Prerequisites for Creating a Connection

Before you can create a connection with the Shopify Adapter, you must satisfy the following prerequisites:

Note:

Private applications are deprecated in the Shopify application and a new private application cannot be created in Shopify as of January 2022. However, existing private applications are not yet retired and work.

• Create a Custom Application
• Obtain the Admin API Access Token and API Secret Key
• Create a Private Application
• Obtain the Shopify API Credentials and Shared Secret
• Create a Custom Application Using the Shopify Dev Dashboard

Create a Custom Application

To create a custom application in Shopify, you use the Shopify administration console. Follow the instructions mentioned under these topics:

• Create the app
• Select API scopes
• Install the app and get the API access tokens

See Create and install a custom app.

Obtain the Admin API Access Token and API Secret Key

You must obtain the values for your Admin API access token and API secret key.

See Get the API credentials for a custom app.

Create a Private Application

To create a private application in Shopify, you use the Shopify administration console. When you save your private application, Shopify automatically generates API credentials. You'll use these credentials when you configure security for your Shopify Adapter connection.

To create a private application in Shopify:

1. Sign in to the Shopify administration console using the following URL:

   https://hostname.domain_name.com/admin

2. In the navigation pane, click Apps.
3. Click the Manage private apps link.
4. In the App details section, enter a name for your private application and a valid email address.
5. In the Admin API section, click Review disabled Admin API permissions and then select the Read and write permission from the dropdown for the data this application can access. See the following table for the required permissions.

   Data	Permission
   Customer details and customer groups	Read and write
   Orders, transactions and fulfillments	Read and write
   Products, variants and collections	Read and write
   Product information	Read and write
   Order editing	Read and write
   Locations	Read and write
   Inventory	Read and write
   Draft orders	Read and write
   Fulfillment services	Read and write
   Assigned fulfillment orders	Read and write
   Merchant managed fulfillment orders	Read and write
   Third party fulfillment orders	Read and write
   Shipping rates, countries, and provinces	Read and write
   Discounts - PriceRule REST and GraphQL AP	Read and write
   Resource feedback	Read and write

6. Click Save, and then click I understand, create the app.

Obtain the Shopify API Credentials and Shared Secret

When you save your private application, Shopify automatically generates an API key, a password, and a shared secret.

To get the values for your API credentials and shared secret:

1. Open the private application that you created and saved.
2. Scroll to the Admin API section.
3. Copy the values for your API key, password, and shared secret.

   You'll need to enter those values in the Credentials dialog when you configure security for your Shopify Adapter connection in Oracle Integration. See Configure Connection Security.

Create a Custom Application Using the Shopify Dev Dashboard

If you select the Client Credentials security policy, create a custom application in Shopify using the Dev Dashboard.

• Follow the instructions mentioned in these topics:

  • Create an application
  • Create a version
  • Install your application

  See Create apps using the Dev Dashboard.

• Obtain the client ID and client secret

  Authenticate your application to obtain the client ID and client secret. You need these values when you configure security for your Shopify Adapter connection.

  See Authenticate your app.