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Tridion Connector for Magento

The Tridion Connector for Magento provides access to commerce data stored in Magento Commerce, including the ability to read, list and search product and product category data. You can use the connector to create and manage shopping experiences from a single interface, publish Magento Commerce marketing and product information on the same webpage, build product navigation, personalize content using commerce data, and more.

Supported capabilities

The Connector for Magento provides the following key capabilities::

  • Display categories and products from a specific store view
  • Get the following product metadata:
    • Images
    • Price
    • Description
    • Quantity
    • In stock property
  • Search products
  • Use Tridion Blueprinting to localize websites for different markets and languages based on store views and product variants defined in Magento Commerce

Example use cases

These capabilities make it possible to implement the following use cases (among others):

  • Mash up commerce data and content to build rich and integrated experiences
  • Link to products and categories:
    • Link to category or product detail pages
    • Embed rendering of product data in content, such as including a product price in a teaser
  • Tag content with product SKU or category IDs
  • Hybrid navigation consisting both of content and commerce category links

Architecture

The following diagram gives a high-level architecture of the connector when used with Tridion Sites: