Integration of shopify API into SELRO
This user guide will walk you through integration of Shopify API into your SELRO account channel. Please follow the procedure described below.
Prerequisite for this procedure is that you have established Shopify online shop with implemented categories and products. First thing that will be described is preparation of your Shopify web service and making it able to provide functionalities needed in SELRO.
Shopify preparation
As you will need Shopify API Key to integrate in SELRO, please follow the procedure for the Key creation:
- Go to your Shopify administration panel
- Click on Apps in the left side menu
- Click on a Private Apps button in the top right corner
- Click on the Create a Private App button
- In the next window, insert the Title and Contact Email (optional) and click on a Save app button
- When you click on your newly created Private App, you will se the screen like below. Make sure to copy (save to notepad) your API Key:
Setting Permissions
Please remember to set ‘read and write’ permissions. By default this will be ‘read only’ and you will not be able to create/update products from Selro into Shopify.
Integration into selro channel
- Go to the SELRO web page (https://www.selro.com/)
- Click on a Login button
- Insert your credential on a login form
- When you are on your SELRO account admin page, place mouse cursor over Orders and select Channels from the drop down menu
- From the Available eCommerce Store Integrations, find Shopify
- Two options are available here:
- Add to Selro (main option that will be covered with this guide)
- Get One (choose this option if you do not have established Shopify site; it will lead to Shopify site directly)
- Click on Add to Selro option
- New Integration form will appear
- Populate this form as per description below:
- Enter Name to Remember -> Insert the name that will help you later recognize this integration
- Shopify Shop Url -> Insert the URL of your Admin site and not the domain address (Please enter the HTTPS url for the admin site e.g https://abc.myshopify.com)
- API Password -> Insert the previously remembered API Key
- Product Type -> Insert Product Type. If it is empty, ‘other’ product type will be used
- Select these two check boxes if you like to download catalog and orders from Shopify into SELRO
- Top menu buttons explanation
- Save (Save the form input; Save the created integration with Shopify)
- Test Connection (Clicking on this button will test your conection to Shopify web service) Expected result is:
- Download Shopify Catalog (This will get products catalog from Shopify. This action can take some time to finish)
- Close (Close the integration form)
- What to do when you need to edit your saved Shopify integration?
- When you are on your SELRO account admin page, place mouse cursor over Orders and select Channels from the drop down menu
- From the right screen part, named Registered Channels, find your integration with Shopify(you will recognize it by the name you have inserted during the configuration)
- Click on the Edit button and it will open the form with integration parameters
- When you are on your SELRO account admin page, place mouse cursor over Orders and select Channels from the drop down menu
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