Dev Center Updates

GraphQL Storefront API now supports sorting products within categories

by BigCommerce
The GraphQL Storefront API’s now supports sorting the products on a Category node, using the sortBy parameter. This will match the equivalent sorting behaviors on the BigCommerce Storefront (Stencil). Consider this query: query
Storefront API
Enhancement

GraphQL Login Mutation now returns entire Customer object

by BigCommerce
The GraphQL Storefront API’s Login Mutation now supports fetching all of the details of the customer account after a successful login. Consider this query: mutation Login($email: String!, $pass: String!) { login(email: $email, password:
Storefront API
Enhancement

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

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

API Announcement for March 4, 2021

by BigCommerce
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 (
Announcement
Warning
API

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

by BigCommerce
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...
Stencil
Theme
Warning

GraphQL Complexity Limit Increased (October 2020)

by BigCommerce
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...
Storefront API
Enhancement
Announcement

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

by BigCommerce
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...
Warning
Stencil
Bug Fix

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

by BigCommerce
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...
API
Warning
Announcement

Stencil-utils versions below 2.0.0 are deprecated

by BigCommerce
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...
Warning
Stencil