Connect Shopify with a token

Use this when your store is password-protected, or if you prefer an Admin API token over reading the storefront. You create a small custom app in your own Shopify admin that can only read products.

Create the token in Shopify

1. In your Shopify admin, open Settings → Apps and sales channels → Develop apps. If Shopify asks, allow custom app development. Only the store owner can do this.
2. Create an app and name it, for example, OptiQube.
3. Under Configuration → Admin API integration, tick read_products and save.
4. Click Install app, then reveal the Admin API access token. It starts with shpat_.

Connect it in OptiQube

1. Click the store name in the top-left corner → Connections → Connect catalog.
2. Choose Shopify, then click Connect with a token instead under the form.
3. Under Shop domain, enter your .myshopify.com domain. It is the address in your Shopify admin's address bar.
4. Paste the token under Admin API access token.
5. Click Connect shop.
6. If OptiQube asks Use one of your feed slots?, confirm.

What OptiQube reads

Active products; variants stay inside their product. They are read again on their own: every hour if the store has an active campaign or a live product group, otherwise once a day.