API and Theme Updates for April 2, 2020

by BigCommerce
API GraphQL API documentation expanded to include more information on making Customer Impersonation Token authenticated requests and querying the API from an external system store/shipment/created Webhook now sends orderID as an integer...
API
Theme
Maintenance

New control_panel_base_url property on Store Information API

by BigCommerce
A new controlpanelbase_url property has been added to the Store Information API. This will always return the appropriate URL for the store's control panel, so you should use it for any instance where you need to link back to the control...
Enhancement
API
Announcement

Stencil-CLI 2.0.0 Release

by BigCommerce
The local Theme Editor has been removed, as it is no longer representative of the production experience. To test theme settings, we recommend pushing your theme up to a store and using the real editor. Add-to-cart issues when developing...
Stencil
Announcement
Developer Blog

PHPSESSID cookie will be removed from storefronts on April 9, 2020

by BigCommerce
On April 9, 2020, the PHPSESSID cookie will no longer be set by BigCommerce on the BigCommerce storefront or control panel.
Warning
Announcement

Certain V2 API DELETE endpoints are being removed on May 10

by BigCommerce
On May 10, the following endpoints will be removed from the V2 API: DELETE /v2/products DELETE /v2/option_sets (sometimes aliased as /v2/optionsets) DELETE /v2/customers This change ONLY affects the "collection delete" capability which...
Warning
Announcement
API

Stencil-CLI 1.21.6 Release (Supports "stencil pull")

by BigCommerce
New feature added to allow pulling the theme configuration (config.json) from the live store, to make sure your local configuration matches the live store's theme before pushing a new version. This can help catch changes to theme...
Stencil
Announcement
Enhancement

Changes to Chrome’s SameSite cookie policies that may affect BigCommerce apps

by BigCommerce
Beginning in February, the way Google Chrome handles cross-site cookies is changing to prevent cookies without an explicit SameSite policy from loading in cross-origin requests. More details on Chrome’s upcoming changes are available on...
Warning
Announcement

GraphQL Storefront API Updates - December 11th, 2019

by BigCommerce
We're excited to announce several improvements to the GraphQL Storefront API! Bugs Fixed An issue which prevented looking up products on the product node via parent SKU code when the product had variants was fixed. Enhancements The...
Storefront API
Announcement
Enhancement

Stencil-CLI 1.21.0 Release (Node 10 support)

by BigCommerce
Stencil CLI now supports environments using Node 10 To get this update, simply run npm install -g @bigcommerce/stencil-cli
Stencil
Enhancement
Announcement