Using the product and cart API

-- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.4
-- Joomla version -- : 3

Hi,

I'm new to using Hikashop and I'm developing a module for Joomla that needs to create either a product or a product variant that is created by the customer from my module. I'm currently using the Starter version for developing but the person I'm developing for will be using the Business version.

From the developer API document pages I can see how to use all the triggers but I'm not sure how I would go about creating a product and adding it to the cart. The customer may want to build more than 1 item in my module before checkout so I will need to add these items without leaving the current page.

The product will be build by sections so I will be creating a product code from a combination of the parts. These parts can exist in the product table if that helps but they must never appear as single items in any views or receipts.

An example product would be creating a bike where you can choose different frames, seats, handle bars and wheels and the end product for checkout would only list 'custom bike' with a total price of the components and build costs.

Is there a detailed API documentation about how to handle this or maybe some examples that create a product and add it to the cart?

Thanks for your help.

Hi,

I've been looking through the classes php files and have a better idea about products and categories now. I've added the parts as products under a brand category. I'm not sure I'm using these in the most efficient way but what I'm currently doing is using

$brands = $category->getList('manufacturer', 0, false);

        // $id is set from the previous scan
        $tree = $product->getTreeList($id, 3);
	foreach($tree[1] as $tr){
		$product->getProducts($tr->product_id);
	}