Setup Your Google Cloud AI
- Create a Google Cloud account and enable the AI APIs you need, such as the Retail API.
- Set up a new project in the Google Cloud Console and generate necessary credentials.
Configure WooCommerce
- Ensure your WooCommerce store is ready with data that can be utilized for recommendations.
- Install a WordPress plugin to connect APIs, such as WooCommerce API Manager, for ease of integration.
Connecting Google Cloud AI to WooCommerce
- Use the generated credentials from Google Cloud to authenticate your WooCommerce store with Google APIs.
- Implement Google Cloud's product recommendation model on your WooCommerce store by utilizing the Prediction Service API endpoint.
- Write server-side code to get product recommendations. An example in PHP using cURL:
function get_recommendations($product_id) {
$url = 'https://retail.googleapis.com/v2/projects/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/locations/global/catalogs/default_catalog/placements/your_placement_id:predict';
$data = array('userEvent' => array('product' => $product_id));
$jsonData = json_encode($data);
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json'));
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $jsonData);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
return json_decode($response, true);
}
