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Set up a token connection to Shopify

Naga Sri Hari Gonaboyina
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Shopify is an e-commerce platform that allows users to set up an online store and sell their products. It helps you manage your orders from inventory to point of sale to shipping and returns.

Important

Only users who have an existing legacy custom app and a valid access token can configure a connection using Token authentication with the information described below. From January 1, 2026, Shopify no longer allows the creation of new legacy custom apps in the Shopify admin. Additionally, custom apps created through the Shopify developer dashboard do not provide static access tokens in the Admin UI and therefore do not support the legacy token-based authentication method described here. Instead, apps created in the developer dashboard must obtain API access tokens using Shopify’s supported OAuth or token acquisition mechanisms (such as the client credentials grant or token exchange) before making authenticated API requests. For details on setting up authentication for developer dashboard apps, see the Set up an HTTP connection to Shopify using a custom app article.

Set up a connection

After you start the connection, configure it in the Create connection panel and 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 Shopify account API type:

  • HTTP: Use traditional HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) for straightforward interactions with individual resources.

  • GraphQL: Use GraphQL for flexible, efficient queries and mutations, retrieving only the required data with a single endpoint.

API version 

Select your Shopify account’s API version. For example, 2026-01. For more information, see REST admin API reference.

Store name * 

Enter your Shopify store name. For example, if the URL is https://demo-store.myshopify.com, then demo-store is your store name.

Auth type * 

Select Token as the authentication type for this connection.

Access token * 

Enter the access token created in the Shopify legacy custom app. 

Multiple layers of protection are in place, including AES 256 encryption, to keep your connection’s access token safe. When editing this form later, you must enter this token again; it is stored only when the connection is saved and never displayed as text.

How to retrieve the access token 

Tip

This connector documentation describes only the settings shown for the Simple view.

For the corresponding:

How to retrieve the access token

  1. Sign in to your Shopify account.

  2. Navigate to Apps > App and sales channel settings > Apps and sales channels.

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  3. Select the installed app and navigate to API credentials.

  4. Copy the Admin API Access token.

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Additional references