Retail and eCommerce Case study
Fulfilment and BigCommerce order sync on Google Cloud
An integration API connecting a fulfilment system with BigCommerce: order status updates, content on cloud storage, scheduled jobs, deployed on Google Cloud with quota handling and SSL.
- Google Cloud
- BigCommerce API
- Cron
- Client
- Online retailer
- Service
- Integrations, eCommerce
- Years
- 2018
- Stack
- Google Cloud, BigCommerce API, Cron
- Platforms
- Web
Client details are private, so this study describes the client by type.
Overview
An online retailer needed its fulfilment system and BigCommerce store to agree on orders. We built the integration API that passes order status updates between them and manages content on cloud storage, with cron jobs for the recurring work, deployed on Google Cloud servers with API quota limits handled and SSL set up.
What we built
- Integration between the fulfilment API and the BigCommerce API
- Order status updates and content management on cloud storage
- Scheduled jobs for recurring synchronisation
- Deployment on Google Cloud with quota handling and SSL
Technology used
| Layer | Choice | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | Google Cloud | API and scheduled jobs |
| Integration | BigCommerce API | orders and status |
What happened next
- Delivered
The work described above was delivered to the client.
- Operational facts
- Our work on this project took place in 2018.
Could this be your project?
- Your product has to connect to payment, accounting, messaging or other third-party systems.
- You run a retail brand or an online store and need custom ordering, checkout, catalogue or customer-loyalty rules. eCommerce solutions
- You work in retail and ecommerce and want a team that has built for it before. Retail and eCommerce work
Questions about this project
How long did this project take?
Our work on it took place in 2018.
What technology was used?
Google Cloud, BigCommerce API, Cron.
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