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...