Dev Center Updates

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

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

API and Theme Updates for January 3, 2020

by BigCommerce
API GraphQL API Playground is now available within BigCommerce's Dev Docs site. consent_category added to Scripts API which allows users of the Scripts API to indicate the nature of their script. New BigCommerce features will prevent...
API
Developer Blog
Enhancement

API and Theme Updates for Dec 13, 2019

by BigCommerce
Scopes added Added required OAuth scopes for each BigCommerce API endpoint BigDesign View the Changelogs for the BigDesign project to stay updated on new features and bug fixes big-design big-design-theme big-design-icons configs docs...
Developer Blog
Theme
Enhancement

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

API and Theme updates for Dec 6, 2019

by BigCommerce
Developer Survey BigCommerce is seeking feedback from its external devs. Give us your feedback! API Added example request body for Storefront Token API POST Added id to Category API filter params Developer Blog Blazing Speed Without...
Developer Blog
API
Storefront API