ONDC compliant adaptors for Vinculum ecommerce platform

[Rishabh-ondc]

Ticket Contents

Development of a platform-specific ONDC-compliant adaptor for either Vinculum. The adaptor will allow seamless integration of the seller platform with the ONDC network, enabling features such as catalog synchronization, order management, and post-order fulfillment. Sellers using Vinculum need a quick, efficient way to join the ONDC network to benefit from its decentralized and interoperable model. The adaptor would remove the complexity of manual integration, streamline business processes, and enhance operational efficiency. It may even provide an admin interface for real-time updates, complaint management, and API monitoring, improving seller participation in the ONDC network.

Bounty Amount : INR 50,000

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Goals

Goals & Milestones:

• [ ] Create an ONDC Retail protocol compliant seller app-side adaptor for the specific platform (Vinculum) based on the current Retail API contract v1.2 available here and v1.2.5 available here
• [ ] Ensure full lifecycle support for ONDC API compliance, including discovery, order management, fulfillment, and post-fulfillment
• [ ] Provide a user-friendly admin interface for sellers of these platforms to manage ONDC workflows (catalog synchronization, order tracking, etc.)

Mid-point Milestones:

• [ ] Finalize the technical architecture
• [ ] Implement basic API translation between ONDC specifications and the platform-specific APIs (e.g., product search, catalog sharing)
• [ ] Develop a prototype of the admin interface with functional catalog management.

Expected Outcome

• Enable seamless communication between the ONDC network (buyer network participants) and the selected platform using the adaptor
• Orders processed through the adaptor would showcase as seamlessly as other orders, except with an ONDC flag/ identifier
• Translate ONDC API requests into platform-specific requests and vice versa (e.g., order management, catalog updates).
• Provide a fully functional admin interface where sellers can track orders, sync their catalogs, manage post-order complaints, and monitor the status of API calls.
• Be released as open-source to facilitate collaborative improvements.

Acceptance Criteria

• The adaptor must enable a Vinculum seller to fully integrate with ONDC, supporting all standard ONDC API calls (discovery, order management, fulfillment, post fulfilment) facilitating complete transactions
• The solution provider must ensure that the adaptor complies with ONDC’s technical requirements for network participants (NPs), including:
  • Log verification: provide logs for defined flows and scenarios, as required by ONDC. Log submission guidelines
  • Working instance walkthrough: Demonstrate an illustrative working instance of a seller, showcasing how the seller’s catalog is synchronized, orders are processed, and post-fulfillment requests are handled.
• The solution should have considerations for scalability, security, and performance as large brands would adopt these adaptors to become an ONDC Network Participant

Implementation Details

• Use platform-specific APIs for Vinculum to ensure integration.
• Develop an adaptor to convert ONDC API requests to Vinculum platform-specific APIs and handle responses to provide API responses based on ONDC specifications.
• Build the interface using React.js or Angular for the front-end, with Node.js or Django for the back-end.
• Compliance & Security: Ensure all data handling complies with ONDC protocols and implement data security best practices

Mockups/Wireframes

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Product Name

ONDC compliant adaptors for Vinculum ecommerce platform

Organisation Name

ONDC

Domain

Retail Ecommerce

Tech Skills Needed

Angular

Organizational Mentor

@92shreyansh @sandeepshahi @Rishabh-ondc @ravibhansali10

Angel Mentor

No response

Complexity

High

Category

API

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[ravibhansali10]

The Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is an initiative aimed at democratizing digital commerce. It enables interoperability across various platforms by creating an open network for buyers and sellers, independent of proprietary e-commerce platforms. Using standardized protocols, ONDC facilitates seamless communication and transactions between multiple apps in domains like food, mobility, and retail. It seeks to empower small businesses, promote fair competition, and enhance consumer choice.

To seamlessly onboard sellers with existing websites to ONDC and make their offerings accessible across Buyer Apps within the network, we propose developing an API layer that integrates directly with their websites. These websites are often built on platforms like Shopify, OpenCart, WooCommerce, Magento, or Vinculum. By leveraging their existing infrastructure, this integration will enable the direct transfer of their product catalog to ONDC, ensuring a smooth and efficient onboarding process.