@teamfabric/storefront-core NPM

#Introduction

The storefront-core is a framework created to provide developers with easy to integrate Fabric headless services without calling the APIs directly. This framework provides abstraction by exposing easy to use Vanilla javascript function and React Hooks. The Storefront-core can be initialised by providing a simple config that contains the following attributes.

fabricStorefront.init({
  accountId: '<fabric-account-id>',
  stage: 'sandbox',
  channel: 12,
  baseUrl: '<base-url-storefront>',
  storeApiBaseUrl: '<base-url-backend-api>',
  locale: 'en-US'
})

##Installation

The Storefront-core is distributed using the npm registry package. which means it can be installed by the following command.

npm install @teamfabric/storefront-core --dev

Alternatively, the following dependency can be added package.json just as given below

{
  "name": "<your-project>",
  "version": "1.1.0",
  "dependencies": {
    ...
  },
  "scripts": {
    ...
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    ...
    "@teamfabric/storefront-core": "^1.14.4",
    ...
  },
}

And run the following command

npm install

Once the npm install command runs successfully, you are ready to initiate to the fabricStorefront as discussed above. After the initiation, the Storefront-core provides Vanilla Javascript function or React Hooks. The current implementation provides access to XM, Cart and Products data.

##Plain Javascript Example

With the Storefront-core, you have the ability to call the plain javascript function which will return a promise. This way the SDK can be used with any front end framework. To get products we can use the following code snippet

let products = []
let currentpage = 0
fabricStorefront.product.searchProducts({ 
  keyword:'Sofa', //search item, category, itemId
  pageSize: 20, //Number of results to be returned
  pageNumber: currentpage  // used for pagination
}).then( products => {
  products = products
  currentpage += 1
})
.catch(e: Error) {
  console.error(e)
}

##React Hooks

The Storefront-core also provides an implementation for the same function in hooks. All the functions that are available in the form of plain javascript are also available in the form of React Hooks, this makes it perfect for implementation inside dumb components and lessens the conversion hassle.

import { useSearchProducts } from '@teamfabric/storefront-core'
import React, {  useState } from 'react'

export const ProductListing = props => {
  const [query, setQuery] = useState<any>(
    { 
      keyword:'Sofa', //search item, category, itemId
      pageSize: 20, //Number of results to be returned
      pageNumber: currentpage  // used for pagination
    }
  )
  const result = useSearchProducts(query as any, {
    initialData: {},
    refetchOnMount: 'always',
  })

    const data = result.data || {}
    const isLoading = result.status === 'loading'
    return (
    <div>
      <ul>
        {
          for product in result.data {
            retrun <li>product.name </li>
          } 
        }
      </ul>
    </div>
  )
}

##Complete Documentation

This guide provides the basic introduction and usage of the Storefront-core API. Please check this left panel for a complete list of functions and hooks available for implementation.