> Portal Navigation:
> 
> - Append `.md` to any URL under `https://dev.wix.com/docs/` to get its markdown version.
> - Pages are either content pages (article or reference text) or menu pages (a list of links to child pages).
> - To get a menu page, truncate any URL to a parent path and append `.md` (e.g. `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk.md`, `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/core-modules.md`).
> - Top-level index of all portals: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms.txt
> - Full concatenated docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms-full.txt

## Resource: Checkout



## Article: Introduction

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-ecom-backend/checkout/introduction.md

## Article Content:

---
title: Introduction
---
# Introduction

> **Note:** This module is
> [universal](/api-overview/api-versions#universal-modules).
> Functions in this module can run on both the backend and frontend.

The eCommerce Checkout API provides functionality for [creating](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/api-reference/wix-ecom-backend/checkout/create-checkout.md), [retrieving](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/api-reference/wix-ecom-backend/checkout/get-checkout.md). and managing a checkout.

The checkout is the second phase of an eCommerce purchase flow, coming after cart and before order. A checkout holds information about items to be purchased, price and tax summaries, shipping and billing info, any applied discounts, and more.

## Before you begin
Some fields in the [Stores Cart API](https://www.wix.com/velo/reference/wix-stores/cart) cart object are held in the checkout object. For more info, refer to the [Stores Cart to eCommerce Checkout Conversion Table](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/api-reference/wix-ecom-backend/cart/stores-to-e-commerce-cart-conversion-table.md).

To use the Wix eCommerce Checkout API, import `{ checkout }` from the `wix-ecom-backend` module:

```javascript
import { checkout } from 'wix-ecom-backend';
```