Headless API
If your choice is Headless Commerce, the Headless API supports the basic required functionality for the checkout procedure. The Headless API provides full webshop functionality, without the front-end constraints. It works in combination with our enterprise domain model and is suitable for B2C shops that require continuous updates and total flexibility in front-end development. It is intended for web shops where user login is not required and offers control over the front-end while retaining access to CloudSuite shop features, enhancing customization and flexibility.
The Headless API is also the perfect solution for customer-specific solutions such as mobile apps.
Features
- Basic webshop functionality is accessible through the API.
- Control your front-end.
- Have the functionality of a webshop as an API.
- Works within the context of the shop belonging to the domain.
Benefits
- Create a fully customized front-end that will attract more users.
- No depency on CloudSuite for minor changes.
- Specific features/applications which should exist in the theme maintained by CloudSuite can also be written against the headless API, preventing client-specific endpoints within the webshop.
Limitations
- For now only available in combination with the enterprise domain.
- API works partly authenticated. Only the product endpoint can adapt to logged-in users. The other endpoints work with shop context and will not adjust to logged-in users.
- The checkout flow must go through the CloudSuite checkout flow and does not use headless endpoints.