Step 01: Connect to Shopify

Step 01: Connect to Shopify



Step 1: Shopify Authentication

​This step helps you connect your Shopify store to the integration by creating a custom app and entering your API credentials.


a) Getting Your Shopify Store URL

To get your Shopify shop URL, follow these steps:
  1. Go to your Shopify store and open Settings
  2. Locate the URL under the name of your store as shown in the image below: 


b) Add Shopify API Credentials

After clicking on ‘Go to Shopify’, you’ll be taken to the Shopify Admin screen where you’ll have to extract your API credentials. To find your Shopify API Credentials, follow these steps:
  1. In the Shopify admin, go to ‘Apps and sales channels’ and click on ‘Allow custom app development’. 


  1. Enable by clicking on the ‘Allow custom app development’.

  1. Click on Create an app.


  1. Provide the app name and click on ‘Create app’.


  1. You’ll be taken to the Overview tab of the app development process. Switch to the ‘Configuration’ tab. 


  1. Click on ‘Configure’ in the Admin API integration block.

  1. Search and select the below scopes:
    → write_inventory
    → read_products
    → write_products
    → read_orders
    → write_orders
    → read_fulfillments
    → read_locations
    → write_merchant_managed_fulfillment_orders
    → read_merchant_managed_fulfillment_orders


  1. Under the Webhook Subscriptions, select the Event version ‘2025-01'.


Warning
If you choose the wrong version of the event, you won’t be able to access the integration. 

  1. Switch to the API Credentials tab and click on the ‘Install app’ button.


  1. Copy your Admin API access token, API key, and Secret key. Paste them in the integration’s Shopify authentication fields. 


c) Enter API Credentials

After your app is created, you’ll be prompted to enter the required API credentials:
  1. Admin API Access Token
  2. API Key
  3. Secret Key
Instructions are provided for where and how to retrieve these values.

All three fields are mandatory:
  1. Leaving any field blank will show a validation message.
  2. Incorrect values will trigger an error message for each respective field.
Additional Validations
  1. If any required Shopify API scopes are missing, you’ll see an error.
  2. Using an unsupported webhook version will also result in an error message.

Successful Shopify Authentication
  1. Upon successful authentication with valid credentials, you will be redirected to the Gear Exchange authentication step.


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