Shopify
Learn about our Shopify integration
Shopify is an eCommerce software that helps SMBsSMB The primary customer segment that Codat helps businesses serve, typically companies with annual revenues under $500 million. to sell their products online.
With Codat's Shopify integration, you can securely retrieve your SMBSMB The primary customer segment that Codat helps businesses serve, typically companies with annual revenues under $500 million. customers' commerce transactions, standardized to our commerce data model.
Merchants connect and share their commerce data using a custom app.
About custom apps
A custom app is exclusively linked to a merchant's individual Shopify store and can't be linked to multiple stores. Custom apps are not listed on the Shopify app store or subject to Shopify's app approval process. With this approach, each merchant creates a custom app in their Shopify store.
Custom apps use APIAPI A set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate with each other. Codat provides APIs for accessing financial data from accounting, banking, and commerce platforms. access tokens (APIAPI A set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate with each other. Codat provides APIs for accessing financial data from accounting, banking, and commerce platforms. keys) for authentication.
There are no additional provider requirements when using this approach.
To connect their commerce data using a custom app, the merchant does the following:
- Creates a custom app and assigns it the required APIAPI A set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate with each other. Codat provides APIs for accessing financial data from accounting, banking, and commerce platforms. scopes.
- Gets the APIAPI A set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate with each other. Codat provides APIs for accessing financial data from accounting, banking, and commerce platforms. access token for the app.
- Enters the access token in LinkLink The authorization flow that allows end users to connect their accounting, banking, or commerce platforms to your application via Codat..
To get started, see Set up Shopify using custom apps.