Integrate with Product Filter & Search (Boost Commerce)

Product Filter & Search by Boost Commerce helps you create advanced & customizable filters for collections and search result pages.

First, please ensure that 2 apps were installed:

Install LAI Product Reviews

Install Product Filter & Search by Boost Commerce


The below document only works with the new frontend lib from Boost Commerce (the latest version)

Step 1: Enable the integration of LAI app

Please go to Product Filter & Search -> Tool -> Integration

Enable the LAI integration -> click on the Confirm button. By accepting it, the process will remove old integration data of LAI (if any) to use the newly selected app data for integration.



After the sync is completed, the star rating for products are automatically enabled.

By default, star ratings are placed under product titles. if you need to customize the position, please let us know via support@smartifyapps.com

For example:

Step 2: Set up the filter

By setting up this new filter, your customers can filter the product based on its star rating.

Go to the app's Homepage -> Manage Filter tree -> From a filter tree, click Add a filter option button -> Choose Review Ratings -> Click 2 Save buttons.



You’ll get the final result like this:

See demo https://harleyyshop.myshopify.com/collections/all

If you are currently using the older version of Boost Commerce, kindly follow this instruction:

1. Set up the star ratings

Please log in to your store, then go to Online Store, click Edit code.

Step 1:

Search for boost-pfs-filter.js file, open it.

copy this snippet:

'{{itemReviews}}' +

For example, if you want the star ratings to display under the product price, paste that snippet inside the block productGridItemHtml

It should look like this:



If you can not find the block productGridItemHtml in boost-pfs-filter.js, then go to boost-pfs-filter-html.liquid file and again search for productGridItemHtml

Copy this snippet:

[[itemReviews]]

For example, if you want the star ratings to display under the product title, paste that snippet under this code:

<div class="h4 grid-view-item__title product-card__title">[[itemTitle]]</div>

It should look like this:

Step 2:

In boost-pfs-filter.js file, search for ProductGridItem.prototype.compileTemplate

Then copy and paste this snippet there:

// Add reviews
var itemReviewsHtml = "";
if (
  Utils.getProductMetafield(data, "scm_review_importer", "reviewsData") !== null
) {
  itemReviewsHtml +=
    '<div class="scm-reviews-rate" data-rate-version2=' +
    JSON.stringify(
      JSON.parse(
        Utils.getProductMetafield(data, "scm_review_importer", "reviewsData")
      ).reviewCountInfo
    ) +
    ">";
}
itemHtml = itemHtml.replace(/{{itemReviews}}/g, itemReviewsHtml);

It should look like this:



Then search for ProductList.prototype.afterRender,

Find this code line:

productSelector.addClass('grid grid--uniform grid--view-items')
And paste this snippet under it:
if(typeof SMARTIFYAPPS!== 'undefined' && SMARTIFYAPPS.rv.installed){
    SMARTIFYAPPS.rv.scmReviewsRate.actionCreateReviews();
}

It should look like this

2. Set up the filter

Please go to Product Filter & Search -> Tool -> Metafields

Add the new metafield with the following info:

Namespace: scm_review_importer

Key: reviewsData



Please wait a few minutes for the sync to finish. Then you can create a filter option by review ratings:

Go to the** app's Homepage** -> Manage Filter tree -> From a filter tree, click Add a filter option button -> Choose Review Ratings > Click Save button.



You’ll get the final result like this:

Updated on: 19/01/2024