Overcome BC Shopping Cart Page

Question

Hi all
We are looking to overcome BC Shopping Cart Page and send the user straight to the checkout page after he clicks "Buy Now". Has anyone done something like this ?
Cheers

Answer 1

You don't need the API to by pass a javascript alert popup.
Just need to do a little javascript-ing:
You need to overwrite a BC function and then redirect to the checkout. Place the function below as the last line in your header or first line on the page
If you look I commented out the alert popup (1 item(s) added...) and then push the user straight away to the checkout. I did not comment out "out of stock" and "minimum order" etc, they will still popup. Oh and make sure you load the jquery lib as well.
            //alert(v + Oshoplang.Added)
          $('.cartSummaryLink').trigger('click');
//---- cut from here
<script>
function AddToCart(F) {
    var m = arguments[0];
    var K = arguments[1];
    var e = arguments[2];
    var y = arguments[3];
    var f = "";
    var A = "";
    var j = false;
    var C = undefined;
    if (arguments.length > 6) {
        f = arguments[4];
        A = arguments[5];
        j = arguments[6];
        C = arguments.length == 8 ? arguments[7] : undefined
    } else {
        j = arguments[4];
        C = arguments.length == 6 ? arguments[5] : undefined
    var p = K;
    var B = "";
    var J = document.getElementById("Units_" + K);
    var s = readCookie("CartID");
    var u = document.getElementById("Grouping_" + K);
    var t = document.getElementById("Related_" + K);
    var z = document.getElementById("catProdTd_" + K);
    var H = document.getElementById("catProdAttributes_" + K);
    var x = document.getElementById("catProdAttributes2_" + K);
    var a = document.getElementById("catProdInstructions_" + K);
    var I = "";
    var r = new Array();
    var D = false;
    var o = false;
    var w;
    var v = 0;
    var L;
    var g = true;
    var l = null;
    var q = null;
    if (J) {
        w = J.value;
        if (w < 0) {
            alert(Oshoplang.RemoveError);
            return false
    } else {
        w = 1
    } if (s == null || s == "") {
        s = -1
    L = document.getElementById("catCartSummary");
    if (u) {
        if (u.nodeName == "SELECT") {
            p = u.value
        } else {
            var c = u.getElementsByTagName("input");
            for (var d = 0; d < c.length; d++) {
                if (c[d].checked) {
                    p = c[d].value;
                    break
    if (t) {
        B = GetCheckListValue(t);
        if (B.length > 0) {
            v = B.split(",").length
    if (a) {
        I = a.value
    if (H) {
        var n = H.getElementsByTagName("select");
        if (n) {
            if (I.length > 0) {
                I += ";"
            for (var d = 0; d < n.length; d++) {
                if (n[d].value.length > 0) {
                    I += n[d].value + ";"
    if (x) {
        var k = 0;
        var n = x.getElementsByTagName("select");
        var h;
        var G;
        var b = "";
        if (n) {
            for (var d = 0; d < n.length; d++) {
                if (n[d].value.length > 0) {
                    r[k] = n[d].value + "|1";
                    k++
                } else {
                    if (n[d].getAttribute("mandatory")) {
                        alert(Oshoplang.ChooseAttribute);
                        return
        var n = x.getElementsByTagName("input");
        if (n) {
            for (var d = 0; d < n.length; d++) {
                if (n[d].type == "checkbox" || n[d].type == "radio") {
                    if (b != n[d].getAttribute("name")) {
                        if (d > 0 && !G && n[d - 1].getAttribute("mandatory")) {
                            alert(Oshoplang.ChooseAttribute);
                            return
                        G = false
                    if (n[d].checked) {
                        r[k] = n[d].id + "|1";
                        k++;
                        G = true
                    b = n[d].getAttribute("name")
                } else {
                    if (n[d].value.length > 0) {
                        r[k] = n[d].id + "|" + n[d].value;
                        k++;
                        G = true
                    } else {
                        if (n[d].getAttribute("mandatory")) {
                            alert(Oshoplang.ChooseAttribute);
                            return
            if (n.length > 0 && (n[n.length - 1].type == "checkbox" || n[n.length - 1].type == "radio")) {
                if (!G && n[d - 1].getAttribute("mandatory")) {
                    alert(Oshoplang.ChooseAttribute);
                    return
    if (C && C.selectedOptions) {
        for (var d = 0; d < C.selectedOptions.length; d++) {
            r.push(C.selectedOptions[d] + "|1")
    if (L) {
        if (L.getAttribute("Vertical") == "True") {
            D = true
        if (L.getAttribute("Quote") == "True") {
            o = true
        l = L.getAttribute("templateName");
        q = L.getAttribute("templatehash")
    var E = CMS.CatalogueRetrieve.ServerSideAddItemToOrder(s, m, p, w, B, r, I, D, y, o, e, g, f, A, l, q);
    if (E.value[4]) {
        v = E.value[4]
    createCookie("CartID", E.value[0], 2);
    if (C && C.skipRefreshAfter) {
        return E.value[1]
    if (L) {
        L.innerHTML = E.value[2]
    switch (E.value[1]) {
    case 0:
        if (!j) {
            if (z) {
                z.innerHTML = E.value[3];
                ProcessJS(z)
            //alert(v + Oshoplang.Added)
          $('.cartSummaryLink').trigger('click');
        } else {
            document.location = "/OrderRetrievev2.aspx?CatalogueID=" + m
        break;
    case 1:
        alert(Oshoplang.OutOfStock);
        break;
    case 2:
        if (!j) {
            if (z) {
                z.innerHTML = E.value[3];
                ProcessJS(z)
            alert(v + Oshoplang.PreOrder)
        } else {
            document.location = "/OrderRetrievev2.aspx?CatalogueID=" + m
        break;
    case 3:
        alert(Oshoplang.MinLimit);
        break;
    case 4:
        alert(Oshoplang.MaxLimit);
        break;
    case 6:
        alert(Oshoplang.ChooseAttribute);
        break
    initSocialMediaModules();
    if (typeof AddProductExtras == "function") {
        AddProductExtras(m, p, E.value[1])
</script>