Documentation
Guides, SDK reference and API detail for building storefronts, wholesale portals and service sites on dashfordevs.
Contents
Each topic is a short sequence of sections, in the order you would work through them.
What DashForDevs is, why it exists, and who built it.
4 sections
Install the SDK, get your API keys, and build your first storefront.
6 sections
Customer authentication, registration, and session management.
Fetch, search, and display products from your catalog.
9 sections
Browse and filter products by category.
3 sections
Manage the shopping cart: add, update, remove items.
Process orders, handle payments, and confirm purchases.
Fetch and display blog posts on your storefront.
2 sections
Product reviews and ratings.
Receive real-time event notifications from DashForDevs.
Customer data, custom fields, tags, and segmentation.
7 sections
Order management, fulfillment, and tracking.
Product inventory, stock management, and brands.
Shipping rates, label generation, and tracking.
Coupon codes, affiliate codes, and promotional pricing.
Affiliate program management and commission tracking.
Transactional emails, templates, and contact forms.
File uploads, image management, and CDN.
Storefront analytics, visitor tracking, and reporting.
Physical store locations and geographic data.
Tax calculation and configuration.
Store-wide configuration accessible via the SDK.
Search engine optimization data for your storefront.
API error codes, rate limits, and debugging.
State-level data, geo-targeting, and regional analytics.
Revenue, expenses, and financial reporting.
Workflows, scheduled tasks, and event-driven automation.
Dynamic content pages for service businesses.
Build on-site surveys and branching quizzes; collect encrypted responses.
Platform billing, invoices, payment methods, and subscription management.
Accept payments from customers on your storefront.
Complete API reference for every SDK method.
50 sections
Direct REST API endpoints for advanced integrations.
5 sections
Best practices for building your Next.js storefront.
Email notifications, alerts, and communication.
Authentication, authorization, and data protection.
Multi-user access control and role management.
Migrate data from other platforms.
Scheduling system for service businesses.
Capture and manage customer inquiries.
AI-powered chatbots for your storefront.
Endpoints used by the dashboard (not storefront).
Deploy your storefront to production.
Release notes and version history.
Common issues and how to fix them.
Step-by-step guides for common use cases.
8 sections
Build and deploy your Next.js storefront to the Dash4Devs global CDN with one command.
Responsive images, LQIP placeholders, and versioned CDN URLs — automatic.
Run your own branded vertical on Dash4Devs infrastructure — your customers, your data model, your sites, our backend.
The encrypted custom-data engine every vertical rides on: record types, opt-in indexing, statuses, validation, querying.
The capability catalog: how module grants work, what each module does, and how the big ones fit together.
10 sections
Keys, origins, encryption, request logging, audit trails, MFA and abuse controls — the whole security model in one place.
The per-site surface: dfd-site-* keys, /api/site/*, the insights beacon, CDN builds, and the paired site-SDK pattern.
Concrete platform builds, one vertical at a time: agency dashboards, service businesses, site fleets, data-sensitive verticals.
Running a platform day to day: provisioning, environments, deploy infrastructure, monitoring, and the going-live checklist.