Providers

In today’s world utilizing third-party providers is essential for building a robust e-commerce platform.

These providers can significantly reduce overhead and eliminate the need for redundant development efforts. Below, you will find a list of providers that integrate seamlessly with our system, enabling you to get started quickly while we keep adding more options.

Depending on the starter you choose, you will need to obtain different keys.

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Commerce Platform

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Shopify

Shopify is a leading e-commerce platform that allows you to create and manage your online store with ease.

Keys to obtain:

SHOPIFY_STORE_DOMAIN
SHOPIFY_STOREFRONT_ACCESS_TOKEN
SHOPIFY_ADMIN_ACCESS_TOKEN
SHOPIFY_APP_API_SECRET_KEY

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1. Shopify Store Domain

• Variable Required: SHOPIFY_STORE_DOMAIN
• How to Obtain:
  • Your Shopify store domain is the URL of your Shopify store. You can obtain it in shopify dashboard, it should be without https and / at the end of the string. Example: cool-socks.myshopify.com

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2. Headless App

• Variable Required: SHOPIFY_STOREFRONT_ACCESS_TOKEN
• Installation and Configuration:
  1. Visit the Shopify Marketplace and search for the Headless commerce application or navigate directly to https://apps.shopify.com/headless.
  2. Install the application, open it, and create a new Storefront within the app.
  3. In the “Manage API Access” section, click on the Manage button next to Storefront API.
  4. Make sure you have enabled unauthenticated_read_product_inventory and unauthenticated_read_customer_tags scopes
  5. Copy the Private access token displayed and place it in your .env file under SHOPIFY_STOREFRONT_ACCESS_TOKEN.

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3. Private Admin App

• Variables Required: SHOPIFY_ADMIN_ACCESS_TOKEN, SHOPIFY_APP_API_SECRET_KEY
• Application Setup and Scopes Configuration:
  1. Go to the Shopify admin dashboard, navigate to Settings > Apps and sales channels > Develop Apps, and click on Create app.
  2. After naming and creating your app, move to the Configuration tab.
  3. In the “Admin API access scopes” section, click Edit and select the following scopes:
     • write_product_listings
     • read_product_listings
     • read_products
     • write_products
  4. Under Webhook subscriptions, choose the 2024-01 API version.
  5. Lastly, navigate to the API Credentials section.
     • Copy the Admin API access token and place it in your .env.local file under SHOPIFY_ADMIN_ACCESS_TOKEN
     • Also, copy the API secret key and place it in your .env.local file under SHOPIFY_APP_API_SECRET_KEY

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Search & Merch

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Algolia

Algolia is a SaaS platform that provides fast, customizable, and scalable search capabilities.

Keys to obtain:

ALGOLIA_APP_ID
ALGOLIA_WRITE_API_KEY
ALGOLIA_PRODUCTS_INDEX
ALGOLIA_CATEGORIES_INDEX
ALGOLIA_REVIEWS_INDEX - only if you're using reviews feature

To get starter create an account and log in to the admin dashboard

• Go to your account settings and API Keys
• From here copy Application ID, Write API Key
• Now go to your search dashboard and create indicies for products, categories and reviews
• Copy those indicies name as well and
• Paste obtained keys to your .env.local

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Indicies Setup

For your storefront to work properly there’s necessary setup required:

Setup your products index attributes for faceting:

• “hierarchicalCategories” only if you’re planning on using this feature
• ”avgRating” only if you’re using reviews feature

[
"collections.handle",
"collections.id",
"flatOptions.color",
"handle",
"minPrice",
"tags",
"variants.availableForSale",
"vendor",
"hierarchicalCategories.lvl0",
"hierarchicalCategories.lvl1",
"hierarchicalCategories.lvl2",
"avgRating"
]

And then your categories index attributes for faceting:

handle

Now to make your sorting work we need to create virtual replica for each of the sorting options, the formula is:

{indexName}_price_desc
{indexName}_price_asc
{indexName}_rating_desc
{indexName}_updated_asc
{indexName}_updated_desc

And for each replica:

• Configuration tab > Relevant Sort > minPrice/avgRating/updatedAtTimestamp - (ascending/descending)

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Meilisearch

Meilisearch is a powerful, fast, open-source search engine.

There are two main ways to host Meilisearch:

• on-premise (self-hosting on dedicated servers or cloud providers)
• using Meilisearch Cloud.

For the purposes of this guide, we will focus on the recommended approach, which is using Meilisearch Cloud.

Keys to obtain:

MEILISEARCH_PRODUCTS_INDEX
MEILISEARCH_CATEGORIES_INDEX
MEILISEARCH_ADMIN_KEY
MEILISEARCH_HOST
MEILISEARCH_REVIEWS_INDEX - only if you're using reviews feature

To get started with Meilisearch Cloud, navigate to the Meilisearch Cloud platform and log in.

• Create a new project within the platform.
• Create two indicies called products and categories. If you wish to use different names make sure your environment variables MEILISEARCH_PRODUCTS_INDEX and MEILISEARCH_CATEGORIES_INDEX are updated accordingly.
• After your project is set up, proceed to the “Settings” tab of your Meilisearch Cloud project.
• Locate and copy the Default Admin API Key. This key should be securely stored in your .env.local file under the MEILISEARCH_ADMIN_KEY variable.
• Copy the Meilisearch URL and place it in your .env.local file under MEILISEARCH_HOST. Ensure you do not include a trailing slash at the end of the URL.
• Set up your indicies

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Indicies setup

The last thing, but also crucial for application to work correctly is setting your Meilisearch index the right way.

Products index:

Filterable attributes:

• “hierarchicalCategories” only if you’re planning on using this feature
• ”avgRating” only if you’re using reviews feature

[
"collections",
"collections.handle",
"collections.id",
"flatOptions",
"handle",
"minPrice",
"tags",
"variants.availableForSale",
"vendor",
"hierarchicalCategories",
"hierarchicalCategories.lvl0",
"hierarchicalCategories.lvl1",
"hierarchicalCategories.lvl2",
"avgRating"
]

Sortable attributes:

“avgRating” only if you’re using reviews feature

[
"minPrice",
"updatedAtTimestamp",
"avgRating"
]

Categories index:

Filterable attributes:

[
"handle",
"id"
]