About the Shopify Ajax API

Possible uses of the Ajax API include:

• Add products to the cart and update the cart item counter.
• Display related product recommendations.
• Suggest products and collections to visitors as they type in a search field.

Refer to the Ajax API reference for a full list of available API endpoints.

The Ajax API accepts two types of HTTP requests:

• GET requests to read cart and some product data
• POST requests to update the cart for the current session

For instance, to fetch the current contents of the cart, send a client-side request to the store’s /cart.js endpoint.

Stores can have dynamic URLs generated for them when they sell internationally or in multiple languages. When using the Ajax API, it’s important to use dynamic, locale-aware URLs so that you can give visitors a consistent experience for the language and country that they’ve chosen.

The global value window.Shopify.routes.root is available to use as a base when building locale-aware URLs in JavaScript. The global value will always end in a / character, so you can safely use simple string concatenation to build the full URLs.

• This is an unauthenticated API. It doesn’t require access tokens or a client ID to access.
• There are no hard rate limits on the Ajax API. It’s still subject to Shopify’s standard API abuse-prevention measures.
• All API responses return JSON-formatted data.
• The Ajax API can’t be used to read any customer or order data, or update any store data. If you need more extensive access, check the Admin API.

• Show product recommendations on product pages using the Ajax API