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Shopify is a cloud-based e-commerce platform that enables users to create, customize, and manage online stores. It provides a wide range of features and tools for businesses to sell products and services online, including website templates, payment processing, inventory management, and marketing tools. Shopify allows users to reach customers across different channels, including web, mobile, social media, and marketplaces, making it a versatile solution for individuals, entrepreneurs, and enterprises looking to establish and grow their online presence.

Connecting

  1. In Blackbird, navigate to ‘Apps’ and search for Shopify. If you cannot find Shopify then click Add App in the top right corner, select Shopify and add the app to your Blackbird environment.
  2. Click Add Connection.
  3. Name your connection for future reference e.g. ‘My Shopify connection’.
  4. In Shopify, go to Store settings -> Apps and sales channels -> Develop apps.
  5. Create the develop app.
  6. Click Configure Admin API scopes to select the scopes you want to provide Blackbird with. Make sure to provide read_locales access scope. Other scopes that may be needed depending on desired actions are: write_products, read_products, write_publications, read_publications, write_translations, read_translations.
  7. After selecting the scopes click Save and go to API credentials and install the newly created app.
  8. It will create the Admin API access token that you need to copy and paste it to the appropriate field in Blackbird.
  9. Next in store settings click Domains and copy the name of the store from the domain and paste it to the appropriate field in Blackbird. F.E. if your domain is mystore.myshopify.com, you need to take mystore
  10. Click Connect.
  11. Confirm that the connection has appeared and the status is Connected.

Actions

Products

  • Search products returns the list of products filtered by provided criterias.
  • Get product content as HTML returns source product content in an HTML format.
  • Get product translation content as HTML returns translated product content in an HTML format.
  • Update product content from HTML updates content of the specified product from an HTML file.

Events

  • On product created
  • On product deleted
  • On product updated
  • On product publications added
  • On product publications deleted

Feedback

Do you want to use this app or do you have feedback on our implementation? Reach out to us using the established channels or create an issue.