Dev Center Updates

Required stencil-cli version is now 2.0.0

by BigCommerce
As of August 11, 2020, the required stencil-CLI version for local development is now 2.0.0. To update to the latest version of stencil-cli, simply run npm install -g @bigcommerce/stencil-cli. We recommend using the latest Node 10.x...
Announcement
Stencil
Warning

Per-Device Image Resizing based on user agent has been disabled; use srcset

by BigCommerce
As of August 11, 2020, the BigCommerce CDN will no longer downscale the resolution of images when it detects that an end user is shopping from a mobile device with a small screen. In order to make sure that file size & quality is...
Announcement
Warning

GraphQL Storefront API Complexity Scoring Adjusted

by BigCommerce
Based on feedback from our developer community, we've adjusted the weighting of our GraphQL Storefront API's complexity scoring in order to be more permissive. As a result, queries which may have previously been rejected on the basis of...
Storefront API
Enhancement

Control Panel URL change now live

by BigCommerce
The URL used in all store Control Panels will now reflect the store's Permanent Address (i.e. store-abc123.mybigcommerce.com). Previously, if a store had an SSL certificate installed, the store URL (i.e. my-store.com) and the Control...
Announcement
Maintenance

GraphQL Storefront API - Bulk Pricing on Products and Variants

by BigCommerce
The GraphQL Storefront API now supports fetching the bulk pricing tiers on both products and variants. Consider this query: query bulkPricingTiers { site { products(first: 3) { edges { cursor node...
API
Storefront API
Enhancement

GraphQL Storefront API updates - Variant-level inventory!

by BigCommerce
New features You may now request inventory levels for each product variant. Note that inventory levels will NOT be returned if your store settings are set to not display stock levels on the storefront. Consider this query: query...
API
Storefront API
Enhancement

GraphQL Storefront API updates - Metafields on Product, Category, Brand, Variant

by BigCommerce
New features Metafields which have been associated with products, categories, brands, or variants can now be accessed via the GraphQL Storefront API. The metafield must be marked with a permissionset of readandsfaccess or writeandsf...
Storefront API
Enhancement
API

GraphQL Storefront API updates - Product inventory

by BigCommerce
New Features A new inventory node has been exposed on products which allows you to fetch the aggregate product inventory. For a simple product, this will be the inventory value. For a product with multiple variants and variant-level...
Enhancement
Storefront API

GraphQL Storefront API Updates - May 5th

by BigCommerce
New Features You may now request the product description as plain text (with HTML tags stripped) using the new plainTextDescription field. To encourage not over-fetching, and to support cases where you want to show only a small preview...
Storefront API
Enhancement