Don't Rebuild Your Entire Squarespace Site Just to Fix an API Call
Don't Rebuild Your Entire Squarespace Site Just to Fix an API Call Last year, an e-commerce client came to me clutching a quote for $6,400. An agency had told them they needed a ground-up rebuild on Next.js because their Squarespace site couldn't pull live freight rates from a niche Dutch logistics provider. The agency's logic was standard developer dogma: Squarespace has no native backend runtime, so you cannot execute custom server-side logic; therefore, trash the site and start over. The client loved their site. Their marketing team could edit banners without filing a Jira ticket, their organic search rankings were stable, and their conversion rate was solid. Scrapping a working frontend over a single dynamic endpoint is an absurd waste of time and money, yet it happens every week. The Two Walls: CORS and Leaked Secrets When you attempt a custom external squarespace api integration straight out of the box, you almost immediately hit two walls in the browser cons...