Shopping APIs

Firework Shopping APIs can be accessed via window._fwn.shopping. It is made available after the Firework SDK is ready.

<script async src="//asset.fwcdn3.com/js/fwn.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
<script>
  if (window._fwn?.shopping) {
    // if window._fwn?.shopping is loaded before this script tag, use it directly
  } else {
    document.addEventListener('fw:ready', () => {
      // window._fwn.shopping is available within the callback
    })
  }
</script>

This section explains the Firework Shopping APIs available for you.

configureCart

A cart must be configured to enable Cart Sync functionality.

Arguments

Configs {url?: string; currency?: string}

Cart configurations

• url: The URL of the cart page

• currency: The currency used in the cart

• addToCartText: Primary CTA text on product card

Returns

void

Example

window._fwn.shopping.configureCart({
  url: 'https://firework.com/cart',
  currency: 'USD'
  addToCartText: 'Add to Bag'
})

onProductsLoaded

Register a callback that triggers when Firework player finishes loading products. It is recommended to hydrate products in this callback if the product data is updated on the customer e-commerce platform or customized to local users (i.e show discounted price for premium accounts).

Arguments

callback (productsToHydrate: Product[]) => Promise<Product[]>

The callback to trigger. It returns a list of Firework product objects. They will be merged with the products registered in the Firework CMS with matching ext_id. The callback will trigger once per video when the player becomes active. If the callback throws, the error message will be surfaced to users with a player error modal.

Returns

void

Example

window._fwn.shopping.onProductsLoaded(async ({products}) => {
  const productIds = products.map((product) => product.produce_ext_id);
  // Make a server request to get the latest product data.
  const remoteProducts = await fetchProductsFromServer(productIds);
  return remoteProducts.map((remoteProduct) => createFWProduct(remoteProduct));
});

Please refer to the section Product Hydration for more detailed code snippets.

onCartDisplayed

Register a callback that triggers when the Firework player displays the cart. It is recommended to provide the latest cart items from the website cart in the callback.

Arguments

callback () => Promise<CartItem[]>

The callback to trigger. It should return the latest product data derived from each cart item, product unit id, and quantity. The product data will be merged with the product in the store if one already exists with matching ext_id. The callback can trigger multiple times throughout the lifecycle of the video player. If nothing has changed, you should consider caching and skipping requesting data from the remote server. If the callback throws an error, the error message will be surfaced to users with a player error modal.

Returns

void

Example

window._fwn.shopping.onCartDisplayed(async () => {
  // Make a request to get the latest cart.
  const remoteCart = await fetchCartFromServerOrCache();

  // Return cart items.
  return remoteCart.items.map((remoteCartItem) => {
    const { unitId, quantity, product } = remoteCartItem;
    return { product: parseProduct(product), unitId, quantity }
  });
});

Please refer to Cart Sync section for more detailed code snippets.

onCartUpdated

Register a callback that triggers when the Firework player attempts to update the cart. It is recommended to update the website cart with the player cart data in the callback.

Arguments

callback (product: Product, productUnit: ProductUnit, quantity: number, previousQuantity: number, playlist: string) => Promise<number>

The callback to trigger. It should return the cart item quantity verified by the server. If the callback throws an error, the error message will be surfaced to users with a player error modal. For example, you can throw an error if the updated item is out of stock.

Returns

void

Example

window._fwn.shopping.onCartUpdated(async ({product, productUnit, quantity}) => {
  // Make a request to update the remote cart.
  const result = await updateVariant(product, productUnit, quantity);

  return result.quantity;
});

Please refer to the section Cart Sync for more detailed code snippets.

productFactory

Factory method to create a Firework product from an external product object.

Arguments

callback (builder: ProductBuilder) => void)

The callback function will be used to construct the Firework product.

If you update an existing product in the Firework CMS, you only need to fill in the fields to update. If you add new products outside Firework CMS, all required fields must be filled. It’s recommended to set validateRequiredFields to true in this case. The product builder exposes methods to fill the product fields. Please refer to the section Product Factory for more detailed code snippets.

validateRequiredFields boolean optional, false by default.

When set to true, the factory will validate whether all the required fields are set on the output object of the callback. If any field is missing, it will log the error in the console.

Returns

Product : A Firework product

Example

// Returns a hydrated product with only the description field filled.
const hydratedProduct = window._fwn.shopping.productFactory((builder) => {
  builder.description('updated description').ext_id(remoteProduct.id);
});

// Logs an error indicating required fields are missing.
const hydratedProduct2 = window._fwn.shopping.productFactory((builder) => {
  builder.description('updated description').ext_id(remoteProduct.id);
}, /* validateRequiredFields */ true);

Please refer to the section Product Factory for more detailed code snippets.

hydrateProducts

If you want to rehydrate the product after the Firework player loads the products outside of onProductsLoaded callback, you can call this method to trigger product hydration at any time.

Arguments

products Products[]

Firework products to hydrate.

Returns

void

Example

function onUserSignedIn() {
  const remoteProducts = await fetchUserProductsFromServer();
  const fwProducts = remoteProducts.map((remoteProduct) => createFWProduct(remoteProduct));
  window._fwn.shopping.hydrateProducts(fwProducts);
}