App Actions

Built-in outputs for driving conversions

Introduction

Actions can be referenced by your Javascript to invoke an action in the mobile app. This is where you will pair any business logic in your solution with a direct outcome in your users’ experience.

Using an App Action

In the Tapcart Text Editor

Actions will work out of the box as long as you are building inside of the Custom Blocks editor (In the Javascript tab). No further setup is required beyond using the proper syntax, and calling the function with the required parameters.

In a Custom Hosted Solution

Make sure you've already installed the relevant SDK, from there, they can be referenced as laid out here.

Testing Actions

App Actions do not return success/error states to the block upon being called. However, you can manually test actions via the block preview in the Custom Blocks text editor or in your own IDE's console. Actions will be printed to the browser console when successfully invoked.

Available App Actions

addToCart

Use the addToCart to support interactions that add 1 or more products to the cart. This action accepts an array of lineItems, and additionally accepts custom line item attributes. Attributes are helpful for passing custom data back to Shopify, and any other downstream systems as a result of an order. Note:If you use this App Action it will disable Apple Pay on the PDP if you have that feature turned on.

java

Tapcart.actions.addToCart({
    lineItems: [
        {
            variantId: 'String',
            quantity: Number,
            sellingPlanId: 'String',
            attributes: [ // optional
                {
                    key: 'String',
                    value: 'String',
                },
            ],
        },
    ],
})

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Navigating the user to checkout

Upon invoking the addToCart function, the app will reference this setting to determine if the user should be automatically navigated to the cart, or left where they are.

updateCartNote

Use the updateCartNote to update the note on the cart. These cart notes will be added once the cart is created (as soon as an item exists in the cart). The note will be removed once the cart has been ordered/completed

Dependencies for updateCartNote:
Custom Block Code Editor version: 1.7+

java

Tapcart.actions.updateCartNote({
            note:'String'
})

Note: The cart only has one note. Updating the cart note will override any existing cart notes. Be sure to pull the current cart notes to see if you need to include it in the new cart note.

updateCartAttributes

Use the updateCartAttributes to update the attributes on the cart. This action passes key-value pairs that contains additional information about the cart. These cart attributes will be added once the cart is created (as soon as an item exists in the cart). They will be removed once the cart has been ordered/completed.

Dependencies for updateCartAttributes:
Custom Block Code Editor version: 1.7+
App must use Cart API

java

Tapcart.actions.updateCartAttributes({
            attributes: [ // required
                {
                    key: 'String (key1)',
                    value: 'String (value1)'
                },
               {
                    key: 'String (key2)',
                    value: 'String (value2)'
                }
            ]
})

Note: Each attribute key is unique. If you apply multiple attributes with the same key, they will be overwritten. Updating the cart attributes will override any existing cart attributes. Be sure to pull the current cart attributes to see if you need to include it in the new cart attributes.

removeFromCart

Use the removeFromCart to support interactions that remove 1 or more products from the cart. This action accepts an array of lineItems, and additionally accepts custom line item attributes. Attributes are helpful for passing custom data back to Shopify, and any other downstream systems as a result of an order.

Note:If you use this App Action it will disable Apple Pay on the PDP if you have that feature turned on.

Dependencies for removeFromCart:
Custom Block Code Editor version: 1.5+

java

Tapcart.actions.removeFromCart({
    lineItems: [
        {
            variantId: 'String',
            quantity: Number,
            sellingPlanId: 'String',
            note: 'String',
            attributes: [ // optional
                {
                    key: 'String',
                    value: 'String',
                },
            ],
        },
    ],
})

openProduct

Use the openProduct to support interactions that take a user to a product detail page. This action accepts a productId, and an optional variantId if a specific variant needs to be pre-selecting upon opening the page. The isRelatedProduct setting can be used if you are looking to relate different productIDs together into a single PDP. Setting isRelatedProduct to true will passively transition to new products from one PDP to another, setting it to false will reload a new page when transferring to a new PDP (Available only on PDPs).

JavaScript

Tapcart.actions.openProduct({
    productId: 'String',
    variantId: 'String', // optional
  	isRelatedProduct: Boolean // optional, works only on PDPs
})

openCollection

Use the openCollection to support interactions that take a user to a product list page. This action accepts a collectionId.

JavaScript

Tapcart.actions.openCollection({
    collectionId: 'String',
})

openScreen

Use the openScreen to support interactions that take a user to a specific screen within the mobile app. This action accepts the type of screen, which will always be internal if you are using a screen defined within the mobile app or web if your are using a webview, while both types require a URL path for the screen. If using a webtype page URLs should be the full URL such as "https://www.example.com"

JavaScript

Tapcart.actions.openScreen({
    destination: { type: "internal | web", url: "/some-known-url" }
})

Below are available screen URLs in app you can choose from. Additionally, you can call any custom screen you have added to the app using the method's below

Dependencies for openScreen:
Custom Block Code Editor version: 1.5+

Mobile App Screen Name	Type	URL
Account	internal	/account
Cart	internal	/cart
Collections	internal	/collections
Home	internal	/home
Orders	internal	/orders
Mutli-page	internal	/home?tabIndex=1
Notifications	internal	/notifications
Wishlist	internal	/wishlist
Loyalty	internal	/loyalty
Subscriptions	internal	/subscriptions
Custom Screen - Web-based	internal	/hybrid-pages/:id
Custom Screen- Block-based	internal	/blocks-page/:id
Webview	web	https://www.tapcart.com/

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Note

If you're linking a Custom Screen, the Screen ID can be found on the custom screen settings panel under the Screen Title (see image below)

getCustomerIdentity

Use the getCustomerIdentity to request the email address of a user who is signed into the app. This action is asynchronous and accepts an onSuccess callback function will fire when it completes. The customer data will be passed as a parameter to your callback function.

Dependencies for getCustomerIdentity:
Custom Block Code Editor version: 1.5+

Javascript (Input)

Tapcart.actions.getCustomerIdentity(null, {
  onSuccess: (res) => {
    console.log("getCustomerIdentity success", res);
  }
})

Response

"customer": {
 "email": "[email protected]",
 "firstName": "John",
 "shopifyId": "1234"
},

applyDiscount

Use the applyDiscount to allow a solution to apply a discount to a user's cart. This action accepts a discountCode. To use this action, the cart will need at least 1 product in it, so make sure to add a product to the cart before invoking this action. When calling this action, the discount won't be applied until the user visits the cart, this allows you to manage the applied discounts using a combination of removeDiscounts & applyDiscount leading up to the user's arrival at the cart.

JavaScript

Tapcart.actions.applyDiscount({
    discountCode: 'String',
})

removeDiscounts

Use the removeDiscounts to clear a user's cart of any applied discounts. This action does not accept any parameters, and will remove all discounts that are currently applied to the cart, or in queue to be applied to the cart from the applyDiscount action. If you want to selectively remove discounts, you should first clear the cart of discounts, and reapply discounts as needed using applyDiscount. You can leverage the Tapcart.variables.cart.appliedDiscounts variable to parse any applied discounts before calling removeDiscount.

JavaScript

Tapcart.actions.removeDiscounts()

showToast

Use the showToast to display success or error messages to your end users. This will display natively & will be presented at the top of the page. This action accepts a a message, and a type to denote if it's a success or error message.

JavaScript

Tapcart.actions.showToast({
    message: 'String',
    type: 'String', // "success" || "error"
})

Example of a 'Success' toast

Example of an 'Error' toast

scrollToBlockTop// scrollToBlockBottom

Use the scrollToBlockTop or scrollToBlockBottom to scroll to the top or bottom of a block you've built when needed.

Custom Block Code Editor version: 1.6+

JavaScript

Tapcart.actions.scrollToBlockTop()

JavaScript

Tapcart.actions.scrollToBlockBottom()