Dev Center Updates

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

API and Theme Updates for March 27, 2020

by BigCommerce
API Payments API rate limit is 50 payment requests per 4 seconds Clarification added to Process Payment API paymentmethodid description Theme More customer helpers added to Handlebars reference Developer Blog Meet the Falcon...
API

API and Theme Updates for March 20, 2020

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API Royal Mail is no longer a supported carrier for creating Order Shipments Tax Classes API now returns the default tax class Theme Theme Editor was deprecated in Stencil CLI versions 1.23.1 and later Developer Blog How to Write...
API
Stencil
Developer Blog

API and Theme Updates for March 13, 2020

by BigCommerce
API Clarified an App Client ID is required in requests to Get Current Customer Added more information about updating default currency Updated Webhooks documentation to clarify behavior Developer Blog BigCommerce Developer Blog to...
API
Stencil
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

API and Theme Updates for February 14, 2020 ❤️

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API Adds Adyen to supported gateways for stored cards with Payments API Updated instructions for Stored Payment Methods with Paypal Developer Blog Understanding BigCommerce Data in WordPress Creating a Headless BigCommerce Cart and...
API
Developer Blog

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

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

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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...
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Announcement