Sanity Photon 💡

A headless Shopify + Sanity + Next.js E-commerce Starter

Sanity Photon is a minimal starter kit for building custom e-commerce experiences with a headless architecture. It combines the power of Shopify for commerce operations, Sanity for content management, and Next.js for a fast, SEO-friendly storefront.

Features ✨

• Next.js App Router - Statically generated pages for speed, SEO, and cost-efficiency
• Sanity Studio - Visual editing with real-time preview for all your content
• Shopify Integration - Leveraging Shopify's commerce infrastructure for products, payments, shipping, etc.
• Page Builder - Create and customize editorial, collection, and product pages
• Real-time Updates - Sanity Live API and Shopify-Sanity sync with automatic fine-grained revalidation
• Klaviyo Integration - Email list management for your marketing needs
• Minimal Styling - Intentionally lightweight CSS for maximum customization flexibility
• TypeScript - Full type safety throughout the codebase

Getting Started 🛠️

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18.17 or later
• Shopify Partner account with a store
• Sanity account
• (Optional) Klaviyo account for email marketing

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/soufDev/sanity-photon.git
   cd sanity-photon
   

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Set up environment variables:

   • Copy .env.example files in both studio and storefront directories to create .env files
   • Fill in the required values (see Configuration section below)

4. Start the development environment:

   npm run dev
   

This will start both the Sanity Studio (http://localhost:3333) and the Next.js storefront (http://localhost:3000).

Configuration 🔧

Sanity Configuration

1. Create a new Sanity project at sanity.io/manage
2. Get your Project ID from the project dashboard
3. Create an API token with read permissions
4. Add these to the respective .env files:

# studio/.env
SANITY_STUDIO_PROJECT_ID="your-project-id"
SANITY_STUDIO_DATASET="production"

# storefront/.env
NEXT_PUBLIC_SANITY_PROJECT_ID="your-project-id"
NEXT_PUBLIC_SANITY_DATASET="production"
NEXT_PUBLIC_SANITY_API_VERSION="2024-01-01" # Use current or future date
SANITY_API_READ_TOKEN="your-read-token"

Shopify Configuration

1. Set up a Shopify store (or use an existing one)
2. Create a custom app in your Shopify Admin (Apps > Develop apps > Create an app)
3. Set up the Storefront API permissions
4. Generate a Storefront API token
5. Add Shopify variables to storefront/.env:

SHOPIFY_STOREFRONT_ACCESS_TOKEN="your-token"
SHOPIFY_STORE_ID="your-store-id"
SHOPIFY_STORE_DOMAIN="your-store-id.myshopify.com"
NEXT_PUBLIC_SHOPIFY_STORE_DOMAIN="your-store-id.myshopify.com"

Klaviyo Configuration (Optional)

If you want to use Klaviyo for email list management:

1. Create a Klaviyo account and get your Public API Key
2. Add to storefront/.env:

KLAVIYO_PRIVATE_API_KEY="your-klaviyo-api-key"

Architecture 🏗️

Project Structure

• /studio - Sanity Studio configuration and schemas
• /storefront - Next.js frontend application
  • /app - Routes and application components
  • /components - Reusable UI components
  • /sanity - Sanity client and queries
  • /shopify - Shopify integration logic

Data Flow

1. Products & Collections: Managed in Shopify, synced to Sanity
2. Content: Managed in Sanity Studio
3. Cart & Checkout: Handled by Shopify Storefront API
4. Front-end: Next.js consumes data from Sanity's API, which includes the synced Shopify data

Customization 🎨

Styling

The project uses CSS Modules for styling. You can:

• Continue using the CSS Modules approach
• Integrate Tailwind CSS
• Add any other styling solution you prefer

Content Structure

Modify the Sanity schema in /studio/src/schemas to adapt the content model to your needs.

Components

Customize UI components in /storefront/components to match your brand's design.

Deployment 🚀

Sanity Studio

Deploy Sanity Studio to Sanity's hosting with:

cd studio
npx sanity deploy

Next.js Storefront

The storefront can be deployed to Vercel, Netlify, or any other Next.js-compatible hosting:

# For Vercel
vercel

# For production
vercel --prod

Future Enhancements

• Internationalization (i18n) support
• Product listing page (PLP) filters
• Redirect/rewrites functionality

Contributing 🤝

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License 📄

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgements 🙏

• Shopify
• Sanity
• Next.js
• Klaviyo

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Created with love by Soufiane El Jazouli