useCart

The useCart hook allows you to access cart data and perform mutations that will reflect on other entities within the Checkout data layer.

Note

This hook is not available for all extension points. Check the available list here.

Usage

src/index.tsx

import { useCart } from '@vtex/checkout'

const TotalItems = () => {
  const cart = useCart()

  return <div>Items: {cart.items.length}</div>
}

Additionally, you can use useCart to interact with the Checkout data layer by mutating the cart items list:

src/index.tsx

import { useCart } from '@vtex/checkout'

const TotalItems = () => {
  const cart = useCart()
  const addItem = () => cart.addItem({
    quantity: 1,
    seller: '1',
    id: '8392'
  })

  return <button onClick={addItem}>Add to cart</button>
}

Parameters

The useCart hook does not receive any parameters.

Returns

The useCart hook returns an object with the following properties:

items

• type: CartItem[]

addItem

• type: addItem: (data: AddItemData) => Promise<void>

The AddItemData type is an object with the following structure:

type AddItemData = {
   quantity: number;
   id: string;
   seller: string;
};

};

Extension Points

This hook is available in the following extension points:

• cart.cart-list.before
• cart.cart-list.after
• cart.cart-item.after

For a full list of available extension points, refer to the ExtensionPoints page.