As a WooCommerce store owner, you may need to get your hands on the cart data for a variety of reasons. Maybe you want to offer a discount to customers who have items in their cart, or perhaps you need to analyze the data to see what items are being added and removed from carts the most. Whatever the reason, getting cart data in WooCommerce is actually quite easy.
The first thing you need to do is install and activate the WooCommerce REST API. This will allow you to access your store’s data via an API.
Once the WooCommerce REST API is installed and activated, you can get started by retrieving your cart data. To do this, you’ll need to make a GET request to the /wc/v3/cart
endpoint.
You can do this using any HTTP client, but for this example, we’ll use Postman. If you’re not familiar with Postman, it’s a tool that allows you to make HTTP requests and see the responses.
Once you have Postman installed, open it and enter the following URL into the address bar:
When you add a product to your cart in WooCommerce, the cart data is stored in a cookie on your computer. This cookie is used to keep track of the products in your cart and their quantities.
If you clear your cookies, or if you switch computers or browsers, the data in your WooCommerce cart will be lost. Therefore, it is important to backup your WooCommerce cart data periodically.
There are two ways to backup your WooCommerce cart data:
1. Export your WooCommerce order data from the Orders page in the WordPress admin.
2. Use a plugin like BackupBuddy or WP DB Manager to create a database backup of your entire WordPress site, which will include your WooCommerce cart data.
Once you have backed up your WooCommerce cart data, you can restore it if necessary. For example, if you switch computers or browsers and lose your cart data, you can import it from the backup file.
If you have any questions about how to get cart data in WooCommerce, please leave a comment below.
https://example.com/wp-json/wc/v3/cart
Be sure to replace “example.com” with your own domain name.
Next, select the GET method from the dropdown menu next to the URL field and click the Send button.
If everything is set up correctly, you should see a JSON response that looks something like this:
{
"id": "8cfd3d72",
"date_created": "2019-05-06T16:43:57",
"date_modified": "2019-05-06T16:43:57",
"customer_id": 0, // Guests will have 0 as their customer ID
.. // Other data about the cart goes here
}
(Conclusion):
In conclusion, getting cart data in WooCommerce is easy once you have installed and activated the WooCommerce REST API. You can make a GET request to the /wc/v3/cart endpoint using any HTTP client, and if everything is set up correctly, you should see a JSON response that contains information about your cart.