Akeneo Connector for Shopify

Akeneo Connector for Shopify allows you to integrate your Shopify store with the Akeneo PIM platform. Using Shopify Akeneo Connector, you can add and update products, collections, and variants from Akeneo to Shopify.

Various product details can be export such as- title, description, multiple images, SEO information, SKU, barcode, price, compare at price, quantity, weight, etc.

You can also check the Akeneo Shopify App for importing and exporting product data easily.

Please Note -Akeneo Connector for Shopify is also compatible with Shopify Plus.

Before you begin, please see the minimum requirements for using this module:

• You need to create a Shopify private app for Akeneo integration.
• This module is compatible with the Akeneo community and Enterprise(Flexibility) edition.
• If you want to use this extension on Akeneo EE Serenity mode, please contact us.
• For the Akeneo installation, your Akeneo server should meet these system requirements.
• For exporting images to Shopify, HTTPS protocol should be enabled on the Akeneo server.
• This module works with Akeneo 2.0.x, 2.1.x, 2.2.x, 2.3.x, 3.0.x, 3.1.x, 3.2.x, 4.0.x, 5.0.x, 6.0.x. and 7.0.x.  Download Akeneo from here

Check out the following video tutorials below:

Step 1 – Log in to your Shopify Store admin panel, then select “Apps” from the left-hand menu. On the top right, select “Develop apps.”

Step 2 – After that, go to “Create an app” and then choose an “App name” for your app.

Step 3 -After that select a “App developer” from your list, then click “Create app.” After that, select “Configure Admin API scopes”

Ensure  that the “read and write” checks for the following scope categories are selected:

– Shop locales
– Fulfillment services
– Inventory
– Product listings
– Products
– Translation

Please note that Akeneo needs read and write access, you should select all checkboxes that start with “read and write”.

Step 4 –Then, in the top right corner, click “Save” and then “Install app.” By click “Install” in the new dialogue box that appears.

 5 –Shopify should take you to the “API credentials” tab, Here you will get the data for  Akeneo credentials, enter your app’s “Admin API access token” and “API key”:

Note: Please use the Access token instead of the API password when adding a Shopify credential in Akeneo versions prior to 6. x and 7. x.

Note: For exporting images to Shopify, HTTPS (SSL with a valid certificate) should be enabled on the Akeneo server. 

For the module, there are two different installation processes available.

1. Composer Installation
2. Manual Installation

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Before beginning the composer installation

1: Get the ACCESS KEYS [Create a support ticket]
2: In Akeneo composer.json, add our repository as well as the installation script.

For Akeneo 6.x and 7.x

{
  "scripts": {
        "post-update-cmd": [
           "vendor/webkul/shopifyconnector/src/Webkul/ShopifyBundle/install/config.sh COMPOSER=true NO_DOCKER=true"
        ],
        "post-install-cmd": [
           "vendor/webkul/shopifyconnector/src/Webkul/ShopifyBundle/install/config.sh COMPOSER=true NO_DOCKER=true"
        ],
        "post-create-project-cmd": [
          "vendor/webkul/shopifyconnector/src/Webkul/ShopifyBundle/install/config.sh COMPOSER=true NO_DOCKER=true"
       ]
   },
  "repositories": [{
    "type": "composer",
    "url": "https://akeneorepo.webkul.com/"
  }]
}

For Akeneo <=5.x 

{
  "scripts": {
        "post-update-cmd": [
           
"vendor/webkul/shopifyconnector/composer_install.sh"
        ],
        "post-install-cmd": [
           
"vendor/webkul/shopifyconnector/composer_install.sh"
        ],
        "post-create-project-cmd": [
         
"vendor/webkul/shopifyconnector/composer_install.sh"
       ]
   },
  "repositories": [{
    "type": "composer",
    "url": "https://akeneorepo.webkul.com/"
  }]
}

3: Use composer to install the extension.

          composer require webkul/shopifyconnector

4: Complete the authentication form.
5: Send a Message of Success
6: Delete your browser’s cache.

•  After unzipping the appropriate extension zip, merge the “src” folder into the akeneo project.
• From the PIM directory, run the following command over the NO-DOCKER Instance.

./src/Webkul/ShopifyBundle/install/config.sh COMPOSER=false NO_DOCKER=true

•  Run the command below over the PIM directory’s DOCKER instance.

./src/Webkul/ShopifyBundle/install/config.sh COMPOSER=false NO_DOCKER=false 

•  Command for Mapping Migration [If you’re updating from Module Version 2. x to the most recent version of the module]

php bin/console shopify:migration

For installing this module in Akeneo, please follow the further steps:

1 – Unzip the respective extension zip then merge the “src” folder into the akeneo project root directory.

2 – After that goto config/Bundles.php then add the line:

Webkul\ShopifyBundle\ShopifyBundle::class => ['all' => true],

in the return array.

3 – Then copy the “config” folder into Akeneo project root directory for routing.

4 – To run the Quick export in Akeneo 5.0.x, you need to run the below command.

Install composer dependency

php -d memory_limit=4G /usr/local/bin/composer --prefer-dist --no-scripts require navneetbhardwaj/akeneo-quickexport-configurator;

After that, register the bundle in config/bundles.php

Webkul\QuickExportConfiguratorBundle\QuickExportConfiguratorBundle::class => ['all' => true],

wk_quick_expoort:
        resource: "@QuickExportConfiguratorBundle/Resources/config/routing.yml"
        prefix:   /

5 – After that run this command after ssh to your akeneo server by the terminal.

rm -rf var/cache && php bin/console ca:warmup && php bin/console shopify:setup:install

6 –  If you are using php-fpm then you need to restart the php-fpm services and apache web server.

• From the PIM directory, run the command below over the NO-DOCKER Instance.

./src/Webkul/ShopifyBundle/uninstall/uninstall.sh COMPOSER=false NO_DOCKER=true

After you’ve installed the modules, then Go to Shopify  >> Documentation.

After that, go to the Credentials tab and select Create Credentials to add new Shopify credentials.

Then fill in the details with the API token and your Shopify Shop Front URL. For configuration, you can add multiple Shopify stores.

To check the Graphql Translation Mapping click on the edit credential. After saving the Shopify credential, All the Shopify locales fetch automatically.

If you add any new locale at the Shopify end then you will fetch that locale by clicking on the Validate fetch Button, you can get all of the published locales.

You can sync detailed information about the products from Akeneo to Shopify. But first, you need to do the mapping of Akeneo attributes with Shopify product fields.

After that please go to the Export Attributes Mapping tab. On the left, you will find all the product fields that can be synchronized with Akeneo attributes.

Then in the middle, you need to select the attribute of Akeneo which will be mapped with the Shopify product fields.

The following attributes can be mapped:

• Name
• Description
• Price
• Stock Quantity
• Vendor
• URL and handle
• Taxable (1/0)
• Fulfillment Service
• Weight

Note – To create a single value, click on the check box and concatenate the values of many attributes.

Use This Fixed Value – In case you want to use any definite (same) value for the attribute, you can enter it on the right. Please note, that all the exported products will be using this mentioned attribute value.

For eg., If you want the weight of all the exported products to be 1, then you need to deselect the Akeneo attribute in the middle and enter 1 as the fixed value on the right. Now, all the exported products’ weight will be shown as 1 in Shopify.

Map Existing Categories of Shopify with Akeneo

If you already have products and categories in your Shopify setup, please map them to akeneo to avoid creating duplicate records first go to Export Mapping>Map Product/Category.

After that click the Create Mapping button for creating a new mapping for a category, or product.

Select Mapping Type as – Category, and product.

Then, select Akeneo value and Shopify value accordingly after that click Save.

Shopify Other Mapping –

Image Mapping – Provide the attributes created as image type which you want to export to your Shopify store.

Association Mapping  – Associations like Cross-Sell, Upsell, Substitution, etc can be mapped in meta fields as shown in the image.

Note – To make this field available, first map the “URL and handle” attribute mapping under standard attribute mapping.

Attribute to be used as Meta field – If you want to export Meta fields to Akeneo, simply create the required attributes in Akeneo and then select them from Attributes to be used as Meta Fields option. There will be three options-

• String
• Integer
• Json_string

Multi-attributes must be added in accordance with string, integer, and JSON String specifications.

NOTE – You must install the Metafields Guru App in order to use MetaFields.

Quick Export Currency Mapping – From this option, you need to select the currency for the export job. After that, the selected currency attribute value will be used for all quick export jobs.

After the release of Akeneo Connector for Shopify version 2.0.0, the module now supports bi-directional synchronization. This means you can now send as well receive your product data between Shopify and Akeneo.

In the Import Attributes Mapping section, you need to configure some settings so that import functionality works properly:

Map More Attributes – 

If your products have lots of information, you can enter Shopify attribute code ID and then click Add Field. Shopify Akeneo Connector module supports various attributes of Shopify products.

Please make sure to use the same attribute code of Shopify in Akeneo.

Shopify Other Mappings-

Set Family (for simple products) –  From this option, you need to select an Akeneo family for imported products. All the simple products imported from the Shopify stores will come under this family.

Set Common Images – From here, you need to select the Akeneo image attributes which will be the common images for the product model.

This option is meant for Shopify imported products with variants. Make sure you have created the required attributes in Akeneo already.

Set Variant Image – From here, you need to select an Akeneo image attribute which will be mapped with Shopify’s imported product variant’s image.

Import Smart Collection as Collection – With this you can Import a collection in Akeneo with a smart collection.

*Therefore A smart collection is a grouping of products established by the merchant’s rules. Based on the rules, Shopify adjusts the contents of a smart collection.

Other Setting –

Logs Setting –

After that in other settings, you can Enable API Request Logs and Enable API Response Log in which you can check all the export/import processing. If there is any error or issue in the export/import process that will be visible.

Tags Export Setting –

These tags will be exported from Akeneo to Shopify. There will be three types to export the tag –

You want to pull tags as Named Tags – If you want to include the attribute name in the tag if you enable this option.

As seen in the referenced image, attributes and attribute values are displayed in a named tag format.

Do you want to pull through the attribute name as well in tags – In this, you can export the name and tags both the name and tags will be separated by a dash, colon, or space.

Do you want to pull through the Metric UNIT name as well in tags – In this, you can export metric value when you will enable this unit will also be exported as well.

• Use Key for Meta Field as Attribute Code / Label – selected attribute will be exported through attribute code/attribute label.
• Use Namespace for Meta Field as Attribute Group Code / global – Selected attributes can be exported through attribute group code or global.
• Strip Tags of Meta Fields Value – If you will enable this option it will be exported in the content format in Shopify as shown in the image. If you will disable this option then the code format will be exported in Shopify.

Other Settings –

Remove Extra fractional Zeros of Metric Attribute Value –If you will enable this feature then the extra zeros of metric attribute value will be removed

Value for Option Name as Attribute Label – Enable this option to export the variant axis as label or code (for Product Model) as shown in the below image.

To create a product in Akeneo, go to navigate to Products then click the Create button. After that, you need to choose the product type – Product or Product Model.

Product – Select this type for creating a simple product.

Product Model – Select this type for creating a product having multiple variations such as colors, and sizes.

Then enter the required SKU, choose a family, and click the Save button.

Product Family – A family is a set of attributes that will be the same for all products belonging to a family. The product family represents products type, imposes product information structure, and defines the list of attributes for a product that it belongs.

Add Product Details

After that, you need to provide the basic details about a product such as a name, description, weight, price, etc.

Select Attribute

For adding product information, select the attribute options you require. You can also create new options for the attribute. You can export furthermore attributes from Akeneo to Shopify:

• Name
•  Description
• Price
• Weight
• Stock quantity 
• Inventory policy
• Allow customers to purchase this product when it’s out of stock
• Vendor
• Product type
• Tags
• Barcode
• Compare Price
• Meta Title
• Meta Description
• URL and handle
• Taxable (1/0) 
• Fulfillment Service

Mention the product’s price and its compare at price (if any). Then, you can mention the search engine listing information – page title, description, URL.

Add New Attribute Option

If an attribute option is missing for a select attribute type (simple or multi-select) then you can directly add it to the Product Edit Form. Enter a Code and Label values, then click Save.

Upload an Image

In this connector, we can upload the images. We can click on the image attribute to add an image. After it, we can delete, change, and download the image.

Select category

After that select a category for the product from the left panel and use the checkbox.

After that to create a product with variations, go to Products>Create and select the Product Model.

Then, enter a Code, select Family, and select Variant. In Variant, you need to select how the variations will be created.

Then, enter the basic product details which are common to all the variations. You can mention the product name, description, vendor, product type, taxable, upload images, SEO information,

To add a variation, click the down arrow symbol.

Then, mention variant axis such as size, and color and enter SKU for variation product.

Once the variation product is created, you can mention its price, and compare at price, barcode, weight, and quantity.

After that to export your product data you need to create a job profile. First, go to Exports>Create Export Profile

After that enter a unique code, and label then select Shopify Export Job

Credentials for Multi-Store

If you have multiple stores in Shopify, you can enter the store credentials here by going to the Credential section.

After saving the export profile, go to the Content section and select Locale and Currency for the exported products.

Then you can decide which products you want to export and filter them using various options. After that to export a specific product you can enter its SKU in Identifier.

Filter product based on category selection and click Confirm.

Once you have filtered the products and saved your export job profile, click the Export Now button.

After the completion of the execution process, you can see the number of products exported from Akeneo to Shopify, and also see the status as completed.

After that, you can see the products have been created using Akeneo mentioning all the product details.

Then you can edit and update any product information as you like.

All the variation information will also appear mentioning inventory, price, SKU. SEO information can also be seen here.

Once the export job is complete, the products will appear on the storefront. The customer will see the name, price, images, and description on the product page.

After that, the module also supports Quick Export functionality. It basically allows you to export some selection of products without going through the process of creating an export job profile and following the long procedure.

To do quick export, simply select the product(s), go to the Quick Export option, and choose Shopify Export (All Attributes) and other options.

Once you click the  Export option, the execution process will run.

After that, you can check the details from the notifications section and check the progress in the process tracker.

For importing product data from Shopify to Akeneo, go to Imports>Create Import Profile.

There are Category, Attribute, family, product, and product model types of import jobs in the connector.

After that enter a code, label, and select Job as Shopify Import Product.

Then go to Content and select the appropriate channel, locale, and currency for importing Shopify products to Akeneo.

In case you are managing multiple Shopify stores, you can select the store credential from the drop-down, and click Save.

After that, click the Import Now button to execute the import process.

Using this import job you can delete the export product mapping which is deleted from Shopify.

Create an import profile then enter the details

After that, click the Import Now button to execute the import process.

So, that was much about the User Guide of Akeneo Connector for Shopify for any queries or doubts reach out to us at support@webkul.com. You can also raise a ticket at our HelpDesk System.

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