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Add an Item to a Cart

Add an Item to a Cart

An item is a purchasable good, like a T-Shirt, a movie, a song, etc, while a item definition is the description of the item. For more information on items and item definitions, see Items Explained.

Workflow for adding an item to a cart:
  1. GET - an item
  2. GET the item's addtocartform
  3. POST the item to a Cart's addtodefaultcartaction

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