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Quick start

Quick start

Prerequisites

  • SalesForce Commerce Cloud configured - if you don't have your SalesForce Commerce Cloud configured, see our Configuration guide.
  • Install Node.js version 16.0

Using the integration

In this section, we will explain in a step-by-step guide how to use SFCC integration in your front-end application.

Middleware preparation

Key concept - Middleware

Middleware concept is described in detail in our Key concepts: Middleware docs.

  1. Install the API Client to communicate with SalesForce Customer Cloud. This package is used to create a server-to-server connection with the SalesForce Commerce Cloud backend and the server middleware.
yarn add @vsf-enterprise/sfcc-api
  1. Install @vue-storefront/middleware package. This package is used to create the server middleware.
yarn add @vue-storefront/middleware
  1. Create a file middleware.config.js with server middleware configuration.
// middleware.config.js

require("dotenv").config();

module.exports = {
  integrations: {
    sfcc: {
      location: "@vsf-enterprise/sfcc-api/server",
      configuration: {
        cache: process.env.SFCC_CACHE !== "false",
        timeout: process.env.SFCC_TIMEOUT || 10000,
        origin: process.env.SFCC_ORIGIN,
        siteId: process.env.SFCC_SITE_ID,
        scapiClientId: process.env.SFCC_SCAPI_CLIENT_ID,
        slasClientId: process.env.SFCC_SLAS_CLIENT_ID,
        slasClientSecret: process.env.SFCC_SLAS_CLIENT_SECRET,
        ocapiClientId: process.env.SFCC_OCAPI_CLIENT_ID,
        scapiClientSecret: process.env.SFCC_SCAPI_CLIENT_SECRET,
        ocapiClientSecret: process.env.SFCC_OCAPI_CLIENT_SECRET,
        ocapiVersion: process.env.SFCC_OCAPI_VERSION,
        commerceApiVersion: process.env.SFCC_SCAPI_VERSION || "v1",
        shortCode: process.env.SFCC_SHORT_CODE,
        organizationId: process.env.SFCC_ORGANIZATION_ID,
        viewType: process.env.SFCC_PRODUCT_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE,

        ocapiEndpoints: {
          updatePaymentInstrumentInBasket: true, // The SCAPI method is broken
        },

        cookieNames: {
          siteId: process.env.SFCC_COOKIES_SITE_ID || "vsf-sfcc-site-id",
          scapiAuthToken:
            process.env.SFCC_COOKIES_SCAPI_TOKEN || "vsf-sfcc-scapi-token",
          scapiRefreshToken:
            process.env.SFCC_COOKIES_SCAPI_REFRESH_TOKEN ||
            "vsf-sfcc-scapi-refresh-token",
          ocapiAuthToken:
            process.env.SFCC_COOKIES_OCAPI_TOKEN || "vsf-sfcc-ocapi-token",
          currency: process.env.SFCC_COOKIES_CURRENCY || "vsf-sfcc-currency",
          locale: process.env.SFCC_COOKIES_LOCALE || "vsf-sfcc-locale",
          usid: process.env.SFCC_COOKIES_USID || "vsf-sfcc-usid",
        },

        clientHeaders: {
          siteId:
            process.env.SFCC_CLIENT_HEADERS_SITE_ID || "x-vsf-sfcc-site-id",
          scapiAuthToken:
            process.env.SFCC_CLIENT_HEADERS_SCAPI_TOKEN ||
            "x-vsf-sfcc-scapi-token",
          scapiRefreshToken:
            process.env.SFCC_CLIENT_HEADERS_SCAPI_REFRESH_TOKEN ||
            "x-vsf-sfcc-scapi-refresh-token",
          ocapiAuthToken:
            process.env.SFCC_CLIENT_HEADERS_OCAPI_TOKEN ||
            "x-vsf-sfcc-ocapi-token",
          currency:
            process.env.SFCC_CLIENT_HEADERS_CURRENCY || "x-vsf-sfcc-currency",
          locale: process.env.SFCC_CLIENT_HEADERS_LOCALE || "x-vsf-sfcc-locale",
          usid: process.env.SFCC_CLIENT_HEADERS_USID || "x-vsf-sfcc-usid",
        },

        callbacks: {
          auth: {
            onPasswordResetTokenGenerated({ token, email, login, phone, siteId, customerId, codeVerifier }) {
              // This is an example implementation for demo purposes.
              // In a real scenario, the token should be sent to the customer here (e.g. an email and phone are available in the payload),
              // and the token MUST NOT be exposed to the client
              return { token, email, login, phone, siteId, customerId, codeVerifier };
            },
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
};
  1. Configure environment variables in your .env file.
# .env

SFCC_OCAPI_CLIENT_ID=
SFCC_OCAPI_CLIENT_SECRET=
SFCC_OCAPI_VERSION=
SFCC_ORGANIZATION_ID=
SFCC_ORIGIN=
SFCC_SCAPI_CLIENT_ID=
SFCC_SCAPI_VERSION=
SFCC_SHORT_CODE=
SFCC_SITE_ID=
SFCC_SLAS_CLIENT_ID=
SFCC_SLAS_CLIENT_SECRET=
  1. Create a middleware.js file. This script is used to run the server middleware.
// middleware.js

const { createServer } = require("@vue-storefront/middleware");
const { integrations } = require("./middleware.config");
const cors = require("cors");

(async () => {
  const app = await createServer({ integrations });
  // By default it's running on the localhost.
  const host = process.argv[2] ?? "0.0.0.0";
  // By default it's running on the port 8181.
  const port = process.argv[3] ?? 8181;
  const CORS_MIDDLEWARE_NAME = "corsMiddleware";

  const corsMiddleware = app._router.stack.find(
    (middleware) => middleware.name === CORS_MIDDLEWARE_NAME
  );

  // You can overwrite the cors settings by defining allowed origins.
  corsMiddleware.handle = cors({
    origin: ["http://localhost:3000"],
    credentials: true,
  });

  app.listen(port, host, () => {
    console.log(`Middleware started: ${host}:${port}`);
  });
})();
  1. Your middleware is ready. You can start it by running node middleware.js

SDK preparation

Key concept - SDK

SDK is described in detail in our Key concepts: SDK docs.

  1. Install the SDK package. It's the core of the SDK.
yarn add @vue-storefront/sdk
  1. Install the SalesForce Commerce Cloud module. It extends the SDK core with methods to communicate with SalesForce Commerce Cloud.
yarn add @vsf-enterprise/sfcc-sdk
  1. Initialize the SDK. Configure SalesForce Commerce Cloud module with apiUrl that points to the server middleware.
import { initSDK, buildModule } from "@vue-storefront/sdk";
import { sfccModule } from "@vsf-enterprise/sfcc-sdk";

const sdkConfig = {
  sfcc: buildModule(sfccModule, {
    apiUrl: "http://localhost:8181/sfcc"
  }),
};

export const sdk = initSDK(sdkConfig);
  1. Your SDK is ready and you can call methods with sdk.sfcc.<METHOD_NAME>. To see a full list of methods offered by the SalesForce Commerce Cloud module, check out the API Reference.

OpenAPI SDK

Need more types? Extending the SalesForce Commerce Cloud integration? You might need the @vsf-enterprise/sfcc-types package, which includes the definitions of the types of SalesForce Commerce Webservices.