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Change to default number of product images returned by GraphQL on April 15

On April 15, 2022, the behavior of the product.images node in the GraphQL storefront API will be changing to only return 10 images by default. If you wish to request a different number of product images, you should specify the`first`

Upcoming changes to HTTP header casing

Infrastructural changes to BigCommerce over the next 2 weeks may result in some HTTP headers being returned as lowercase which previously had a mixture of uppercase and lowercase characters. For example, HTTP header names such as

Required Stencil-CLI version set to 3.5.0

A bug affecting users of stencil-CLI has been fixed as of CLI version 3.5.0. As this bug was resulting in CLI requests incorrectly redirecting which resulted in a degradation of the local development experience, we have bumped the required

UPC, MPN, and GTIN now available in Storefront GraphQL API

The UPC, MPN, and GTIN fields are now available on both product and variant nodes in the GraphQL Storefront API

API Announcement for March 4, 2021

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 (

API Updates for December 17, 2020

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.

The qty_in_cart property is removed from the Stencil Common Product Card object

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...

Inventory levels are no longer returned in Stencil context based on settings

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...

TLS 1.2+ required for API connections beginning October 31, 2020

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...