Lesson 1 of 26 · 5 min
Course Overview
In this course, you will learn how to interact with the Checkout, Cart, Payments, and Order APIs and discuss various use cases for each. You will then practice and apply what you learn with activities and challenges that will increase in difficulty. A final assessment with questions and practical activities will be given at the end to test your knowledge.
Prerequisites
- BigCommerce Sandbox Store
- REST Client - we use Postman as an example throughout the course
Cart, Checkout, and Payment API
Objectives:
- Work with Cart/Checkout and Payment APIs and discuss various use cases for each
- Create a cart using BigCommerce cart logic
- Process headless checkouts and edit details of an active storefront checkout from an app
- Create a payment token as well as processing the payment
Orders API
Objectives:
- Work with the Orders and Order Transaction APIs and discuss various use cases for each
- Read, update, create, and delete orders
- Add an existing or custom product to an order
- Add and update a shipping address to an order
- Retrieve desired order information using filters and query parameters
Resources
