Add to Cart API in Magento

Question

I need to know how can I add products into cart using API. I have a list of products with details, I am trying to call the API from outside Magento. In which Magento's core class implements this function??

Thanks in Advance..

Answer 1

magento uses MVC and by looking at the cart link you can extract the path to the module, however

 Mage_Checkout_CartController::addAction()

is the method you are looking for , remember that it is depending on session

Answer 2

In order to add to the cart you're going to have to implement your own API. That can be difficult because as Anton mentioned, it depends on session.

There was a project out there at one time, Mammoth Web Services , by some guys in the UK, but the project has gone silent.

Answer 3

If you have magento id's for your products this is fairly simple

http://yoursite.com/index.php/checkout/cart/add?product=product_id&qty=qty

Answer 4

http://www.magentocommerce.com/download/release_notes#Release%20Notes%20-%20Magento%201.4.2.0%20%28December%208,%202010%29

included in 1.4.2.0 apparently, though not on the official API documentation yet