Why can't store/products filter based on product status?

[zaidrashid]

Hello everyone.

I am planning to use the product status "proposed" as a sort of marker for "upcoming" or "to be confirmed" on my product listing. The admin endpoint allows it, but why can't the store's endpoint have one too?

Thanks!

[shahednasser]

Hi @zaidrashid , typically you'd only want published products to be shown on the storefront, which is why there isn't a status filters.

You have two alternative solutions:

1. Use metadata: You can add a metadata like is_proposed to the product, then check the metadata on the storefront to mark the product as upcoming. You can set the metadata from the admin dashboard or the admin APIs.
2. Use custom module: if you're also storing more details about these upcoming products where metadata isn't enough, you can instead create a custom module with data models that store additional details about these upcoming products. For example, refer to our preorders tutorial
3. Create a custom API route: If you still need to use the status to indicate that a product is upcoming, then you can create an API route that replicates the logic of the /store/products route but also includes proposed products in the result.

[zaidrashid]

Yeah, that makes sense. Just realized that.

I'm already working on 3, so we're good. Thanks!