Integrate 1hero AI with Shopify: Create a Custom Shopify App and Locate API Credentials

Rob Mkrtchian
1hero-blog
Published in
2 min readOct 24, 2023

Follow the instructions below to connect your Shopify account to 1hero AI.

Step 1: Create a custom app in Shopify

1. Go to Shopify Admin page (yourshop.myshopify.com/admin)

2. Navigate to Settings

3. Go to “Apps and sales channels” page

4. Click “Develop apps” button (on the upper right corner)

5. Click “Create an app” (on the upper right corner) 6. Create app and name it as “1hero.ai”

Gif: Create a custom app in Shopify

Step 2: Configure scopes of your Shopify custom app

1. Navigate to “Configuration” tab

2. Click “Configure” Admin API integration

3. From Admin API Scopes access list choose:

Screenshot: Scopes to set for 1hero AI integration
Gif: Set a custom Shopify app scopes

4. Click “Save”

Step 3: Install a custom Shopify app

1. Navigate to “API Credentials” tab

2. Click “Install app” and then “Install”

Gif: Install a custom Shopify app

Step 4: Copy paste Shopify API credentials to 1hero app

1. Click “Reveal token once” and copy access token.

2. Keep Shopify Admin browser tab open and navigate to 1hero.ai’s E-Commerce page & paste it in “Admin API Access Token” field of “ Shopify” section

3. Go back to Shopify Admin tab and copy the “API key” (not the “API secret key”)

4. Navigate to 1hero.ai’s “E-commerce” page & paste it in “API Key” field of “Shopify” section

Gif: Copy paste API credentials (above is shown the depricated interface of 1hero.ai)

5. Enter your Shopify store URL in “Shopify Store URL” field.

Now you have connected your Shopify account to 1hero.ai.

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