Is it possible to localize a checkout url?

[blasco]

Is there a way to localize the generated checkout webUrl to match a desired currency?

[ansmlc]

@blasco Any chance you figured this out?

[owenhoskins]

I have the same question but regarding the Checkout's translations.

I came across an approach like webUrl + '&locale=en' online but it doesn't seem to work out of the box. As soon as you hit the checkout the URL is instantly changed by Shopify.

This is the URL I get from the buy-sdk: https://christian-metzner.myshopify.com/58368163980/checkouts/f3885cfdb02b596f66adf5370440dbb4?key=d77d7a3562834230534a1885cbf3934c

And this is the final URL on the Shopify hosted checkout: https://christian-metzner.myshopify.com/checkouts/co/f3885cfdb02b596f66adf5370440dbb4/information

If I append the locale code on the hosted checkout URL, it works, but I don't get this actual URL from the buy-sdk. So if I take the final URL structure from Shopify's checkout and splice in the ID I get from the buy-sdk I have a working localized solution.

[adamatronix]

Having the same issue. I recall this working in the past couple of years, but I just noticed on one of my sites I am not able to pass params all of a sudden.

[DerBasler]

Same issue here!
I think it is related to:
https://shopify.dev/changelog/storefront-api-cart-checkouturl-now-contains-key-param

I use the https://sdks.shopifycdn.com/buy-button/latest/buy-button-storefront.min.js

I can think of two very hacky solutions which I have not tested and don't even want to implement.
Anyway maybe it helps someone.

option1:
While you configure your cart you can do something like:
events: {
"beforeInit": beforeChartInit
}

function beforeChartInit(cart): void {
cart.checkout.open = function (url) {
// here you open the url with the they within a small window this is to let shopify do its thing
// then you create form the url the checkout url the one shopify would redirect you and then you open this one but with the locale attached
......

option 2 which is probably more usable is to associate a special domain to every language like: en-mydomain.myshopify.com and de-mydomain.myshopify.com and then use this one this might work as well.

🙏 shopify goods please help us out

[owenhoskins]

Update ⚠️ After additional testing I found my above attempt to solve to be incomplete.
This issue details #943 (comment) the stable and production ready solution!

[DerBasler]

So this took me a while but @owenhoskins thanks for listing the other issue and thanks to @ansmlc for the original pseudocode.

In the og pseudocode it was mentioned that you could read out a custom attribute but I did not find where I could set that once the sdk creates the checkout but I think it does not matter.

Here is most of my code:

function getShopifyClient(force = false): any {
  if (globalShopifyClient && !force) {
    return globalShopifyClient;
  }

  const { shopifyDomain, shopifyStorefrontAccessToken } = ConfigurationService.get();
  const client = ShopifyBuy.buildClient({
    domain: shopifyDomain,
    storefrontAccessToken: shopifyStorefrontAccessToken,
    language: `${language}-CH`,
  });
  globalShopifyClient = client;
  return client;
}


function getCartConfigObj(t: TFunction): any {
  const cartTextObj = getTextObj(t);

  return {
    events: {
      beforeInit: beforeCartInit,
    },
  };
}


function beforeCartInit(cart): void {
  cart.checkout.open = function(url: string): void {
    const checkoutId = url.split('/').pop() || '';
    // alternative: get it from the local storage
    const shopifyCheckoutId = `gid://shopify/Checkout/${checkoutId}`;
    createNewCheckout(shopifyCheckoutId);
  }
}

/**
 * Creates a new shopify client with the current language
 * Creates a new checkout
 * Copies the line items from the previous checkout
 * Opens the checkout in a new tab
 */
async function createNewCheckout(oldCheckoutId: string): Promise<void> {
  const oldCheckout = await globalShopifyClient.checkout.fetch(oldCheckoutId);
  const currentItems = oldCheckout.lineItems.map((item) => {
    return {
      variantId: item.variant.id,
      quantity: item.quantity,
    };
  });
  const newClient = getShopifyClient(true);
  const newCheckout = await newClient.checkout.create();
  // add the line items from the previous checkout
  await newClient.checkout.addLineItems(newCheckout.id, currentItems);
  // open in a new tab
  window.open(newCheckout.webUrl, 'checkout');
}

Maybe it is also possible to use https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/2023-10/mutations/cartAttributesUpdate but I was not able to quickly achieve this.