Headless Commerce: SCAPI, SLAS and the Composable Storefront

Commerce CloudHeadless Commerce: SCAPI, SLAS and the Composable StorefrontBuild headless commerce on Salesforce: the Salesforce Commerce API (Shopper and Admin APIs) and how it replaces OCAPI, SLAS shopper authentication (public and private clients, PKCE, guest and registered flows), commerce-sdk-isomorphic, PWA Kit and Storefront Next on Managed Runtime, custom SCAPI endpoints and hooks, headless B2B/D2C with Connect REST, and performance, with end-to-end code from search to placed order.Advanced · about 100 minutesWhat you will learn

Compare OCAPI and SCAPI and navigate the SCAPI URL structure, API families and Shopper vs Admin APIs

Choose between SLAS public and private clients and implement guest, registered and refresh flows, including PKCE

Call Shopper Products, Search, Baskets and Orders to take a shopper from search to a placed order

Use commerce-sdk-isomorphic and explain how PWA Kit and Storefront Next use SCAPI on Managed Runtime

Build and register a custom SCAPI endpoint in a cartridge and extend standard APIs with hooks

Implement headless B2B/D2C storefronts with the Connect REST commerce resources

Apply caching, payload-shaping and security practices for headless storefronts

Contents

From OCAPI to SCAPI

SLAS: shopper authentication

commerce-sdk-isomorphic

End-to-end: from search to placed order (raw HTTP)

PWA Kit and Storefront Next on Managed Runtime

Custom SCAPI APIs

Headless B2B and D2C on core

Performance and caching

Best practices

Common pitfalls

Hands-on exercises

Key takeaways