How to Integrate Shopware 6 Admin API

Introduction

Shopware 6 offers a powerful Admin API integration. Manage your store efficiently, retrieve product data, handle orders, and enhance shopping experiences. Our step-by-step guide helps you integrate Shopware 6 Admin API effortlessly, unleashing your e-commerce potential.

Prerequisites

Before we dive into the integration process, ensure you have the following prerequisites ready:

• A running instance of Shopware 6 with API access enabled.
• Basic knowledge of RESTful APIs and HTTP methods.
• API credentials (API key or OAuth tokens) to authenticate API requests.

Enable API Access in Shopware 6

To enable API access and integrate Shopware 6 Admin API, you must add the Integration in the backend. Please follow the steps below:

1. Log in to Shopware Admin: Access your Shopware 6 backend by logging in with your admin credentials.
2. Navigate to Settings: In the Shopware Admin, go to “Settings” from the left-hand sidebar.
3. Choose System: Under the “Settings” section, select “System” from the dropdown menu.
4. Open Integrations: In the “System” settings, click on “Integrations” to manage integration settings.
5. Add Integration: On the Integrations page, click on the “Add integration” button to create a new integration.
6. Fill in Integration Details: Provide a name for the integration and any additional information required for identification purposes. make sure you have enabled the administration role.

Understanding the Shopware 6 Admin API Endpoints

The first step is to know about various Admin API endpoints offered by Shopware 6. These endpoints manage store aspects like products, customers, orders, and categories. To gain a complete understanding of how to integrate Shopware 6 Admin API, refer to the official documentation.

Authentication & Security

The Shopware 6 Admin API implements OAuth 2.0, a widely used standard for user authentication. In this blog, we’ll delve into the various grant types supported by the Admin API and guide you through the process of obtaining access tokens for secure API interactions.

OAuth 2.0 Grant Types

Shopware 6 Admin API supports two major grant types:

1. Client Credentials Grant: This grant type involves obtaining an access token that remains valid for 10 minutes. To utilize it, you need to set up an integration and acquire an Access Key ID and Secret Access Key.
2. Resource Owner Password Grant: This grant type requires a username and password for user-based authentication. It yields an access token with a 10-minute lifespan along with a refresh token for administrative actions.

Obtaining Access Tokens for Shopware 6 API Integration

Client Credentials Grant: To acquire an access token using this grant type:

POST /api/oauth/token

Content-Type: application/json

{
  "grant_type": "client_credentials",
  "client_id": "<client-id>",
  "client_secret": "<client-secret>"
}

This request will generate an access token response. For a clearer understanding, please refer to the image below in Postman.

Resource Owner Password Grant: To obtain an access token using this grant type:

POST /api/oauth/token

Content-Type: application/json

{
  "client_id": "administration",
  "grant_type": "password",
  "scopes": "write",
  "username": "<user-username>",
  "password": "<user-password>"
}

This request will generate an access token and refresh token response. For a clearer understanding, please refer to the image below in Postman.

Utilizing Refresh Tokens in Shopware 6 API Requests:
Available after using the Resource Owner Password Grant, this allows the exchange of a refresh token for another short-lived (10 minutes) access token.

POST /api/oauth/token

Content-Type: application/json

{
  "grant_type": "refresh_token",
  "client_id": "<client-id>",
  "refresh_token": "<refresh-token>"
}

Making API Requests

Now that we have successfully obtained the access token, we’re all set to start making API requests to interact with your store’s data. The next step involves knowing the specific API endpoints to target. Let’s kick things off by focusing on the product entity endpoint.

Retrieving Product Data

One of the primary use cases for integrating the Shopware 6 Admin API is to fetch product lists. You can use the GET /api/product endpoint to retrieve a list of products or fetch individual product details using the GET /api/product/{productId} endpoint.

To illustrate, we’ll delve into an example of retrieving a list of products using the access token we obtained earlier.

HTTP Method: GET
Endpoint: {{baseUrl}}/api/product

Query Parameters:

- `limit`: 10 (An integer defining the maximum resources to be returned in a page.)
- `page`: 1 (The page number you want to retrieve.)

Headers:

- `Authorization`: Bearer {{accessToken}}

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Conclusion

Integrate Shopware 6 Admin API to elevate e-commerce management. This guide enables product retrieval, order handling, and more. Optimize store operations for seamless shopping. Get ready to unlock a new realm of efficiency and customer satisfaction. Happy integrating!

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