WooCommerce Development Skill For integrating with WooCommerce stores via REST API products, orders, customers, webhooks, and custom extensions. Sources: [WooCommerce REST API](https://woocommerce.github.io/woocommerce rest api docs/) [Developer Docs](https://developer.woocommerce.com/docs/) Prerequisites Store Requirements Generate API Keys 1. Go to WooCommerce → Settings → Advanced → REST API 2. Click Add key 3. Set Description, User (admin), and Permissions (Read/Write) 4. Click Generate API key 5. Copy Consumer Key and Consumer Secret (shown only once) API Basics Base URL Authentication Query String Auth (Fallback) Installation Node.js Python Products List Products Get Single Product Create Product Update Product Delete Product Variable Products Orders List Orders Get Single Order Create Order Update Order Status Order Statuses Status Description pending Awaiting payment processing Payment received, awaiting fulfillment on hold Awaiting action (stock, payment confirmation) completed Order fulfilled cancelled Cancelled by admin or customer refunded Refunded failed Payment failed Customers List Customers Create Customer Update Customer Webhooks Create Webhook Webhook Topics Topic Trigger order.created New order placed order.updated Order status/details changed order.deleted Order deleted product.created New product created product.updated Product updated product.deleted Product deleted customer.created New customer registered customer.updated Customer updated coupon.created New coupon created Verify Webhook Signature Categories & Tags List Categories List Tags Coupons Create Coupon Reports Sales Report Pagination Handle Large Datasets Pagination Headers Header Description X WP Total Total number of items X WP TotalPages Total number of pages Error Handling Environment Variables Add to credentials.md : Checklist Before Integration [ ] WooCommerce plugin installed and activated [ ] HTTPS enabled on store [ ] Permalinks set to non Plain setting [ ] API keys generated with appropriate permissions [ ] Webhook secret configured Security [ ] API keys stored in environment variables [ ] Webhook signatures verified [ ] HTTPS used for all API calls [ ] Rate limiting handled Testing [ ] Test API connection [ ] Test product CRUD operations [ ] Test order creation/updates [ ] Test webhook delivery [ ] Test pagination for large datasets Anti Patterns Plain permalinks API won't work without pretty permalinks HTTP in production Always use HTTPS Ignoring rate limits WooCommerce may throttle requests Large single requests Use pagination for bulk operations Storing keys in code Use environment variables Skipping webhook verification Always verify signatures