# Me endpoints overview

Overview of the concepts related to the me endpoints.

Me endpoints are designed to access the resources of a single Customer and are named due to the common `/me` URL path they all share.

Each me endpoint contains a subset of functionality compared to its corresponding general endpoint. For example, [My Carts](https://docs.commercetools.com/api/projects/me-carts.md) is derived from the full-featured [Carts API](https://docs.commercetools.com/api/projects/carts.md) general endpoint.

When we refer to one of these endpoints individually, we call them My + resource endpoint, for example:

- [My Business Units](https://docs.commercetools.com/api/projects/me-business-units.md)  
- [My Carts](https://docs.commercetools.com/api/projects/me-carts.md)
- [My Customer Profile](https://docs.commercetools.com/api/projects/me-profile.md)
- [My Orders](https://docs.commercetools.com/api/projects/me-orders.md)
- [My Payments](https://docs.commercetools.com/api/projects/me-payments.md)
- [My Quote Requests](https://docs.commercetools.com/api/projects/me-quote-requests.md)
- [My Quotes](https://docs.commercetools.com/api/projects/me-quotes.md)
- [My Shopping Lists](https://docs.commercetools.com/api/projects/me-shoppingLists.md)

Access to the Customer's resources is restricted through dedicated [scopes](https://docs.commercetools.com/api/scopes.md), like `manage_my_orders`. Assuming every Customer should have full control over their own resources, we only provide manage scopes for the me endpoints, but no view scopes.

## When to use

We recommend that you only use the me endpoints in the absence of a middleware layer.

For those using [commercetools Frontend](https://docs.commercetools.com/frontend-development/overview.md), we recommend that you use the general endpoints from [API Hub](https://docs.commercetools.com/frontend-development/architecture-and-stack.md#api-hub) which provides better capability for customizing and controlling the experience for your customers.

For those using a custom frontend, we recommend that you integrate the general endpoints via a middleware layer. This method maximizes the full potential of our APIs, allowing for a more robust and flexible implementation.

## Related pages

- [Section overview page](https://docs.commercetools.com/api.md)
- [Next page: My Customer Profile](https://docs.commercetools.com/api/projects/me-profile.md)