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Using Shopify Web Services with the Web Service Connector Tool

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Shopify Web Services – Web Service Connector Tool #

Using the Web Service Connector tool and the Shopify Web services API, TaskCentre can be used to interact with your Shopify store. Common interactions would involve the download of sales orders and the upload of inventory and price changes.

For TaskCentre to carry out requests on your behalf, your store root URL and a set of Shopify web access credentials must be supplied. The Shopify API requires you to supply the following when making a web call:

This article will show you how to obtain these keys from Shopify and where they need to be placed within the Web Service Connector tool.

Shopify Connector Tool Whitepaper Web Service Connector Tool Whitepaper

Shopify Web Services – Obtaining the Root URL, API and Secret Keys #

To complete this procedure you must have a Shopify Partner account. The keys are obtained from an App that you have linked to your Shopify store.

  1. Login to your Shopify Partner account.
  2. Select Apps from the menu pane.
  3. Select the app linked to your store and make a note of the following:
    • Callback URL (Root URL)
    • API Key
    • Credential Sets (Secret Key)

shopify web services-root-api-secretFigure 1. Shopify Partners Account Interface – Apps.

Web Service Connector – Supplying the Root URL #

The Shopify root URL will be similar to the following; in this example ‘demostore-143’ is the name of our Shopify store.

https://demostore-143.myshopify.com/admin

Within the Web Service Connector global configuration, the root URL is entered into the Web Service Root tab of your Shopify web service connection:

shopify web services-root-url - web service configuration

Figure 2. Web Service Connector – Global Configuration – Web Service Root tab.

Web Service Connector – Supplying the API and Secret Key #

The API and Secret keys are supplied as the username and password using Basic/Digest authentication.

Within the Authentication tab select the option Basic / Digest authentication.

  • The Username requires the API key.
  • The Password requires the Secret key.

shopify web services - web service configuration - authentication

Figure 3. Authentication Tab – Supplying the API and Secret keys.

This completes the procedure for supplying the Web Service Connector tool with your Shopify store root URL, API and Secret keys.

For further reading on Shopify integration and our templated solution visit: Shopify Connector Tool, or download the whitepaper below.

 

White Paper - Shopify Integration Tool

White Paper - Shopify Integration Tool #

The Shopify Integration Technical Overview introduces you to the tool. Installed as an add-on to BPA Platform, this tool provides direct communication between BPA Platform and a Shopify webshop.

Download Shopify Connector Tool Whitepaper

Frequently Asked Questions #

Shopify Technology Partner, Codeless Platforms’ Shopify integration solution automates the order management process such as automatically inserting sales orders, including customer details, product orders and payment details from Shopify into an ERP system and automatically upload ERP sales order status updates to Shopify without manual employee intervention
BPA Platforms’ Shopify API integration tool provides you with drag and drop technology to expose the Shopify API to map data to Shopify objects and operations. Operations such as Add, Update, Get and Delete are supported for a variety of business objects such as, Product, Customer, and Order.
The commercial benefits achieved by integrating Shopify with accounting, ERP and systems include; improved customer service levels, reduced Shopify order fulfilment times, enhanced employee productivity, removed repetitive data entry and the capacity for human error.
BPA Platforms’ Shopify Integration tool, allows communication between BPA Platform and Shopify. You use the tool to map BPA Platform data to Shopify objects and operations. Operations such as, ADD, UPDATE, GET, and DELETE, are supported for a variety of business objects, such as, Product, Customer and Order. The responses received back from the Shopify API can be saved to file or passed to another BPA Platform tool for further processing. The responses can include details of the object requested, any errors from the provider, or the values of any automatically generated ID fields.
Whether a sale is made on the website or via a separate ‘checkout terminal’, Shopify orders will still automatically be inserted into your business ERP and can be identified as a web or EPOS source when integrating with BPA Platform.
Codeless Platforms’ Shopify connector starts from £175 per month, depending on integration complexity and configuration days required.

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