{"id":624,"date":"2012-12-15T12:17:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T11:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thoughtflow.dk\/?p=624"},"modified":"2018-11-04T11:09:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T10:09:38","slug":"creating-a-shopify-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidlebech.com\/thoughtflow\/creating-a-shopify-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Shopify plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is about Antecons, a product recommendation engine, now part of Conversio<\/a>. Antecons is no longer commercially available, but I have kept my developer diary on my website with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

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In the last post about Antecons, I wrote about frequent patterns and MapReduce<\/a>. Since then, this base functionality has been tweaked to work a little better but the main focus has been on creating the first plugin for Antecons: A Shopify app.<\/p>\n

I have previously mentioned that it is important to me that Antecons can<\/em> be easy to set up. Although focusing on the API initially was a great way to get started, it has become clear after some thought that the reach is limited if the entire product is just an API from the beginning. So I have begun implementing a plugin (or an app<\/em> as they call it) for Shopify. There are two reasons for choosing Shopify as the first integrated platform for Antecons:<\/p>\n

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  1. It is easy to get started with app development on Shopify and their API is quite extensive.<\/li>\n
  2. Shopify was simply something I knew before-hand so I did not need to research other options too much.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So far, it has been a good experience working with the Shopify API. Integrating with Python\/Google App Engine was very easy thanks to their open source API bindings for python<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    The Shopify app for Antecons is not finished yet or at least, I do not consider it in a state where I can release it. However, it is in state where it installs correctly and delivers recommendations to the webshop it is installed on. Instead of writing a lot about that, below are some screenshots that show the functionality. The suggestions by Antecons are the little “You might also like” products.<\/p>\n

    \"Antecons
    Antecons installation start<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    \"Antecons
    Antecons app authentication<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    \"Antecons
    Antecons installed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    \"Product
    Product page suggestion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    \"Cart
    Cart page suggestion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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