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Address normalizers

Address normalizers

Address management in the Storefront requires bidirectional normalization.

Retrieving Addresses

To map Magento Address into Unified Model, following normalizers are used:

  • normalizeAddress: This function is used to retrieve an address that has been saved in the checkout process.
  • normalizeCustomerAddress: When a customer retrieves one of the addresses they've saved, this function comes into play.

Saving Address

When a customer sets a shipping address during the checkout process, the SetCartAddress method is utilized. Here, a critical aspect arises in scenarios involving Magento. To ensure the correct handling of new addresses in Magento, a special unnormalization process is required.

  • unnormalizeAddress To accurately save a new address in Magento, we need to unnormalize the address data. This means mapping the unified SfCreateAddressBody format used within the Storefront into the specific structure required by Magento, known as CartAddressInput or CustomerAddressInput. This unnormalization step ensures that the address is correctly processed and stored in Magento, maintaining data integrity between the Storefront and Magento.

Parameters

normalizeAddress

NameTypeDefault valueDescription
contextNormalizerContextcontext needed for the normalizer
addressCartAddressInterface or OrderAddressMagento Address

normalizeCustomerAddress

NameTypeDefault valueDescription
contextNormalizerContextcontext needed for the normalizer
addressCustomerAddressMagento Customer Address

unnormalizeAddress

NameTypeDefault valueDescription
contextNormalizerContextcontext needed for the normalizer
addressSfCreateAddressBody or SfCustomerAddressUnified address body sent in the request from the Storefront

Extending

The SfCustomerAddress model represents a reusable address, which customer decided to store. It is used within customer address methods, as for example GetCustomerAddresses. If any of this models don't contain the information you need for your Storefront, you can extend its logic using the addCustomFields API. In the following example we extend the normalizeCustomerAddress with vatId field which is available on Magento Address.

export const unifiedApiExtension = createUnifiedExtension({
  normalizers: {
    addCustomFields: [
      {
        normalizeCustomerAddress: (context, address) => ({
          vatId: address.vat_id,
        }),
      },
    ],
  },
  config: {
    ...
  },
});

Similarly if you want to change the mapping of unnormalizeAddress function you can customize it within addCustomFields.

Source

address.ts
import { maybe } from "@/helpers";
import type { CartAddressInterface, OrderAddress } from "@/ecommerceTypes";
import type { Maybe } from "@vue-storefront/unified-data-model";
import { defineNormalizer } from "../defineNormalizer";

export const normalizeAddress = defineNormalizer.normalizeAddress((_context, address) => {
  const { country, state } = resolveCountryState(address);

  return {
    address1: maybe(address?.street?.[0]),
    address2: maybe(address?.street?.[1]),
    city: maybe(address?.city),
    country: maybe(country),
    firstName: maybe(address?.firstname),
    lastName: maybe(address?.lastname),
    phoneNumber: maybe(address?.telephone),
    postalCode: maybe(address?.postcode),
    state: maybe(state),
    titleCode: null,
  };
});

export const normalizeCustomerAddress = defineNormalizer.normalizeCustomerAddress(
  (_context, address) => {
    if (address?.id == null) {
      throw new Error("Address is not a valid customer address. `id` field is missing");
    }

    return {
      id: address.id.toString(),
      address1: maybe(address?.street?.[0]),
      address2: maybe(address?.street?.[1]),
      city: maybe(address?.city),
      country: maybe(address?.country_code),
      firstName: maybe(address?.firstname),
      lastName: maybe(address?.lastname),
      phoneNumber: maybe(address?.telephone),
      postalCode: maybe(address?.postcode),
      state: maybe(address?.region?.region),
      titleCode: maybe(address?.prefix),
    };
  },
);

export const unnormalizeAddress = defineNormalizer.unnormalizeAddress((_context, address) => {
  return {
    firstname: address.firstName!,
    lastname: address.lastName!,
    postcode: address.postalCode,
    country_code: address.country,
    city: address.city!,
    street: [address.address1, address.address2].filter(Boolean),
    telephone: address.phoneNumber!,
    prefix: address.titleCode ?? undefined,
    region: address.state,
  } as any;
});

export const unnormalizeCustomerAddress = defineNormalizer.unnormalizeCustomerAddress(
  (_context, address) => {
    return {
      firstname: address.firstName!,
      lastname: address.lastName!,
      postcode: address.postalCode,
      country_code: address.country,
      city: address.city!,
      street: [address.address1, address.address2].filter(Boolean),
      telephone: address.phoneNumber!,
      prefix: address.titleCode ?? undefined,
      region: { region: address.state },
    } as any;
  },
);

function resolveCountryState<
  TWithCountryAndRegion extends
    | Pick<CartAddressInterface, "country" | "region">
    | Pick<OrderAddress, "country_code" | "region">,
>(address?: Maybe<TWithCountryAndRegion>) {
  if (!address) return { country: null, state: null };

  return {
    country: "country" in address ? address?.country?.code : address?.country_code,
    state: typeof address.region === "object" ? address?.region?.label : address.region,
  };
}