How to Start Your Integration with API2Cart

API2Cart is a unified shopping cart data interface that helps businesses to connect multiple shopping platforms with their applications. In this blog, we will guide you through the process of starting your integration with API2Cart using JavaScript.

Getting Started

One of the first steps you need to take is to sign up for API2Cart and get your API Key. Once you have your API Key, you can start making requests. Make sure that you have installed the necessary packages or SDKs for your programming language to allow it to communicate with API2Cart.

Basic Request

Here is a basic example that shows how to connect to API2Cart and make a request to get the list of supported shopping carts:

const axios = require('axios');

const apiKey = '<your_api_key>';
const url = 'https://api.api2cart.com/v1.1/cart.list';

axios.post(url, {
    api_key: apiKey,
    store_key: '<store_key>'
})
.then((response) => {
    console.log(response);
})
.catch((error) => {
    console.error(error);
});

In this example, we are using the Axios package to send a POST request to the API2Cart endpoint. We also included our API Key and the store key of the shopping cart we want to connect to.

More Examples

Here are some other examples of API requests you can make using JavaScript:

Get List of Categories for a Store

const axios = require('axios');

const apiKey = '<your_api_key>';
const url = 'https://api.api2cart.com/v1.1/category.list';

axios.post(url, {
    api_key: apiKey,
    store_key: '<store_key>'
})
.then((response) => {
    console.log(response);
})
.catch((error) => {
    console.error(error);
});

This code requests the list of categories for a specific store.

Get List of Products for a Store

const axios = require('axios');

const apiKey = '<your_api_key>';
const url = 'https://api.api2cart.com/v1.1/product.list';

axios.post(url, {
    api_key: apiKey,
    store_key: '<store_key>'
})
.then((response) => {
    console.log(response);
})
.catch((error) => {
    console.error(error);
});

This code requests the list of products for a specific store.

Add Product to Store

const axios = require('axios');

const apiKey = '<your_api_key>';
const url = 'https://api.api2cart.com/v1.1/product.add';

const data = {
    api_key: apiKey,
    store_key: '<store_key>',
    sku: '<product_sku>',
    name: '<product_name>',
    price: '<product_price>',
    description: '<product_description>',
    quantity: '<product_quantity>'
};

axios.post(url, data)
.then((response) => {
    console.log(response);
})
.catch((error) => {
    console.error(error);
});

This code adds a new product to the specified store.

Conclusion

In this blog post, we have shown you how to start your integration with API2Cart using JavaScript. We covered different types of requests that you can make to the API server, including getting the list of supported shopping carts, getting the list of categories and products for a specific store, and adding a new product to a store. By following these examples, you can easily connect your application to API2Cart and start receiving data from multiple shopping carts.