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How to create a Custom App for Zentail on Shopify
How to create a Custom App for Zentail on Shopify

This article shows you how to create a custom app on Shopify to connect your Zentail account to your Shopify store.

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Written by Michael Goldmeier
Updated over a week ago

Before integrating Zentail and Shopify, please take a moment to generate a backup of your Shopify data.
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In order to integrate your Shopify account with Zentail, you'll need to provide your Shopify API credentials:

  • API Key

  • API Password (Admin API Access Token)

  • API Secret Key
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Here's how:ย 

1. Create a Custom App in the App Development section of Shopify.

2. Name the app Zentail, the developer will be your shopify admin login and click Create app.

3. Click Configure Admin API Scopes:
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Check all boxes for all of the various permissions where possible. At minimum you need to select:

Read and Write for the following permissions:

  • Products, variants and collections

  • Orders, transactions and fulfillments (including merchant managed fulfillment)

  • Fulfillment Services

  • Product Information

  • Inventory

Read Access to the following:

  • Customer details and customer groups

  • Locations

Make sure to scroll this list all the way to the bottom to see the needed permissions settings.

4. Allow the app to access the Storefront API as shown below.

5. In the Shopify section of your Zentail Integrations page, enter each of the fields in the Connection Settings section:

  • Store URL

  • API Key

  • API Password (Admin API Access Token)

  • API Secret Key (Shared Secret)

Make sure you use your ".myshopify.com" URL, not the example URL Shopify might provide. Do not go into Production Mode until you are ready to Go Live.

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