Using the eCommerce frontend API, you can interact with the native cart and checkout components on your site.
With the eCommerce frontend API, you can:
- Refresh the cart to display its latest state.
- Listen to changes in the native cart components.
- Open the Side Cart panel.
- Navigate to the Cart Page.
- Navigate to the Checkout Page.
To use the eCommerce frontend API, import wixEcomFrontend from the @wix/site-ecom module:
It's important to note the following points before starting to code:
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You need to add eCommerce functionality to your site.
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Upgrade your site to a premium business plan in order to accept payments.
- Cart: Holds information about a potential transaction, including details about selected items, prices, and discounts, as well as the potential buyer.
- Side Cart: A preview of the cart page, which opens as a panel on the side of a page.
- Cart Page: A page where a buyer can view and manage the items in their cart.
- Checkout Page: A page where a buyer finalizes a purchase. Each checkout holds information about the items to be purchased, price and tax summaries, shipping and billing information, any applied discounts, and more.