This repository contains integration for Magento 2 and Alokai Middleware. This integration is framework-agnostic and may be consumed in the framework of your choice.
This project is a Magento 2 integration for Alokai.
Check out the docs
Your Alokai application has two parts:
-
Server Middleware - an Express.js application that can connect to your various third-party services (like Magento).
-
Front-end application - any application using JavaScript or TypeScript that can connect to the server middleware. Popular choices include Nuxt and Next.js.
In this section, we will explain in a step-by-step guide how to use Magento 2 integration in each part of your Alokai application.
- Magento configured - you need a Magento 2 configured
- Install Node.js version >=16.0
The first step to setup your integration is to create and configure your server middleware layer to connect to your Magento 2 backend.
Already have the server middleware configured? If you have the server middleware configured, you can move directly to the sdk preparation section.
- Install the dependencies needed to create your server middleware and to create a server-to-server connection with the Magento 2 backend and the server middleware.
yarn add @vue-storefront/middleware @vue-storefront/magento-api
# npm install @vue-storefront/middleware @vue-storefront/magento-api
# pnpm install @vue-storefront/middleware @vue-storefront/magento-api
- Create a file
middleware.config.js
with server middleware configuration.
// middleware.config.js
import {config} from "dotenv";
config();
const cookieNames = {
currencyCookieName: 'vsf-currency',
countryCookieName: 'vsf-country',
localeCookieName: 'vsf-locale',
cartCookieName: 'vsf-cart',
customerCookieName: 'vsf-customer',
storeCookieName: 'vsf-store',
messageCookieName: 'vsf-message'
};
export const integrations = {
magento: {
location: '@vue-storefront/magento-api/server',
configuration: {
api: process.env.VSF_MAGENTO_GRAPHQL_URL,
cookies: {
...cookieNames,
},
cookiesDefaultOpts: {
httpOnly: process.env.VSF_COOKIE_HTTP_ONLY || false,
secure: process.env.VSF_COOKIE_SECURE || false,
sameSite: process.env.VSF_COOKIE_SAME_SITE || 'lax',
path: process.env.VSF_COOKIE_PATH || '/',
},
defaultStore: 'default',
customApolloHttpLinkOptions: {
useGETForQueries: true,
},
magentoBaseUrl: process.env.VSF_MAGENTO_BASE_URL,
magentoApiEndpoint: process.env.VSF_MAGENTO_GRAPHQL_URL,
imageProvider: process.env.NUXT_IMAGE_PROVIDER,
recaptcha: {
isEnabled: process.env.VSF_RECAPTCHA_ENABLED === 'true',
sitekey: process.env.VSF_RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY,
secretkey: process.env.VSF_RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY,
version: process.env.VSF_RECAPTCHA_VERSION,
score: process.env.VSF_RECAPTCHA_MIN_SCORE,
},
customer: {
customer_create_account_confirm: true,
},
},
}
};
- Configure environment variables in your
.env
file.
# .env
VSF_NUXT_APP_ENV=production
VSF_NUXT_APP_PORT=3000
VSF_NUXT_APP_HOST=0.0.0.0
VSF_STORE_URL=
API_BASE_URL=
API_SSR_BASE_URL=
VSF_MAGENTO_BASE_URL=
VSF_MAGENTO_GRAPHQL_URL=
NUXT_IMAGE_PROVIDER=ipx
- Create a
middleware.js
file. This script is used to run the server middleware.
// middleware.js
import {createServer} from "@vue-storefront/middleware";
import {integrations} from "./middleware.config.js";
import cors from 'cors';
(async () => {
const app = await createServer({ integrations });
const host = process.argv[2] ?? "0.0.0.0";
const port = process.argv[3] ?? 8181;
const CORS_MIDDLEWARE_NAME = "corsMiddleware";
const corsMiddleware = app._router.stack.find(
(middleware) => middleware.name === CORS_MIDDLEWARE_NAME
);
corsMiddleware.handle = cors({
origin: [
"http://localhost:3000",
...(process.env.MIDDLEWARE_ALLOWED_ORIGINS?.split(",") ?? []),
],
credentials: true,
});
app.listen(port, host, () => {
console.log(`Middleware started: ${host}:${port}`);
});
})();
- Your middleware is ready. You can start it by running
node middleware.js
. Most likely, you'll want to setup this command as a script in yourpackage.json
file.
{
// ...
"scripts": {
"start": "node middleware.js"
}
// ...
}
Now, let's configure the SDK in the frontend part of your application to communicate with the server middleware.
- Install the SDK package and the Magento 2 module. These packages will allow you to create an instance of the SDK and then extend it with methods to communicate with Magento 2 via your server middleware.
yarn add @vue-storefront/sdk @vue-storefront/magento-sdk
# npm install @vue-storefront/sdk @vue-storefront/magento-sdk
# pnpm install @vue-storefront/sdk @vue-storefront/magento-sdk
- Initialize the SDK. Configure Magento 2 module with
apiUrl
that points to the server middleware.
import { buildModule, initSDK } from '@vue-storefront/sdk';
import { magentoModule, MagentoModuleType } from '@vue-storefront/magento-sdk';
const sdkConfig = {
magento: buildModule<MagentoModuleType>(magentoModule, {
apiUrl: 'http://localhost:8181/magento'
})
};
export const sdk = initSDK<typeof sdkConfig>(sdkConfig);
- Your SDK is ready! You can now import it in the different parts of your frontend application and call methods with
sdk.magento.<METHOD_NAME>
. To see a full list of methods offered by the Magento 2 module, check out the API Reference.
For example, we can call the products
method to fetch products from Magento 2.
import { sdk } from './sdk';
const products = await sdk.magento.products({})
// returns ProductInterface[]
Want to contribute? Ping us on magento2
channel on our Discord!
- NodeJS v16 or later
- Yarn (npm is not supprted yet)
- Magento >= v2.4.3 instance for GraphQL endpoint
- Change Magento GraphQL Query Complexity and Depth values
Don't forget to change the Magento GraphQL Query Complexity and Depth values Magento 2 by default has a lower value for the complexity of 300, and a higher value for the depth of 20. Magento 2 - Issue #32427
The changes are required, due to the size of the queries and mutations in the
api-client
implementation.
To do this changes, you can use the Magento 2 module, which adds a configuration panel to your admin, or do this changes manually.
To install the Magento 2 GraphQL Config module, on your Magento installation execute:
composer require caravelx/module-graphql-config
php bin/magento module:enable Caravel_GraphQlConfig
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
Find more information about the module GraphQl Custom Config
- Build dependencies
yarn build
yarn build
- Run
yarn dev
. You can find other commands inpackage.json
yarn dev
If you have any questions about this integration we will be happy to answer them on magento2-alokai
channel on our Discord.
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