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https://github.com/alexanderprod/gatsby-shopify-starter

πŸ› Simple starter to build a blazing fast Shopify store with Gatsby.
https://github.com/alexanderprod/gatsby-shopify-starter

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πŸ› Simple starter to build a blazing fast Shopify store with Gatsby.

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Gatsby


Gatsby Shopify starter

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Kick off your next eCommerce experience with this Gatsby starter. It is based on the default Gatsby starter to be easily modifiable. [Demo](https://gatsby-shopify-starter.alexanderhoerl.de)

Unfortunately Shopify prohibits to share access tokens in public repositories, therefore you have to to create your own Shopify Shop and put those credentials in the `template.env` file and rename it to `.env.development` as well as `.env.production`. There are two files if you want to use a different store for you development.

To obtain your own credentials you need the create a custom app in the Shopify frontend and enable the Storefront as well as the Admin API.

If you have questions feel free to message me on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/alexanderhorl) πŸ€™πŸ»

Checkout [nureineburg.alexanderhoerl.de](https://nureineburg.alexanderhoerl.de) for a real public shop built with this starter, the code is also [public](https://github.com/AlexanderProd/nureineburg.de/).

## πŸ’Ž Features

- Cart
- Product grid
- Product page
- Dynamic Inventory Checking
- Image optimization with Gatsby Image
- Styled Components with Emotion
- Google Analytics
- SEO

### πŸ“¦ Dynamic Inventory Checking

The Shopify product inventory is being checked in realtime, therefore no rebuilding and redeploy is needed when a product goes out of stock. This avoids problems where products could still be available even though they're out of stock due to redeploy delay.

### πŸ–Œ Styling

I'm using [Emotion](https://emotion.sh/docs/introduction) as styled components library, but the starter is purposely only sparsely styled so you don't have to remove unecessary code but can instead add your own styling immediately.

## ⚠️ Common problems

- You need to use the Shopify Storefront API credentials not the regular Shopify API.
- You need to have at least one published product on Shopify.

## πŸš€ Quick start

1. **Create a Gatsby site.**

Use the Gatsby CLI to create a new site, specifying this starter.

```sh
# create a new Gatsby site using this starter
gatsby new my-shopify-store https://github.com/AlexanderProd/gatsby-shopify-starter
```

1. **Start developing.**

Navigate into your new site’s directory and start it up.

```sh
cd my-shopify-store/
gatsby develop
```

1. **Open the source code and start editing!**

Your site is now running at `http://localhost:8000`!

_Note: You'll also see a second link: _`http://localhost:8000/___graphql`_. This is a tool you can use to experiment with querying your data. Learn more about using this tool in the [Gatsby tutorial](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/tutorial/part-five/#introducing-graphiql)._

Open the `my-shopify-store` directory in your code editor of choice and edit `src/pages/index.js`. Save your changes and the browser will update in real time!

1. **Connect your own Shopify store.**

Open both `.env` files located in the root directory of your page end replace the credentials with your own. Don't forget to restart Gatsby for your store to be loaded!

⚠️ Make sure to use the Shopify storefront API credentials, not the regular Shopify API!

## Deploy

Checkout my other open-source project [JAMStackBox](https://github.com/AlexanderProd/jam-stack-box) to continuously deploy your Gatsby site on your own server.

## πŸŽ“ Learning Gatsby

Looking for more guidance? Full documentation for Gatsby lives [on the website](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/). Here are some places to start:

- **For most developers, we recommend starting with our [in-depth tutorial for creating a site with Gatsby](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/tutorial/).** It starts with zero assumptions about your level of ability and walks through every step of the process.

- **To dive straight into code samples, head [to our documentation](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/docs/).** In particular, check out the _Guides_, _API Reference_, and _Advanced Tutorials_ sections in the sidebar.

## πŸ“Œ ToDo

I'll happily merge any pull request to improve the starter. πŸ™‚

- [x] Convert Layout to function component.
- [x] Add dynamic inventory checking to avoid re-building after every purchase.
- [x] Add better styling.
- [x] Add image optimization using Gatsby sharp plugin.
- [x] Convert ProductForm to function component.