API Announcement for April 1, 2021

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API Added business-to-business functionality to the BigCommerce platform with the B2B Edition of BigCommerce Developer Blog My Experience at DeveloperWeek 2021 Introducing BigCommerce Transactional Email Templates MACHathon 2021: Building
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Developer Blog
Stencil
Enhancement

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

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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

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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 (
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Warning
API

Storefront Data Hooks & Theme Updates for March 4, 2021

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Storefront Hooks 1.0.1 Initial public release in support of https://nextjs.org/commerce 1.1.0 Fix useUpdateItem Fix typo in storefront-data-hooks repo Add missing types to the Cart body Resolves#22 Login SSO Accept options in the useLogin
Theme
Enhancement
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Developer Blog

Stencil Update for January 28, 2021

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Stencil Stencil CLI version 3.1 has split the .stencil file into secrets.stencil.json and config.stencil.json files. This change is backward compatible. .stencil will continue to exist on old themes and CLI versions. Developer Blog...
Developer Blog
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Stencil

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...
Stencil
Theme
Warning

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...
Storefront API
Enhancement
Announcement

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...
Warning
Stencil
Bug Fix

Stencil CLI 3.0 Release

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Stencil CLI 3.0 has released, with these improvements: Node 12 support Much improved stencil pull with better merging logic and drastically improved performance Many CLI commands have been improved to work better with automated...
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Enhancement
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