WooCommerce Order Guard

Monitors new WooCommerce processing orders, auto-copies missing shipping addresses from billing, and emits one alert per new order for automation.

skill-woocommerce-order-guard

Description

Watches WooCommerce for new 'processing' orders and auto-fixes missing shipping addresses by copying billing → shipping. Deduplicates alerts so each new order triggers exactly once. Designed to run as a cron heartbeat or webhook trigger.

Use case

WooCommerce sometimes receives orders where customers skip the shipping address form. This script ensures every processing order has a valid shipping address before fulfillment, and emits a signal for downstream automation (Telegram alert, CJ fulfillment, etc.)

Usage

python3 scripts/order-guard.py

Optional args:

python3 scripts/order-guard.py \
  --creds /path/to/woo-api.json \
  --storage /path/to/fulfilled_orders.json

Output

• HEARTBEAT_OK — no new orders
• NEW_ORDER_ID: <id> — one line per new order (pipe to Telegram alert, CJ submit, etc.)

Configuration

woo-api.json

{
  "url": "https://yourstore.com",
  "consumerKey": "ck_...",
  "consumerSecret": "cs_..."
}

Generate keys: WooCommerce → Settings → Advanced → REST API.

Storage file

Local JSON at --storage path (default: ~/.openclaw/workspace/memory/fulfilled_orders.json).

{"alerted_orders": [12345, 12346]}

Prevents duplicate alerts across runs.

Example cron (every 5 min)

*/5 * * * * python3 /path/to/skill-woocommerce-order-guard/scripts/order-guard.py >> /tmp/order-guard.log 2>&1

Dependencies

• Python 3.x
• requests library (pip install requests)

Logic flow

1. Fetch all processing orders (last 20)
2. Filter out already-alerted order IDs
3. For each new order: if shipping.address_1 is empty → PUT billing address to shipping
4. Print NEW_ORDER_ID: <id> and save to dedup store