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API Announcement for March 4, 2021
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On April 30, 2021, the Coupon API will limit the characters allowed in a coupon name. An error will result if any special characters other than the following are used in the Coupon code field: Alphanumeric values White spaces Underscores (timestamp1608220260001
API Updates for December 17, 2020
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API Widgets API now supports GraphQL queries on widgets. Added Create Widgets Powered by GraphQL tutorial to Widgets API documentation. Added storefrontapiquery property to Widget Template.timestamp1604548800001
The qty_in_cart property is removed from the Stencil Common Product Card object
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As part of an effort to improve the performance of BigCommerce storefronts, the qtyincart property is no longer supported on the Stencil Common Product Card Model. This property will return 0 from now on, and its use is discouraged. The...timestamp1603909440001
GraphQL Complexity Limit Increased (October 2020)
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We have once again adjusted the GraphQL Storefront API complexity limit to be more permissive, based on developer feedback. If you have previously bumped up against the complexity limit for a particular query, you are encouraged to try...timestamp1602785220001
Inventory levels are no longer returned in Stencil context based on settings
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Inventory Levels will no longer be returned in the Stencil context data if your store's Inventory settings are set to "Don't show Stock Levels". Previously, this setting would only hide the stock levels on individual product pages...timestamp1601575440001
TLS 1.2+ required for API connections beginning October 31, 2020
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BigCommerce will be deprecating the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.1 on October 31, 2020 and customers will be required to utilize TLS versions 1.2 or greater. Any access to services that currently rely on TLS 1.1 or older will...timestamp1597850400001
Stencil-utils versions below 2.0.0 are deprecated
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As of stencil-utils 2.0.0, the storefront API which returns the status of the cookie notification feature was removed: https://github.com/bigcommerce/cornerstone/pull/1380 This API is now deprecated, and will return a hardcoded...timestamp1597165740001
Required stencil-cli version is now 2.0.0
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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...timestamp1597149780001
Per-Device Image Resizing based on user agent has been disabled; use srcset
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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...