update, and track orders programmatically. Assign to production queues, trigger vendor purchasing via PX Connect, and receive status webhooks through the complete order lifecycle.

Customer & Account API

Manage customers, B2B accounts, approval workflows, and budget controls. Sync with your CRM or ERP. Support multi-tenant and multi-storefront architectures.

Webhooks & Events

Subscribe to events: order.created, artwork.approved, shipment.dispatched, payment.received. Receive real-time JSON payloads to your endpoint. Retry logic and event log included.

Getting Started

From Sandbox to Production in 4 Steps

1

Get API Keys & Sandbox

Request your free POC. PrintXpand provisions API credentials and a full sandbox environment with sample data within rapidly.
2

Explore the Documentation

Interactive API docs with try-it-now console. Import the Postman collection and test every endpoint against your sandbox data.
3

Build Your Integration

Use our SDKs (PHP, Node.js, Python) or call REST endpoints directly. Connect your ERP, CRM, storefront, or custom application.
4

Go Live & Monitor

Switch from sandbox to production keys. Monitor API usage via dashboard. Rate limits, error logs, and webhook delivery reports included.
Where It Fits

Web-to-Print API in the PrintXpand Ecosystem

CONNECT · API Layer

Web-to-Print API

The integration backbone — every PrintXpand feature accessible via REST. Powers headless stores, custom integrations, and third-party connectors.

SELL · Storefront

eCommerce Store

The standard storefront consumes the same API internally. Headless mode exposes it to your custom front-end.

OPERATE · Production

Print MIS / ERP

Orders created via API flow into MIS as job tickets. Production status updates are exposed as API events.

CONNECT · Vendor

PX Connect

Trigger vendor purchasing via API — automated PO creation to SanMar, S&S, Alphabroder and more.

SELL · Design Tool

Product Designer SDK

The design tool SDK is an API-powered component — embeddable in any front-end via the same REST layer.

Built for Your Print Business

eCommerce Store for Promo Distributors

Most promotional product distributors struggle with managing custom artwork across hundreds of SKUs and coordinating vendor fulfillment — PrintXpand gives you a single platform to handle it all.

  • Branded merchandise ecommerce with product personalization
  • Pop-up campaign stores & permanent corporate gifting portals
  • PX Connect: source direct from Geiger & PF Concept — no stock held
  • MOQ pricing, volume breaks & redemption/budget controls
  • Automated brand-compliance checks on every order before output
Promotional Products Industry
Promo distributor storefront with branded merchandise, corporate gifting portals & vendor-direct fulfilment.

Retail Decorators: AI-Enabled Decoration for Apparel & More

Retail decorators cover all retail and personalization — apparel, accessories, gifts, and more. PrintXpand’s AI-enabled design tools, multiple printing options, and automated proofing eliminate the bottleneck.

  • Garment designer with color variant & size matrix configurator
  • DTF Gangsheet Builder — auto-nested, press-ready on every order
  • Name & number personalization for team kits & sportswear
  • PX Connect: source blanks from SanMar, S&S & Alphabroder — no stock held
  • Artist Marketplace to sell curated designs on your eCommerce store
Apparel Decoration Industry
Apparel decorator running DTG, DTF & screen print from a single storefront — team kits to retail personalisation.

Commercial Print Shops

Commercial print shops juggle rush orders, reprints, and multi-format output without a unified workflow — PrintXpand connects your eCommerce store, prepress, and MIS into one pipeline.

  • Variable data printing with unlimited product templates
  • Gang-run scheduling & automated imposition
  • Trade pricing tiers and B2B client portals
  • Integrated MIS/ERP for job tracking and costing
  • Hotfolder routing to prepress & RIP
Commercial Print Industry
Commercial print shop managing rush orders, gang-run scheduling & B2B client portals from one MIS pipeline.

Large Format

Wide-format and signage shops waste time recreating artwork at different scales and materials — PrintXpand’s design tool auto-generates print-ready files for any substrate.

  • Size-based flexible pricing engine
  • Template-based custom size input
  • Artwork upload with bleed/trim verification
  • Substrate & finish selector
  • Automated print-ready file output
Wide Format Industry
Wide-format & signage shop auto-generating print-ready files across substrates — banners to vehicle wraps.

Packaging: Box Design & Dielines

Packaging producers face complex die-line management and version control across dozens of SKU variants — PrintXpand’s web-to-pack tools handle structural design and approval in one flow.

  • Interactive dieline editor for custom packaging shapes & sizes
  • 3D box configurator — buyers see exactly what they’re ordering
  • Substrate, finish & print spec selector (SBS, corrugated, kraft)
  • Estimating & Quoting: instant price by size, qty & substrate
  • Integrates with Print MIS for automated production routing
Packaging Industry
Packaging producer handling dieline management, 3D box configuration & substrate approval in one web-to-pack flow.
From Print Businesses Like Yours

Real Results with Web-to-Print API.

★★★★★
3 hrs
from API key to first successful test order

“"The Postman collection made integration straightforward. We had our first test order flowing through the API in under 3 hours. Full production go-live took 10 days."”

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Lead Developer · [ Online Print Company ] · USA

Ready to Transform Your Web-to-Print API?

Cloud or On-Premise — both include the full platform. No per-transaction fees.

PX Cloud

Managed hosted solution. Operational from day one.

PX Cloud+

Fully managed & customized. Dedicated infrastructure.

PX On-Premise

Self-hosted, full source code. One-time license.

Web-to-Print API — FAQs

The API provides REST endpoints for products, pricing, artwork processing, orders, customers, vendors (via PX Connect), and webhooks. There's no UI-only functionality — every feature in the PrintXpand platform is accessible programmatically.
Yes. Every API account includes a full sandbox environment with sample product data, test pricing rules, and simulated order flows. Sandbox and production use separate API keys, so you won't accidentally affect live data.
PrintXpand provides official SDKs for PHP, Node.js, and Python. A Postman collection and OpenAPI (Swagger) spec are also available for any language or platform.
The API supports OAuth 2.0 (recommended for production) and API key authentication (suitable for server-to-server integrations). All requests must be made over HTTPS — you'll get a 403 on plain HTTP.
Standard plans allow 1,000 requests per minute. Enterprise and On-Premise plans offer configurable rate limits. Rate limit headers are included in every API response.
Yes. The full REST API is included with PX On-Premise. You host the API server on your own infrastructure with complete control over security, rate limits, and data storage.