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Shopify API
How to connect third-party software to your Shopify store
How to connect third-party software to your Shopify store using the Shopify API, we’ll tell you in this Shopify tutorial. We explain what an API is, what APIs are available on Shopify and how they differ from each other. All this in this video.
Shopify API - What to expect in this article?
In this article, we will go into more detail about Shopify’s API or API’s. What are they? How do they differ from each other? And how can you create your API access?
If you have other problems with your Shopify Shop or if it does not exist yet, we at eBakery will be happy to help you. All information and the possibility to make an appointment can be found on our Shopify Agency page. But first of all, a basic explanation of the topic.
What is an "API"?
What actually is an API? The acronym stands for Application Programming Interface.
That is, it is an interface that allows certain software, in our case Shopify, to communicate with third-party tools. It is therefore a programming interface to which, for example. price search engines such as Idealo in order to transmit the necessary data and to be present in this price search engine. There are two different APIs with Shopify – once the Shopify Admin API and the Shopify Storefront API. The Admin Api is about internal processes, like integrating apps or features within your Shopify store. This can be e.g. the case that you are collecting email addresses within your Shopify store to then forward them to your email marketing tool via Admin API.
Admin API vs. Storefront API
However, if you want to act outside of your Shopify store, you need the Shopify Storefront API. So for this, let’s see three practical examples in the Shopify Developer area. You sell products outside of your store, you are working on a standalone app and want to use Shopify as a base or you sell e.g. Products within video games, such as. Gadgets like weapons that will help you advance in the game. The Storefront API is required for these three cases. But how the whole thing is laid out, I’ll show you now. In the backend, the first thing you need to do is go to the Apps category. Then you will see a blue lettering under the app overview that says “Manage Private Apps”, click on it there. You will then see that the private apps are currently disabled, so let’s enable them directly. So we press the green button.
Set up the Shopify API
Once you have enabled this option, it cannot be disabled again. So it’s best to read the Shopify Terms of Service beforehand and then agree with the given by setting the checkmarks. Now activates the development of private apps. Then you have to find a name for it and enter a contact e-mail. This can be your own in small businesses, or it can be the developer’s. Now it comes to the probably most important step, where you should not be careless. Therefore, contact a Shopify agency or consult your developer for this. This is where the permissions are granted, i.e. which areas the API is allowed to access. For some there is a choice between “No access”, read access and for some additionally “Read and write access”. Be aware that an API is a more or less open interface used to access your store. So if certain areas are not mandatory to be shared, you should not do that either.
The Shopify Webhook API versions
To go through each point would go beyond the scope of this article. An example of what you could use the API for would be fulfillment automation, for which you would of course also need to share the fulfillment rights. So it depends on what you use this API for. At Shopify, it is the case that a new API version is released on a quarterly basis. It so happens that the choice here is between Q1 / Q2 / Q3 and the latest version. Unless there are good reasons to choose something else, use the latest stable version. So in our case 2021-10. That was the configuration of the admin API. To use it, save it and you will see the API key, the password and the secret key. You need this data for the other end, i.e. the software that you want to connect to the Shopify store.
The Shopify Agency
We’ll leave the Storefront API out of this, because that would be a topic in itself. If you want to use them or you are interested in the topic, write it to us in the comments. However, if you have problems with your Shopify Shop or if you want to optimize your Shopify Shop, please feel free to make an appointment directly.
Do you have questions or need an individual offer? Do not hesitate to contact us.
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