woocommerce

WooCommerce Development Skill

For integrating with WooCommerce stores via REST API - products, orders, customers, webhooks, and custom extensions.

Sources: WooCommerce REST API | Developer Docs

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Prerequisites

Store Requirements

# WooCommerce store must have:
# 1. WordPress with WooCommerce plugin installed
# 2. HTTPS enabled (required for API auth)
# 3. Permalinks set to anything except "Plain"
#    WordPress Admin → Settings → Permalinks → Post name (recommended)

Generate API Keys

1. Go to WooCommerce → Settings → Advanced → REST API
2. Click Add key
3. Set Description, User (admin), and Permissions (Read/Write)
4. Click Generate API key
5. Copy Consumer Key and Consumer Secret (shown only once)

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API Basics

Base URL

https://your-store.com/wp-json/wc/v3/

Authentication

// Node.js - Basic Auth (recommended)
const WooCommerceRestApi = require("@woocommerce/woocommerce-rest-api").default;

const api = new WooCommerceRestApi({
  url: "https://your-store.com",
  consumerKey: process.env.WC_CONSUMER_KEY,
  consumerSecret: process.env.WC_CONSUMER_SECRET,
  version: "wc/v3"
});

# Python
from woocommerce import API

wcapi = API(
    url="https://your-store.com",
    consumer_key=os.environ["WC_CONSUMER_KEY"],
    consumer_secret=os.environ["WC_CONSUMER_SECRET"],
    version="wc/v3"
)

Query String Auth (Fallback)

# Only use if Basic Auth fails (some hosting configurations)
curl https://your-store.com/wp-json/wc/v3/products \
  ?consumer_key=ck_xxx&consumer_secret=cs_xxx

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Installation

Node.js

npm install @woocommerce/woocommerce-rest-api

// lib/woocommerce.ts
import WooCommerceRestApi from "@woocommerce/woocommerce-rest-api";

const api = new WooCommerceRestApi({
  url: process.env.WC_STORE_URL!,
  consumerKey: process.env.WC_CONSUMER_KEY!,
  consumerSecret: process.env.WC_CONSUMER_SECRET!,
  version: "wc/v3",
  queryStringAuth: false, // Set true for HTTP (dev only)
});

export default api;

Python

pip install woocommerce

# lib/woocommerce.py
import os
from woocommerce import API

wcapi = API(
    url=os.environ["WC_STORE_URL"],
    consumer_key=os.environ["WC_CONSUMER_KEY"],
    consumer_secret=os.environ["WC_CONSUMER_SECRET"],
    version="wc/v3",
    timeout=30
)

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Products

List Products

// Node.js
async function getProducts(page = 1, perPage = 20) {
  const response = await api.get("products", {
    page,
    per_page: perPage,
    status: "publish",
  });
  return response.data;
}

// With filters
async function searchProducts(search: string, category?: number) {
  const response = await api.get("products", {
    search,
    category: category || undefined,
    orderby: "popularity",
    order: "desc",
  });
  return response.data;
}

# Python
def get_products(page=1, per_page=20):
    response = wcapi.get("products", params={
        "page": page,
        "per_page": per_page,
        "status": "publish"
    })
    return response.json()

Get Single Product

async function getProduct(productId: number) {
  const response = await api.get(`products/${productId}`);
  return response.data;
}

Create Product

async function createProduct(data: ProductInput) {
  const response = await api.post("products", {
    name: data.name,
    type: "simple", // simple, variable, grouped, external
    regular_price: data.price.toString(),
    description: data.description,
    short_description: data.shortDescription,
    categories: data.categoryIds.map(id => ({ id })),
    images: data.images.map(url => ({ src: url })),
    manage_stock: true,
    stock_quantity: data.stockQuantity,
    status: "publish",
  });
  return response.data;
}

Update Product

async function updateProduct(productId: number, data: Partial<ProductInput>) {
  const response = await api.put(`products/${productId}`, data);
  return response.data;
}

// Update stock only
async function updateStock(productId: number, quantity: number) {
  const response = await api.put(`products/${productId}`, {
    stock_quantity: quantity,
  });
  return response.data;
}

Delete Product

async function deleteProduct(productId: number, force = false) {
  // force: true = permanent delete, false = move to trash
  const response = await api.delete(`products/${productId}`, {
    force,
  });
  return response.data;
}

Variable Products

// Create variable product
async function createVariableProduct(data: VariableProductInput) {
  // 1. Create product with type "variable"
  const product = await api.post("products", {
    name: data.name,
    type: "variable",
    attributes: [
      {
        name: "Size",
        visible: true,
        variation: true,
        options: ["Small", "Medium", "Large"],
      },
      {
        name: "Color",
        visible: true,
        variation: true,
        options: ["Red", "Blue"],
      },
    ],
  });

  // 2. Create variations
  for (const variant of data.variants) {
    await api.post(`products/${product.data.id}/variations`, {
      regular_price: variant.price.toString(),
      stock_quantity: variant.stock,
      attributes: [
        { name: "Size", option: variant.size },
        { name: "Color", option: variant.color },
      ],
    });
  }

  return product.data;
}

// Get variations
async function getVariations(productId: number) {
  const response = await api.get(`products/${productId}/variations`);
  return response.data;
}

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Orders

List Orders

async function getOrders(params: OrderQueryParams = {}) {
  const response = await api.get("orders", {
    page: params.page || 1,
    per_page: params.perPage || 20,
    status: params.status || "any", // pending, processing, completed, etc.
    after: params.after, // ISO date string
    before: params.before,
  });
  return response.data;
}

// Get recent orders
async function getRecentOrders(days = 7) {
  const after = new Date();
  after.setDate(after.getDate() - days);

  const response = await api.get("orders", {
    after: after.toISOString(),
    orderby: "date",
    order: "desc",
  });
  return response.data;
}

Get Single Order

async function getOrder(orderId: number) {
  const response = await api.get(`orders/${orderId}`);
  return response.data;
}

Create Order

async function createOrder(data: OrderInput) {
  const response = await api.post("orders", {
    payment_method: "stripe",
    payment_method_title: "Credit Card",
    set_paid: false,
    billing: {
      first_name: data.customer.firstName,
      last_name: data.customer.lastName,
      email: data.customer.email,
      phone: data.customer.phone,
      address_1: data.billing.address1,
      city: data.billing.city,
      state: data.billing.state,
      postcode: data.billing.postcode,
      country: data.billing.country,
    },
    shipping: {
      first_name: data.customer.firstName,
      last_name: data.customer.lastName,
      address_1: data.shipping.address1,
      city: data.shipping.city,
      state: data.shipping.state,
      postcode: data.shipping.postcode,
      country: data.shipping.country,
    },
    line_items: data.items.map(item => ({
      product_id: item.productId,
      variation_id: item.variationId,
      quantity: item.quantity,
    })),
    shipping_lines: [
      {
        method_id: "flat_rate",
        method_title: "Flat Rate",
        total: data.shippingCost.toString(),
      },
    ],
  });
  return response.data;
}

Update Order Status

async function updateOrderStatus(orderId: number, status: OrderStatus) {
  const response = await api.put(`orders/${orderId}`, {
    status, // pending, processing, on-hold, completed, cancelled, refunded, failed
  });
  return response.data;
}

// Add order note
async function addOrderNote(orderId: number, note: string, customerNote = false) {
  const response = await api.post(`orders/${orderId}/notes`, {
    note,
    customer_note: customerNote, // true = visible to customer
  });
  return response.data;
}

Order Statuses

Status	Description
pending	Awaiting payment
processing	Payment received, awaiting fulfillment
on-hold	Awaiting action (stock, payment confirmation)
completed	Order fulfilled
cancelled	Cancelled by admin or customer
refunded	Refunded
failed	Payment failed

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Customers

List Customers

async function getCustomers(params: CustomerQueryParams = {}) {
  const response = await api.get("customers", {
    page: params.page || 1,
    per_page: params.perPage || 20,
    role: "customer",
    orderby: "registered_date",
    order: "desc",
  });
  return response.data;
}

// Search customers
async function searchCustomers(email: string) {
  const response = await api.get("customers", {
    email,
  });
  return response.data;
}

Create Customer

async function createCustomer(data: CustomerInput) {
  const response = await api.post("customers", {
    email: data.email,
    first_name: data.firstName,
    last_name: data.lastName,
    username: data.email.split("@")[0],
    billing: {
      first_name: data.firstName,
      last_name: data.lastName,
      email: data.email,
      phone: data.phone,
      address_1: data.address1,
      city: data.city,
      state: data.state,
      postcode: data.postcode,
      country: data.country,
    },
    shipping: {
      // Same as billing or different
    },
  });
  return response.data;
}

Update Customer

async function updateCustomer(customerId: number, data: Partial<

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