​

Overview

To authenticate with Shopify, you will need:

1. Shopify Domain - The domain associated with your Shopify account.
2. API Access Token - The API access token generated after installing an app in your Shopify store.

This guide will walk you through finding your Shopify Domain and generating your API Access Token within Shopify.

​

Prerequisites:

• You must have an account with Shopify.
• Custom app development must be activated in your Shopify admin account.

​

Instructions:

​

Step 1: Finding your Shopify Domain

1. Sign in to your Shopify account.
2. Your Shopify Domain is the text found after the URL of your store in the address bar. For example, in https://admin.shopify.com/store/6nzh0y-y6, the domain is 6nzh0y-y6.
3. You can also click on your profile in the top right corner, then select All Stores to view the list of stores associated with your account.

4. From the displayed list, your Shopify Domain is the value before myshopify.com.

​

Step 2: Generating Your API Access Token

• After you’ve activated custom app development, you can create and install a custom app in your Shopify admin.

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Apps and sales channels.
2. Click Develop apps.

3. Click Create a custom app.
4. In the modal window, enter the App name and select an App developer. The app developer can be the store owner, or any staff or collaborator account with the Develop apps permission.

5. Click Create app.

• After you create a custom app, you can assign API scopes to it. A custom app can have Admin API scopes, Storefront API scopes, or both, depending on the requirements of the app. You need to select at least one scope before you install the app.

6. In the Overview tab, select at least a single scope from either Admin or Storefront API scopes, or both, depending on the app’s requirements.

7. Click Install app.
8. In the modal window, click Install.

9. Once your custom app is installed, your API Access Token will be generated.

​

Step 3: Enter credentials in the Connect UI

Once you have your Shopify Domain and API Access Token:

1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with Shopify (api key).
2. Enter the Shopify Domain and API Access Token in their respective fields.
3. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.

You are now connected to Shopify (api key).