Magento 2 Headless Commerce

🧠 Magento 2 Headless Commerce – Power Your Store with APIs

Headless Commerce is like giving your Magento 2 store a superpower — you separate the frontend and backend so each can do what it does best. In simple words, Magento becomes the brain (backend), and you can choose any stylish face (frontend) you like — React, Vue, Angular, or even a mobile app!

⚡ What is Headless Commerce in Magento 2?

With Magento 2 Headless Commerce, your storefront doesn’t rely on Magento’s built-in theme system. Instead, it communicates through powerful REST or GraphQL APIs to fetch product data, categories, customer info, and more.

🔗 Why Go Headless?

• Flexibility: Use any frontend framework or platform
• Speed: Frontend loads faster with fewer page reloads
• Omnichannel: Use the same backend for websites, mobile apps, kiosks, and more

🧰 APIs Used in Headless Magento

1. REST API Example

To get a list of products using the REST API:

GET /rest/V1/products?searchCriteria[pageSize]=10

2. GraphQL API Example

To get product details using GraphQL:

{
  products(filter: { sku: { eq: "24-MB01" } }) {
    items {
      name
      price {
        regularPrice {
          amount {
            value
            currency
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

🖥️ Popular Headless Frontend Options

• PWA Studio: Magento’s official Progressive Web App framework
• Vue Storefront: Open-source Vue.js frontend
• Next.js + GraphQL: Blazing fast frontend with server-side rendering
• React Native: Build a mobile app with Magento backend

🚀 Steps to Build a Headless Magento 2 Store

1. Enable REST or GraphQL APIs
2. Choose your frontend framework (React, Vue, etc.)
3. Use API calls to fetch products, categories, etc.
4. Handle cart, checkout, and user sessions via API
5. Deploy frontend separately from Magento backend

🔒 Authentication Tips

For customer actions like add to cart or checkout, you’ll need authentication tokens:

POST /rest/V1/integration/customer/token
Body:
{
  "username": "johndoe@example.com",
  "password": "password123"
}

✅ Conclusion

Magento 2 Headless Commerce gives you full control over the user experience. You can design fast, beautiful, modern shopping interfaces and still enjoy the powerful Magento backend. The future of eCommerce is headless — and you’re ready to lead it!