I am creating a website that is not within Shopify where a customer can select items and then make purchases. I want the customer to use a cart that I'd create vs a redirect/open new window when they want to make a purchase. I do have a Shopify Store that has the products that contain the variants and their prices.
I am using node.js and express and the shopify-node-api (https://www.npmjs.com/package/shopify-node-api) module.
I would like to know if this use case is possible:
- Customer goes to my site http://example.com (external to shopify)
- Customer makes their selections of product by clicking 'add to cart' on http://example.com
- The cart that I create on http://example.com gets updated with the line items and prices
- Customer clicks 'checkout' button on http://example.com. There is ajax communication between http://example.com and my shopify store.
- My shopify store handles the purchasing/credit card info in the background and once successful or errors out, sends a response back to http://example.com to notify customer of success or errors.
I am attempting to use Shopify as a service to handle the credit card transactions without the need to redirect them to the Shopify store. I would like to user their AJAX API to communicate with http://example.com.
Based on the documentation, it is unclear if the http://example.com needs to be hosted within Shopify.
So far, I am only able to make get requests successfully. I am running into difficulties POSTING to Shopify.
I have followed both the Private App and Public App Guides.
I currently am using a Public App and have recently obtained a permanent token. Still unable to Post to the Shopify Cart. Does anyone have any success doing such? Or can offer an example or documentation on how to do the above?
