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title: How to get Shopify Store URL and Access Token
slug: how-to-get-shopify-store-url-and-access-token
createdAt: 2024-04-09T20:34:20.270Z
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Sign in to your Shopify account.

Copy your URL from the address bar.

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Activate Shopify custom API and create your private app to get your Access Token.

Click on the App section.

Go to the App and sales channel settings.



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Click the Develop apps for your store button.

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Enable API, if you haven’t enabled it before.

To do this, click the Allow custom app development button.

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Confirm API activation.

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Click the Create an app button.

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Set the name for your app (e.g, Albato).

Click the Create app button.

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Click the Configure Admin API scopes.

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Check the following boxes: Customers, Draft orders, Orders.

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Click the Save button.

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Go to the API credentials section.

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Click the Install app button to generate a token.

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Click the Reveal token once button to see and copy your token.

**Important:** if you leave this page and don't copy the token, it will not be available and you will have to create a new app.



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Paste this token into the **"Create a connection to Shopify"** pop-up and click the Continue button.

The connection is ready!