#Shopware 6 has two REST APIs which are capable of doing similar things

e.g. placing the order.

Find out which one is better for which use case:

Shopware "Store API":

• go-to API for customer-facing apps (headless frontend, mobile apps)

• Showare PWA uses this API

• it's a public API, no authentication is required

• API logic follows the end-user journey, so endpoints are quite granular

• well tested and documented

Shopware "Admin API":

• powers Shopware Admin Panel vue.js frontend

• provides CRUD-like endpoints

• authentication using OAuth

• useful for building Shopware Apps - to customize Shopware without accessing source code

• not so bullet-proof - e.g. missing validation and docs

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2. Read the great tutorial about placing an order via Admin API here: https://macopedia.com/blog/news/how-to-create-a-correct-order-using-admin-api-in-shopware-6