Does Spartacus 4X support SAP Commerce Quotes ?
I am trying to bring the Commerce quotation feature in the Spartacus storefront. But I could see that it is still in the plan Road map of Saprtacus 2021.
Please let me know if there is an alternate available for this ?
Commerce Quotes support in Spartacus is looking more likely for H1 2022. See "future outlook" in our public roadmap: https://sap.github.io/spartacus-docs/spartacus-roadmap/#future-outlook---2022-or-later
Which roadmap has quotes for Sept? I assume it's outdated, will correct it.
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I'm currently using Next.js for my front-end framework. I've been considering on using another javascript framework for my back-end, however it occured that me that existing CMS solutions like BigCommerce and Shopify exists.
I'm aware they have their own API reserved for developers, but from what I can see these are API usually made to develop tools and themes for other users on the platform itself. Is it possible that I can somehow leverage the power of these ecommerce CMS on my Next.js website? I don't know how these work because I've always seen them as softwares for non tech-specialists to build e-commerce without having the need to code. To know that an API for software exists is quite extraordinary
There's a lot that goes into building an e-commerce website, mainly the things that I am looking for is inventory management and supply chain management. Building these on top of a fullstack e-commerce website would take me too much time and goes beyond the constraint of the project. Do these API let you leverage their technology? But most importantly, do you have to pay a subscription fee to use their API as well as other features such as inventory management?
I am particularly interested in BigCommerce, because the Next.js commerce starter kit comes with BigCommerce integration out of the box (I'm not sure why they chose BigCommerce, as opposed to other CMS such as Shopify). Answers directly referring to BigCommerce are greatly appreciated.
The benefits and drawbacks of using an eCommerce CMS API can be pretty subjective. I have a large amount of experience with BigCommerce, and I can clarify with you that the BigCommerce API is used for much more than just building tools or themes for other BigCommerce users. I mostly see it used for custom integrations and extending the platform functionality.
Combining the API with your own back-end services can really give you unlimited possibilities in terms of functionality with the platform, especially where the platform may fall short in its native functionality. For example, if you feel like the store-credit system is lackluster natively - guess what? There are plenty of APIs that give you the potential to make your own store credit system and integration that suits your needs better.
To answer these questions:
Do these API let you leverage their technology?
The BigCommerce API has quite a bit of freedom in terms of which technologies you get to leverage. Pretty much every aspect of the platform has an API that can be used for your own needs.
Do you have to pay a subscription fee to use their API as well as other features such as inventory management?
There isn't any sort of subscription fee to use the BigCommerce API, and inventory management comes natively in the platform, as well as an API to manage your product inventory. There is also a large community of developers that have built apps for the platform that offer more advanced inventory management as well.
Whether or not you want to use the native BigCommerce functionality instead of a NextJS headless storefront all depends on your personal preference and goals. Using the built-in BigCommerce storefront is more simplistic and requires less development experience (if any at all), whereas if you wanted a headless storefront with BigCommerce using NextJS, this would ultimately give you more control, but would also require more coding/development knowledge.
I am a beginner to Spartacus so I have a few queries in my mind.
Kindly validate my understanding so far with respect to spartacus:
I believe, Spartacus framework will expect all CMS component from SAP Commerce. Once spartacus receive a component from SAP Commerce then it can be customized as per need
I have setup the sparatcus storefront and it's up and running. I have followed the steps mentioned in documentation, but now coming to my customization/implementation of my storefront from complete scratch like header/footer banner etc component needs to be created. So how can I go and which files need to be updated? I mean can this be done from SAP Commerce side first (Component) then Applying CSS and JS can done in Spartacus side?
These are brought questions, and not easy to answer with short answers. A few pointers:
Not necessarily. You can adapt other CMS systems, or customise partially regardless of the CMS.
You can customise CSS, customise CMC components, use outlets to amend existing DOM, etc.
I want to integrate GooglePay to my BigCommerce Store.
I'm using Authorize.net as a payment gateway.
I had a chance to research if it's possible, but from those links below I wonder if it's impossible.
https://community.developer.authorize.net/t5/Integration-and-Testing/Google-Pay-integration-with-Authorize-net/td-p/61667
https://developers.google.com/pay/api/#participating-processors
They say "Authorize.net is not supporting GooglePay"
I'm wondering because auth.net supports GooglePay and there's even a setting in auth.net to setup GooglePay.
So I'm wondering if I can customize BigCommerce to implement it.
Please let me know if it's possible or not, and if possible please help me to figure it out.
Authorize.Net is on the Google Pay's list of supported PSPs and contains a link to Authorize.Net's developer site.
BigCommerce has an article on Google Pay integration however, I don't know if this extends to also include Authorize.Net. You may have to reach out to Authorize.Net or BigCommerce for more information.
I just released that Xero API do not support create, update and delete for repeating invoice. They seems to only support read...
In my company, we are building a CRM website and having the ability to manage repeating invoice would be a GREAT help. This feature is a core feature for us and it would save us a lot of time and man power.
Someone knows if this feature would come someday or if you have a workaround?
Regards
You can retrieve (GET) repeating invoices via the Xero API, but creating and updating (PUT/POST) are not currently supported.
Upvote the feature suggestion to show your support.
How can I integrate the Square API into a church website? I want to have a donation box with a dropdown menu, you can not do that with the store which is why I'm looking at if the API maybe able to help.
You can use Square's APIs to accept payments online, but most of this would likely be done with a developer. I'd recommend finding one as your first step!