---
title: Function: useCart
slug: chord-ui/function-usecart
docTags: 
createdAt: 2023-11-06T15:03:31.904Z
---

[react-autonomy](docId\:zoZ6W56ubpPACr0PO0GLS).useCart

▸ **useCart**(): [`UseCart`](docId\:ZLA2huZx7wKJoN-vJ5DCc)

The `useCart` hook returns information about the current shopping cart, and
functions for creating and updating the shopping cart.



```javascript
import { useCart } from '@chordcommerce/react-autonomy'

// inside a function component
const { cart, addToCart } = useCart()
```

### Returns

[`UseCart`](docId\:ZLA2huZx7wKJoN-vJ5DCc)

### Defined in

[packages/react-autonomy/src/hooks/use-cart.ts:67](https://github.com/chordcommerce/chord-ui/blob/2b105e1/packages/react-autonomy/src/hooks/use-cart.ts#L67)