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useCustomerState

The useCustomerState hook can be used to get the current state of the customer.

import { useCustomerState } from 'frontend-customer'

const state: {
id: string | null
firstName: string | null
lastName: string | null
displayName: string | null
email: string | null
phone: string | null
acceptsMarketing: boolean | null // Does the current user accepts marketing emails
createdAt: string | null // timestamp when the user created
updatedAt: string | null // timestamp when the user updated
addresses: Address[] | null // array of the current user's mailing addresses
defaultAddress: Address | null // default user's mailing addresses
orders: Order[] | null // array of the current user's orders
tags: string[] | null // array of current user's tags
isLoggedIn: boolean // Check if the current user is authorized
status: 'initial' | 'loading' | 'loaded' | 'error' // Status of loading user's data
} = useCustomerState()

useCustomerActions

Customer actions SDK based on Shopify Storefront API.

import { useCustomerActions } from 'frontend-customer'

register

πŸ“˜ Make sure the Customers Accounts are not disabled. Check Shopify documentation on how to enable if needed.

/**
* Register user
* Returns the registered `customer`
* or an array of `errors` in case something went wrong.
*
* register: ({ email: string; password: string, acceptsMarketing?: boolean }) => Promise<{ customer: Customer } | { errors: CustomerUserError[] }>
*/
const { register } = useCustomerActions()

const { customer, errors } = await register({
email: 'test@test.com',
password: 'test123',
// Optionally you can set whether the customer
// has consented to receive marketing material via email.
acceptsMarketing: true,
})

login

πŸ“˜ Heads up

Check this instructions to prevent users from being logged out when they go to the checkout page.

/**
* Authorize user
* Returns the logged in `customer`
* or an array of `errors` in case something went wrong.
*
* login: ({ email: string; password: string }) => Promise<{ customer: Customer } | { errors: CustomerUserError[] }>
*/
const { login } = useCustomerActions()

const { customer, errors } = await login({
email: 'test@test.com',
password: 'test123',
})

You can also login a customer with multipass token.

/**
* Authorize user using multipass token
* Returns the logged in `customer`
* or an array of `errors` in case something went wrong.
*
* login: ({ token: string }) => Promise<{ customer: Customer } | { errors: CustomerUserError[] }>
*/
const { login } = useCustomerActions()

const { customer, errors } = await login({
token: 'multipassToken',
})

logout

/**
* Logout user
* Returns an array of `errors` in case something went wrong.
*
* logout: () => Promise<{ errors?: UserError[] }>
*/
const { logout } = useCustomerActions()

const { errors } = await logout()

recoverPassword

/**
* Send email with password recovery link to the user,
* e.g `https://test.com/account/reset/3576705087584/d05ef926f45c0efe72347536cf5767f0-1606825507`
* the link url will opens a page `/account/reset` where should
* be used the `resetPassword` action
* Returns an array of `errors` in case something went wrong.
*
* recoverPassword: (email: string) => Promise<{ errors?: CustomerUserError[] }>
*/
const { recoverPassword } = useCustomerActions()

const { errors } = await recoverPassword('test@test.com')

resetPassword

/**
* Reset user's password
* Should be placed in `/account/reset` page.
* The page will be opened from the recovery link on url `/account/reset/.../...`
* Reset url: 'https://mystore.com/account/reset/3576705089584/4704e55f92d6be209828e2caf228499e-1606814922'
* Returns the authenticated `customer`
* or an array of `errors` in case something went wrong.
*
* resetPassword: ({ resetUrl: string; password: string }) => Promise<{ customer?: Customer } | { errors: CustomerUserError[] }>
*/
const { resetPassword } = useCustomerActions()

const { customer, errors } = await resetPassword({
resetUrl: window.location.href,
password: 'test321',
})

getCustomer

/**
* Fetch user data (except orders and addresses)
* Returns the authenticated `customer`.
*
* getCustomer: ({ syncWithShopify: boolean }) => Promise<{ customer: Customer } | null>
*/
const { getCustomer } = useCustomerActions()

const { customer } = await getCustomer({ syncWithShopify: true })

activateCustomer

/**
* Fetch user data (except orders and addresses)
* Returns the authenticated `customer`.
*
* getCustomer: ({ syncWithShopify: boolean }) => Promise<{ customer: Customer } | null>
*/
const { getCustomer } = useCustomerActions()

const { customer } = await getCustomer({ syncWithShopify: true })

activateCustomer in action

import React from 'react'
import { useCustomerActions, useCustomerState } from 'frontend-customer'
import { useRouter } from 'frontend-router'

const CustomerActivation = () => {
const { activateCustomer } = useCustomerActions()
const { status } = useCustomerState()
const { push, location } = useRouter()
const { href } = location // https://your-store-url.com/account/activate/customer_id/activation_token

const isLoading = status === 'loading'

async function onSubmit(event) {
event.preventDefault()
const { password } = event.target.elements

const { customer, errors } = await activateCustomer({ url: href, password })

if (errors) {
// show validations
return
}

// redirect the user
push('/')
}

return (
<form onSubmit={onSubmit}>
<label>Password
<input name="password" type="password" disabled={isLoading} required />
</label>
<button type="submit" disabled={isLoading}>Activate</button>
</form>
)
}

export default CustomerActivation

getAllAddresses

/**
* Fetch all user's addresses
* Returns all customer `addresses`.
*
* getAllAddresses: () => Promise<Customer['addresses'] | null>
*/
const { getAllAddresses } = useCustomerActions()

const addresses = await getAllAddresses()

createAddress

/**
* AddressInput = {
* address1?: string
* address2?: string
* city?: string
* company?: string
* country?: string
* firstName?: string
* lastName?: string
* phone?: string
* province?: string
* zip?: string
* }
*
* Address = AddressInput & {
* id: string
* }
*
* Create user's address
* Returns the recently created `customerAddress`
* or an array of `errors` in case something went wrong.
*
* createAddress: (address: AddressInput) => Promise<{ customerAddress: Address } | { errors: CustomerUserError[] }>
*/
const { createAddress } = useCustomerActions()

const { customerAddress, errors } = await createAddress({
firstName: 'John', // optional
lastName: 'Lennon', // optional
address1: 'string', // optional
address2: 'string', // optional
country: 'United States', // optional
province: 'New York', // optional
phone: '', // optional
zip: '', // optional
city: '', // optional
})

updateAddress

/**
* Update user's address
* Returns the recently updated `customerAddress`
* or an array of `errors` in case something went wrong.
*
* updateAddress: ({ id: string; address: AddressInput }) => Promise<{ customerAddress: Address } | { errors: CustomerUserError[] }>
*/
const { updateAddress } = useCustomerActions()

const { customerAddress, errors } = await updateAddress({
id: '123',
address: {
firstName: 'John', // optional
lastName: 'Lennon', // optional
address1: 'string', // optional
address2: 'string', // optional
country: 'United States', // optional
province: 'New York', // optional
phone: '', // optional
zip: '', // optional
city: '', // optional
},
})

updateDefaultAddress

/**
* Update user's default address
*
* updateDefaultAddress: (id: string) => Promise<{ customer: Customer } | { errors: CustomerUserError[] }>
*/
const { updateDefaultAddress } = useCustomerActions()

const { customerAddress, errors } = await updateDefaultAddress('newDefaultAddressId') // Address['id']

deleteAddress

/**
* Delete user's address given an address id
* Returns the recently deleted `deletedCustomerAddressId`
* or an array of `errors` in case something went wrong.
*
* deleteAddress: (id: string) => Promise<{ deletedCustomerAddressId?: string } | { errors: CustomerUserError[] }>
*/
const { deleteAddress } = useCustomerActions()

const { deletedCustomerAddressId, errors } = await deleteAddress('123')

getAllOrders

/**
* Fetch all customer's orders
*
* getAllOrders: () => Promise<Customer['orders'] | null>
*/
const { getAllOrders } = useCustomerActions()

const orders = await getAllOrders()

getOrder

/**
* Fetch order by id
* Returns the requested `order`
* or an array of `errors` in case something went wrong.
*
* getOrder: (id: string) => Promise<{ order: Order | null } | { errors: { message: string }[] }>
*/
const { getOrder } = useCustomerActions()

const { order, errors } = await getOrder('123')

getCustomerMetafield

🚧 Important

  • We are only capable of providing read functionality for these metafields and not able to write/expose metafields.

  • Ensure your store metafields are exposed; otherwise, getCustomerMetafield won't work correctly.

/**
* Retrieve one metafield with a given namespace and key (required)
*
* getCustomerMetafield: ({namespace: string; key: string}) => Promise<ShopifySdkGetCustomerMetafieldsPayload>
*/
const { getCustomerMetafield } = useCustomerActions()

const metafield = await getCustomerMetafield({ namespace: 'recipe', key: 'vegan' })

getCustomerMetaFields

🚧 Important

  • We are only capable of providing read functionality for these metafields and not able to write/expose metafields.

  • Ensure your store metafields are exposed; otherwise, getCustomerMetafields won't work correctly

/**
* Retrieve all metafields, or all metafields by namespace
*
* getCustomerMetafields: ({ namespace?: string; key: string }) => Promise<ShopifySdkGetCustomerMetafieldsPayload>
*/
const { getCustomerMetafields } = useCustomerActions()

const allMetafields = await getCustomerMetafields()
const allRecipeMetafields = await getCustomerMetaFields({ namespace: 'recipe' })
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