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• Add the Shopify Connector
• Authenticate to Shopify
  • OAuth
  • Access Token
• Complete Your Connection
• More Information

You can use the Shopify connector from the CData Sync application to capture data from Shopify and move it to any supported destination. To do so, you need to add the connector, authenticate to the connector, and complete your connection.

Add the Shopify Connector

To enable Sync to use data from Shopify, you first must add the connector, as follows:

1. Open the Connections page of the Sync dashboard.

2. Click Add Connection to open the Select Connectors page.

3. Click the Sources tab and locate the Shopify row.

4. Click the Configure Connection icon at the end of that row to open the New Connection page. If the Configure Connection icon is not available, click the Download Connector icon to install the Shopify connector. For more information about installing new connectors, see Connections.

Authenticate to Shopify

After you add the connector, you need to set the required properties.

• Connection Name - Enter a connection name of your choice.

• Shop URL - Enter the URL to your Shopify shop.

CData Sync supports authenticating to Shopify in several ways. Select your authentication method below to proceed to the relevant section that contains the authentication details.

• OAuth (default)
• Access Token

CData Sync supports authenticating to Shopify in several ways. Select your authentication method below to proceed to the relevant section that contains the authentication details.

OAuth

To connect with OAuth custom credentials, specify the following properties:

• Auth Scheme: Select OAuth.

• OAuth Client Id: Enter the client Id that you were assigned when you registered your application with an OAuth authorization server.

• OAuth Client Secret: Enter the client secret that you were assigned when you registered your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Access Token

To connect with an access token, specify the following properties:

• Auth Scheme - Select AccessToken.

• Access Token - Specify your Shopify access token. To obtain a token, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to your Shopify site from the admin page and select Apps > Apps and sales channels.

  2. Click Develop apps and select Create an app.

  3. On the Overview tab, click Configure Admin API scopes and select the access permissions for the store that you want to grant to your application. The following permissions are required in order for the connector to use all the tables and views:

     • read_assigned_fulfillment_orders, write_assigned_fulfillment_orders
     • read_content, write_content
     • read_customers, write_customers
     • read_draft_orders, write_draft_orders
     • read_fulfillments, write_fulfillments
     • read_gift_cards, write_gift_cards
     • read_inventory, write_inventory
     • read_marketing_events, write_marketing_events
     • read_orders, write_orders
     • read_price_rules, write_price_rules
     • read_product_listings, write_product_listings
     • read_products, write_products
     • read_reports, write_reports
     • read_script_tags, write_script_tags
     • read_shopify_payments_payouts
     • read_themes, write_themes
     • read_markets
     • read_shopify_payments_accounts
     • read_publications
     • unauthenticated_read_content (Storefront API)

  4. Click Save.

  5. Select API Credentials.

  6. Under Access tokens, click Install app. This action creates your access token.

  7. Copy the access token that is displayed under Admin API Access token and paste it in the Access Token field in .

     Note: The token can be revealed and copied only once.

Complete Your Connection

To complete your connection:

1. For Schema, select the Shopify server version to which you want to connect. The default server version is GRAPHQL-20204-07.

2. Define advanced connection settings on the Advanced tab. (In most cases, though, you should not need these settings.)

3. If you authenticate with OAuth, click Connect to Shopify to connect to your Shopify account.

4. Click Create & Test to create your connection.

More Information

For more information about interactions between CData Sync and Shopify, see Shopify Connector for CData Sync.