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Set up a connection to ChannelApe

Naga Sri Hari Gonaboyina
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ChannelApe is an inventory management platform that helps customers to optimize their inventory, order, and fulfillment management practices.

Set up a connection

After you start the connection, you have to configure it in the Create connection panel and must complete all of the required * authentication settings:

Setting

Instructions

Name your connection * 

Enter a clear and distinguishable name. Throughout integrator.io imports and exports, you will have the option to choose this new connection. A unique identifier will prove helpful later when selecting it from a list of the connections in your account.

API type * 

Choose your ChannelApe API type:

  • REST:  Access and manage core commerce data and operational workflows through unified endpoints to streamline data handling and build reliable, scalable integrations across systems.

  • GraphQL: Query and mutate commerce data using flexible, schema-driven requests to reduce overfetching and build efficient, real-time integrations.

API version

Select your ChannelApe account API version (v1 or v2).

X-Channel-Ape- Authorization-Token * 

Enter your ChannelApe private API key.

Multiple layers of protection, including AES 256 encryption, are in place to keep your key safe. When editing this connection, you must re-enter this value each time; it is stored only when the connection is saved and never displayed as text.

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Public key *

Enter your ChannelApe public API key.

Multiple layers of protection, including AES 256 encryption, are in place to keep your key safe. When editing this connection, you must re-enter this value each time; it is stored only when the connection is saved and never displayed as text.

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Private key *

Enter your ChannelApe private key.

Multiple layers of protection, including AES 256 encryption, are in place to keep your key safe. When editing this connection, you must re-enter this value each time; it is stored only when the connection is saved and never displayed as text.

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Tip

This connector documentation describes only the settings shown for the Simple view. For the corresponding HTTP settings, see the Token auth universal connector documentation.

How to retrieve the private key and public key

  1. Sign in to your ChannelApe account.

  2. Navigate to Settings > Business > API accounts.

  3. Click Create API account.

  4. Enter an Account name.

  5. Click Create.

  6. Copy the Private key.

  7. Copy the Public key.

Important

  • Make sure to copy or download the private key, as you will not be able to view it again.

  • To access the APIs using a user account, send a Users – Create session request and copy the returned session ID. Use this value as the X-Channel-Ape-Authorization-Token header. 

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