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Ivan Djordjevic
Ivan Djordjevic
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Ivan Djordjevic

Ivan Djordjevic comes from the small town of Prokuplje, Serbia. As a self-taught developer, he spent the first few years working on different projects, but only when he came in contact with Shopify and learned about Liquid that he found himself. In 2016, Ivan joined Shopify Experts under HeyCarson, where he moved to the lead developer position after a few months. Since joining the Shopify family, Ivan found his passion in sharing his knowledge with other developers and guiding them on their way to becoming a Shopify Expert.
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Retrieving data with a GET request

As we mentioned previously, using a GET request, we can pull all types of data from Shopify servers, except for customer and order information, which can only be accessed using an authenticated Shopify Admin API. Depending on the type of action we are looking to perform, we can pair the GET request with the following endpoints:

  • /cart.js
  • /products/{product-handle}.js
  • /recommendations/products.json
  • /search/suggest.json

The GET request is a pretty powerful method that we will commonly use in combination with a POST request to retrieve data after making changes to the current cart session. However, we can also use a GET request to retrieve and create complex functionalities, as we are about to learn.

The /cart.js endpoint

The /cart.js endpoint, as its name suggests, allows us to access the current cart session and retrieve all the information about the cart, as well as products inside the cart. We can use it to dynamically...

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Published in: Oct 2021Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801813969

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Ivan Djordjevic

Ivan Djordjevic comes from the small town of Prokuplje, Serbia. As a self-taught developer, he spent the first few years working on different projects, but only when he came in contact with Shopify and learned about Liquid that he found himself. In 2016, Ivan joined Shopify Experts under HeyCarson, where he moved to the lead developer position after a few months. Since joining the Shopify family, Ivan found his passion in sharing his knowledge with other developers and guiding them on their way to becoming a Shopify Expert.
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