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Printify API and MCP server

Printify's API covers products, orders and uploads, but it takes an access token and code you write and host. Sign in to Printify once in your own Cloud Browser, and your AI agent does the work there for you. The same tools work over MCP for agents and as a REST API for scripts.

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Printify has no API for this. So we run one for you.

Printify's own API, a GitHub MCP server and Cotlet compared
What you need Printify's APIGitHub MCP serverCotlet
Use without an API key or code No Partly Yes, 13 tools
Acts as you, signed in 24/7 No No Yes, Cloud Browser
Fixed for you when Printify changes N/A No Yes, tested every 6h
Runs with your laptop off N/A No Yes, hosted

Checked Oct 17, 2026. Sources: Printify developers: API reference · Printify Help: How can I edit an existing product? · Printify Help: How can I update my retail prices?

Your own Cloud Browser, on 24/7. Sign in once. We keep it connected.

  1. 01Sign in to Printify in your own Cloud Browser

  2. 02Connect it for your agents

  3. 03Cotlet keeps it signed in and working

How do I connect Printify to Claude, ChatGPT or my code?

AI agents connect over MCP, scripts call the REST API. Both reach the same 13 tools with one API key.

For AI agents: MCP

Add Cotlet to your agent once. Printify and every other app you connect show up as its tools.

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • OpenClaw
  • Hermes
  • GrokBot
  • Cursor
  • n8n
  • Any MCP client
  1. 1

    Add Cotlet to your agent

    Claude Code
    claude mcp add --transport http cotlet \
  https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY"
    Cursor
    {
  "mcpServers": {
    "cotlet": {
      "url": "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${COTLET_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}
    Codex
    # ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.cotlet]
url = "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1"
bearer_token_env_var = "COTLET_API_KEY"

    Paste the snippet for your client. The same server and key serve every app you connect, so you do this once.

For scripts: REST API

Every tool is an endpoint under /api/v1/printify with its own method and path, such as PATCH /api/v1/printify/shops/{shop_id}/products/{product_id}, with the same API key. Our open-source repo has ready scripts to start from.

REST API docs

What can the Printify API and MCP server do?

13 tools on your own Printify account. Agents call them as operations of the MCP tools printify_read and printify_write; scripts call each one at its own REST endpoint, with the same inputs and answers.

API reference
Printify tools in Cotlet's MCP server and REST API
Tool What it does Access
list_shops Shops connected to your Printify account, with ID, title and sales channel. read
list_blueprints Product types in the Printify catalog, such as t-shirts and mugs, with brand and model. read
get_blueprint_variants Variants one print provider offers for a blueprint, with size, color and print area size. read
list_products Products in a shop with title, tags, visibility and whether a publish is running. read
get_product One product with description, variants, prices in cents, print areas and mockup images. read
list_orders Orders in a shop with status, total and line items, filtered by status or SKU. read
get_order One order with line item statuses, shipping address, shipments and tracking. read
upload_image Add an image to your Media Library from a URL, to use on products. write
create_product Create a draft product from a design, blueprint, print provider and variant prices. write
update_product Change title, description, tags, variant prices or enabled variants of a product. write
publish_product Send a product, or selected details of it, to the connected sales channel store. writeasks first
send_order_to_production Send an order to the print provider, which charges your Printify account. writeasks first
cancel_order Cancel an unpaid order. A canceled order allows no further actions. writeasks first

Scroll the table for all 13 tools.

Ask in plain words. Your agent does the rest.

All Printify use cases

Is it safe to connect Printify?

You sign in yourself in your own Cloud Browser, we never save your password, and anything that reaches your readers waits for your OK. The browser profile is encrypted in the EU. Independent scanners grade cotlet.dev A+.

Security overview

How much do the Printify API and MCP server cost?

One price for both: a tool call costs the same over MCP or REST. Free 7-day trial with 2,000 credits, no card needed. Then one-time credit packs, no subscription, valid 12 months. Most calls use 25 credits, and your Cloud Browser uses 50 credits a day while Printify is enabled for agents, so 20 calls a day come to 550 credits.

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Cotlet credit packs: price, credits and calls at 25 credits each
Credits Price, one time Calls at 25 credits Per 1,000 credits
5,000 $29 200 $5.80
15,000 $79 600 $5.27
32,000 $149 1,280 $4.66
60,000 $249 2,400 $4.15

Only successful calls use credits; failed calls and timeouts cost nothing. At a balance of 0 calls pause, never a surprise charge. Authenticate with the Authorization: Bearer header.

Questions

Does Printify have an API?

Printify has a full public REST API, version 1, for shops, catalog, products, orders, uploads and webhooks, but no official MCP server (checked 17 Oct 2026). You authenticate with a personal access token or an approved OAuth app, and you build the agent tool layer yourself.

How do I get access?

Sign up free, open Printify under Integrations in the console and press Request access. Your free trial starts with your account, no card needed.

Is the MCP server different from the API?

No, only the way in. Cotlet builds each integration as a REST API and puts an MCP server on top, so both have the same 13 tools, the same inputs and answers, one API key and one price. AI agents such as Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use MCP; scripts, cron jobs and HTTP steps in n8n, Make or Zapier use the REST API.

What is the Cloud Browser?

Your own Chrome that Cotlet runs for you in the EU, around the clock. You open it from the console, sign in to Printify yourself and press Enable for agents. Your agent's calls go through it, from its IP with its cookies, so Printify sees the browser you signed in with. Password saving is off and the profile is stored encrypted with AES-256-GCM.

Can my agent act without asking me?

Not on anything that reaches other people: publish_product, send_order_to_production, cancel_order wait for your OK by default. You can switch that off per tool for scheduled runs.

Can the agent cancel or send orders by itself?

Only if you switch confirmation off for that tool. Sending an order to production charges your account, so both tools ask you first by default. Printify cancels unpaid orders only.

Should I use a Printify MCP server from GitHub instead?

Pick one if you want the code on your own computer and do not mind the upkeep: you install it, sign it in and fix it when Printify changes. Pick Cotlet if you want it hosted and kept working for you.

Can I use it in n8n, Make or Zapier?

Yes. Add https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 in n8n's MCP Client node, or call the REST endpoints from an HTTP step in Make or Zapier.

Who runs Cotlet?

Cotlet is run by Take Group, a Polish software company working since 2019. Take Group runs about 3,200 websites on its own systems and has its own DevOps team for infrastructure security. We built and used integrations like this inside the company for years before opening them as Cotlet.

Is Cotlet affiliated with Printify?

No. Cotlet is independent and not affiliated with Printify.

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