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# Establishing connection between SPO and the supplier punchout system

# Establishing connection between SPO and the supplier punchout system {#ariaid-title1}

* Versão de lançamento: Australia
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* Atualizado 12 de mar. de 2026
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SPO and the supplier punchout system use PunchOutRequest and PunchOutResponse payloads to establish the connection.  
The PunchOut system returns a PunchOutResponse, which contains the start URL for the PunchOut session. The SPO endpoint parses this response and opens the URL in a new tab. This parsing can be implemented using the XML Parser action step.  
Nota:  
The PunchOutRequest and PunchOutResponse payloads are expected to follow the same structure across all PunchOut systems.

The following figure illustrates the connection flow: