OrderCloud uses OAuth 2.0 for token-based authentication, which means that each API request to OrderCloud requires a valid access token. Since access tokens (and refresh tokens) have a defined expiry, the access token will need to be manually refreshed periodically when using an API Client like Postman, which is an integral part of the software development lifecycle while building solutions with OrderCloud.
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SOLVED: Error while placing order in OrderCloud Headstart
When trying to place an order in the OrderCloud Headstart after the initial setup, it fails with the following message at the Shipping Selection step,
“We apologize for the inconvenience, we are currently unable to display your shipping estimates for this cart. Please try a different address or contact the supplier with further questions.”
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Securing OrderCloud Webhook Event Listeners using Javascript Catalyst
An extensible system empowers businesses to respond to emerging challenges efficiently. OrderCloud ensures extensibility, and Webhooks is one of the common approaches available to extend OrderCloud. Webhooks are user-defined HTTP callbacks, which invoke your own HTTP endpoints that performs custom logic, whenever the associated OrderCloud API endpoint is triggered. This introduces the need for validating the authenticity of the call within your HTTP endpoint, to ensure it is from OrderCloud.
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Web Harvester for Sitecore: A Technology-Agnostic Solution for Sitecore Content Migrations
Content Migration has been one of the key problems for organizations to solve when migrating to Sitecore or to Sitecore Headless Architectures for adapting to the most sought-after Composable DXP strategy. This introduces the need for a technology-agnostic content migration tool that allows seamless migration of content from any platform into Sitecore irrespective of where the content resides.
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Sitecore + Microsoft Teams: Accelerating remote collaboration across your digital eco-system
The global shift to remote working poses a wide variety of challenges, from inevitable delays in content deliveries, communication transparency, to traceability, quality, efficiency, etc. Sitecore + Teams Integration connects teams in the new virtual workspace with its rich instant notifications, actions & valuable insights.
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Improving SOLR Index Resilience: Preserving previously indexed data in SOLR during unexpected Indexing failures
While Search Platforms help to drive sites faster, they are also prone to stability issues. The chances of failures are directly proportional to the dependencies & customizations involved.
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Debugging Sitecore dlls made easy with In-built Visual Studio Decompiler & Symbol Generator
Quite often, debugging Sitecore assemblies becomes very essential for developers, to investigate any exception or unintended behavior happening within Sitecore assemblies (or any Third-party managed code). While there are few options available currently to debug Sitecore assemblies with tools like dotPeek, dnSpy, etc., it would incur some effort to install and configure them to be able to debug.
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Chrome Extension: Simplifies navigation from Website pages(CD) to it’s associated content in Sitecore(CM)
This Extension enables the content authors to open associated content in Sitecore Experience/Content/Horizon Editors(Content Management) straight from Website(Content Delivery) in single-click.
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Launching Published Content Delivery Website URL for Page Items straight from Sitecore Content Editor
An efficient content authoring experience is crucial for the success of any Sitecore Implementation. Accelerating the authoring process by automating possible areas of authoring and publishing workflows, improves the efficiency of content authoring thereby helping content authors realize its exceptional value.
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