# Price Cart

Price a `Cart` given its `cart_id`. Pricing a cart refers to doing a deep update against carts in any underlying E-Commerce platforms and ensures that tax, shipping, and other pricing data is consistent across all carts.

{% hint style="info" %}
Since pricing a cart makes API calls to external E-Com platforms, this impacts underlying rate limits. Violet has optimized the Checkout flow to only price carts when necessary so that you do not need to consistently make this call.
{% endhint %}

{% openapi src="/files/6wHrOR6auqy1RgLt3CZI" path="/checkout/cart/{cart\_id}/price" method="get" expanded="true" %}
[order-service.yaml](https://3937396275-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8lXIp71Ct5qCUhXjko2q%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b77a2b241ffb937bc7e7164b2dd2c53cb538ac3c%2Forder-service.yaml?alt=media)
{% endopenapi %}


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