{"id":43526,"date":"2016-03-18T13:01:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T13:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/?p=43526"},"modified":"2025-12-18T09:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T09:04:21","slug":"add-product-cart-magento2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/add-product-cart-magento2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Product in Cart in Magento 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Magento 2 development<\/a>, there are many scenarios where adding a product to the cart using the default \u201cAdd to Cart\u201d button is not enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Magento 2 provides a powerful cart and quote API that allows developers to add products to the cart from controllers, observers, cron jobs, or custom services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding this process is essential for building advanced Magento features while following best practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Custom requirements such as AJAX add-to-cart<\/strong>, bulk add<\/strong>, custom promotions<\/strong>, API-driven cart actions<\/strong>, or admin-triggered cart updates<\/strong> often require adding products to the cart programmatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this blog, we\u2019ll look at a simple controller-based approach<\/strong> to add a product to the cart programmatically in Magento 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create a Controller to Add Product to Cart<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Below is a basic example of a frontend controller that adds a product to the cart using its product ID<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Controller File<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Vendor\/Module\/Controller\/Index\/AddToCart.php<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<?php\nnamespace Vendor\\Module\\Controller\\Index;\n\nuse Magento\\Framework\\App\\Action\\Action;\nuse Magento\\Framework\\App\\Action\\Context;\nuse Magento\\Checkout\\Model\\Cart;\nuse Magento\\Catalog\\Api\\ProductRepositoryInterface;\nuse Magento\\Framework\\Exception\\NoSuchEntityException;\n\nclass AddToCart extends Action\n{\n    protected $cart;\n    protected $productRepository;\n\n    public function __construct(\n        Context $context,\n        Cart $cart,\n        ProductRepositoryInterface $productRepository\n    ) {\n        parent::__construct($context);\n        $this->cart = $cart;\n        $this->productRepository = $productRepository;\n    }\n\n    public function execute()\n    {\n        try {\n            $productId = 1; \/\/ Product ID\n            $qty = 1;       \/\/ Quantity\n\n            $product = $this->productRepository->getById($productId);\n\n            $params = [\n                'product' => $productId,\n                'qty' => $qty\n            ];\n\n            $this->cart->addProduct($product, $params);\n            $this->cart->save();\n\n            $this->messageManager->addSuccessMessage(__('Product added to cart successfully.'));\n        } catch (NoSuchEntityException $e) {\n            $this->messageManager->addErrorMessage(__('Product does not exist.'));\n        } catch (\\Exception $e) {\n            $this->messageManager->addErrorMessage(__('Unable to add product to cart.'));\n        }\n\n        return $this->_redirect('checkout\/cart');\n    }\n}<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
How This Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n