Using the Woocommerce REST API
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Hello all,
I am thinking about programming an App in Android, connecting to a woocommerce store. The App should be for customers.
It should be possible to buy products within the App, but not in the webbrowser. So I thougth about to remove in the website the shopping cart and the checkout sites. Then I would process the orders via the App together with the WooCommerce REST API. Because I only found half tutorials and only introductions I have a few questions about the REST API. (I read the API technical documentation and know how to access endpoints etc):
1. Is the WooCommerce REST API intended for customer use and shopping?
At a few points in the documentation it seems to me, that it is only for managing purpose for the owner of the shop. So you can programm an admin app to manage the shop by your App, but not a consumer store App with the REST API?
2. If its possible to build a consumer store within an App over the REST API, how do you manage the REST API Key generation?
Its not really clear to me if all customers(All connections from the App) have to use one key together or if every customer needs its own key? Do I generate one key for one user with the roll customer and distribute that one key wogether with the app? Or do I have to generate a key for every single user signing in the store and to connect to the store with. So I would have to connect within the App first over HTTPS request and generate a key within the App and then handle following requests over the REST API with that user specific keys?!
Its a bit confusing to me to get started with the REST API, because you cant find any good and full programing examples so I hope you can help me!
Thank you very much,
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