Core v5 is still in development so some feature, filter, hook or ability may change before it’s released.

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REST API

The REST API has had small changes that affect the schema and default behaviors of all API. Please review the API Reference and check if an endpoint has been tagged “Updated”.
  • Avatars only return if requested now when using the login endpoint.
  • Store API now returns array of CoCart versions installed not just the core version.
  • Product meta will not return by default. To improve security and prevent PII from exposure, meta must now be whitelisted instead using the new filter cocart_products_allowed_meta_keys.
  • Variation data for items is moved above item totals when fetching the cart.
  • The quantity parameter when adding an item now accepts both a numeric or an array value allowing to extend support for other product types that are a container of other grouped products.
  • Product Categories changed image_src from a single thumbnail to return all image sizes available. Schema updated to match.
  • Product reviews was updated to support better query parameters. Affects both API versions. Schema updated to match.
  • Feature: Load Cart from Session has been rewritten to support both guest and registered customers.

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Returned Headers

The following returned headers have also been renamed. Better for security reasons.
Previous HeaderNew Header
CoCart-API-Cart-KeyCart-Key
CoCart-TimestampTimestamp
CoCart-API-Cart-ExpiringCart-Expiring
CoCart-API-Cart-ExpirationCart-Expiration

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Action Hooks

The following action hooks have changed.
Action HookChange
cocart_item_restoredAdded the request object as the first parameter.
cocart_item_removedAdded the request object as the first parameter.
cocart_item_added_updated_in_cartMoved the request object parameter to be first.
cocart_item_added_to_cartMoved the request object parameter to be first.

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Filters

  • Filter cocart_cart_item_quantity has changed the order of the $cart_item and $item_key parameter for consistency with other filters.

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Plugin

  • The text domain a.k.a the plugin slug, has changed from cart-rest-api-for-woocommerce to cocart-core. This affects any translations including custom. If you did a custom translation you will need to rename the text domain to match.
  • The plugin will deactivate the legacy core version if one is found installed and active. If you try to activate legacy version while the new core version is active it will deactivate. Recommend deleting.
If you have the COCART_REMOVE_ALL_DATA constant set to true. Recommend setting it to false before uninstalling the legacy version from your WordPress dashboard to prevent any issues. Otherwise, use FTP to delete the legacy plugin instead.

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Deprecations

Developer ImpactIf you have extended CoCart or used any public functions within CoCart for your own API endpoints. Please check the deprecated list below.
  • The response class CoCart_Response is deprecated. New utility response classes have been created for better utilization.
  • Function cocart_prepare_money_response() is replaced with function cocart_format_money().
The following filters are no longer used:
  • cocart_load_cart_override
  • cocart_load_cart
  • cocart_merge_cart_content
  • cocart_cart_loaded_successful_message
  • cocart_use_cookie_monster
  • cocart_filter_request_data
  • cocart_products_ignore_private_meta_keys
  • cocart_return_default_response
  • cocart_{$endpoint}_response

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For Developers

  1. The main cart controller CoCart_REST_Cart_V2_Controller for API v2 now extends a new abstract controller CoCart_REST_Cart_Controller for the cart.
This allows to better extend the cart API rather than the whole cart controller.
  1. The following endpoints for Cart API v2: cart/add-item, cart/add-items, cart/calculate now extend CoCart_REST_Cart_V2_Controller instead of the Cart API v1 controller.
This allows us to deprecate API v1 in the future. Still working on disconnecting Products API v2 from v1.