User Guide For CS-Cart Shopify Connector

• Well integrated with CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and Multi-Vendor Plus.
• Admin / Seller can import products from the Shopify store to the CS-Cart store with variations (Product Variation Add-on Required).
• The products get imported with Product name, Cost, Main image, Description, Code, Weight, and variations.
• Admin can import products by collection using both collection smart and custom.
• Product updates in your CS-Cart store, like price, quantity, name, and other details in real-time.
• Admin/Seller can map the Shopify categories with CS-Cart categories.
• Order gets synced to Shopify in real-time when created in your CS-Cart store.
• Admin / Seller can import orders from Shopify to CS-Cart.
• Admin / Seller can handle multiple store accounts from the CS-Cart Panel.
• Additionally, the admin / Seller can draft the Shopify products as Active/Disabled/hidden from CS-Cart.
• Admin / Seller has access to set types of variations before importing the products.
• While adding a Shopify Account in CS-Cart, the Admin / Seller can add an API key/Token and a Password/custom.
• Admins and Sellers can now add the Shopify add-on using the Shopify Developer Dashboard by entering the Client ID, Client Secret, and store domain name.
• Close/cancel/update and delete orders on Shopify when initiated on the CS-Cart store.
• Real-time sync of Shopify orders to CS-Cart store.
• The store status will be shown on the store edit page.
• Added a new order status mapping tab and also added an option to select the default order status.
• Option to change hook setting for product update, a product created, order update, order created, etc.
• The domain has been added to the store management page.
• Option to export product from the product detail page.
• Option to export categories from the categories detail page.
• Admin and seller can export new products on the Shopify store from the CS-Cart admin panel.
• The admin can export multiple products to their Shopify account.
• The admin/seller can import a large number of products from Shopify to Cs-Cart with the help of RabbitMQ.

• Use Queue Handler: Enable this option for bulk operations. The queue handler is recommended when syncing a large number of products or orders.

• Allow Automatic Sync (CS-Cart → Shopify): Choose Update, Delete, or Both to allow product synchronization from CS-Cart to Shopify. If no option is selected, products will not sync.
• Allow Automatic Sync (Shopify → CS-Cart): Choose Update, Delete, or Both to allow product synchronization from Shopify to CS-Cart. If no option is selected, products will not sync.

Note: Product synchronization can be enabled in only one direction at a time.

RabbitMQ Configuration

Note: To configure RabbitMQ properly, make sure the CS-Cart Queue Handler is installed and set up. You can refer to the official documentation here:
https://docs.cs-cart.com/latest/developer_guide/core/queue.html

In this section, you need to configure the RabbitMQ settings to enable queue-based processing.

• Host: Enter the RabbitMQ host details.

• Port: Enter the RabbitMQ port number.

• Username: Provide the RabbitMQ username.

• Password: Enter the RabbitMQ password.

• Queue Name: Specify the RabbitMQ queue name.

Step2:

Go to the website and click on the Shopify Connector to manage and configure your Shopify account settings. After that, click on the plus icon to add a new Shopify account.

Step3:

First, you have to log in to the Shopify account, if you don’t have the account. You can create the account by clicking here You have to log in with your email, Apple ID, Facebook id, or email id.  If you enter your email, then you have to fill in all the details as shown below: After you have filled in the details, you have to click on the Create Store button as shown below. You have to select the country from the drop-down list.

Create Account Using API Key / Token

In General Settings, select the Authorization Mode as API key/token, then enter the API key/token, password/custom, store domain name, and shop name from your Shopify account.

How to get Shopify Credentials:

Here are the steps for generating the credentials. After creating the store on Shopify, you have to click on the  Settings option on the left side of the screen. After opening the settings option, click on Apps. Now, click on the option Develop Apps on the top right of the screen. Click on Create an App. You have to enter the name of the app and select the developer name from the drop-down list. After this, you have to click on Configuration> Configure Admin API scope.

After this, you have to click on the API Credentials. You have to click on the Install app option.

After doing all this, you will get the API credentials of Shopify. Copy them and paste them into the CS-Cart settings for the configuration of the module.

Create Account Using Dev Dashboard

In General Settings, select the Authorization Mode as Dev Dashboard, then enter the Client ID, Client Secret, store domain name, and shop name from your Shopify account.

How to get Dev Dashboard Credentials

After logging into your Shopify account, open the Developer Dashboard and click on Add Dev Store.

You will be redirected to the Create Dev Store pop-up, where you can enter the store name, select a plan, and click Create Store.

Set Up Admin API Permissions

Now, you need to configure the required API permissions for your Shopify app.

Fill in the following details:

App URL – Enter the URL where your app is hosted, or the URL Shopify should redirect to after the app is installed or accessed.

After that, assign the necessary permissions to your app:

• Navigate to the Access Scopes section.

• Select the required API scopes based on the connector requirements (such as Products, Orders, Inventory, Customers, etc.).

Make sure to enable Read and Write access for the following:

• Customer information and customer groups

• Inventory management

• Orders, transactions, fulfillment details

• Product data including products, variants, and collections

• Locations

• Shipping rates

• Discounts

• Online Store pages access through the GraphQL API

Note: While configuring webhook subscriptions, ensure that you select the latest available Event Version.

Retrieve Your API Credentials

Once the app version has been released, navigate to the API Credentials section within your app dashboard. Here, Shopify provides the authentication keys required for integration.

You will be able to find the following details:

• Client ID (API Key)

• Client Secret Key

To view the secret key, click on Reveal.

Make sure to copy both credentials carefully and store them securely, as these values will be required during the module configuration.

Install the App

After configuring the required API scopes, the next step is to install the app in order to enable API access.

• Click on Install App from the app dashboard.

• Confirm the installation when prompted.

Once installed, Shopify will activate the app and generate the OAuth credentials required for completing the integration.

Step4:

After that, in order settings, select Close Shopify orders, Cancel Shopify Order, Payment Processor, Import order from Shopify to CS-cart, default shipping method, and status for fulfillment.

Step5:

Therefore, for product setting, select the desired category to which Shopify products get imported and the currency. Click on the plus icon to select the CS-Cart category.

• Default category– You can click on the plus icon to choose the category.
• Shopify Currency– Select the Shopify currency.
• Type of Product variation– Please select yes if you want to create (Variations as one product) and select no for (Variations as separate products).
• For Shopify Draft Product – Please select the given option to import the Shopify draft product into the Cs-Cart site with the given status.
• Quantity Update- Update the quantity.
• Update Product- Update the product.
• Type of product import- Choose the particular type of product to import.
• Get HTML description– Choose the HTML description.

Furthermore, when you click on the plus icon, a new pop-up of the CS-Cart category will open. Select the category and click “Choose”.

Step6:

In Webhook settings, a webhook is created for products updated in real-time. After configuring various settings, click on Save. Therefore, when an admin creates an account, they can perform various processes from the Shopify store to the CS-Cart store. Admin can Map Category, Manage Shopify Shipping Templates, Import Orders, Manage Shopify Products, Manage Shopify Orders, Edit and Delete Accounts.