---
title: "Shopify"
slug: "shopify"
description: "Get your Shopify data securely integrated with Dataddo! Learn how to create a Shopify data source, configure snapshotting preferences, and preview data."
updated: 2026-01-14T07:11:07Z
published: 2026-01-14T07:11:07Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dataddo.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Shopify

**Shopify** is an e-commerce platform that allows businesses to create online stores and sell products or services. It provides a range of tools and features for inventory management, order processing, payment integration, and website customization, enabling businesses to easily set up and operate their online storefronts.

Refer to our website for [the list of metrics and attributes available in Dataddo](https://dataddo.com/connector/shopify).

Refer to Shopify's official documentation to see [all available endpoints from the Shopify API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-rest).

## Authorize Connection to Shopify

### In Shopify

To authorize your Shopify account, you will need your **API access token**.

**Create an App**

1. Make sure you are logged in to your Shopify account and navigate to the [**Developer Dashboard**](https://dev.shopify.com/dashboard/) page.
2. In the top-right corner, click **Create app**.  

![Shopify 1 - Create App](https://cdn.document360.io/084ed225-3f99-4644-a2da-39ca0cd5ef45/Images/Documentation/Shopify%201%20-%20Create%20App.png)
3. Name your app and click **Create**.
4. On the **Create a version page**, scroll down to **Access** to add the following admin API scopes. You can copy paste the following list or select it from the **Select scopes** menu.

```
read_assigned_fulfillment_orders, read_customers,read_fulfillments, read_merchant_managed_fulfillment_orders, read_orders, read_products, read_third_party_fulfillment_orders
```

![Shopify 2 - Edit scopes](https://cdn.document360.io/084ed225-3f99-4644-a2da-39ca0cd5ef45/Images/Documentation/Shopify%202%20-%20Edit%20scopes.png)
5. Click **Release** to save the app version with updated scopes.
6. On the **Home** tab, click **Install app**. Select which Shopify store you want to install the app to. Click **Install**.  

![Shopify 3 - Install App](https://cdn.document360.io/084ed225-3f99-4644-a2da-39ca0cd5ef45/Images/Documentation/Shopify%203%20-%20Install%20App.png)
7. Back in your **Developer Dashboard**, select the newly created app and navigate to the **Settings** page.
8. From the **Credentials** section, copy your **Client ID** and **Client Secret**. These will be used to **retrieve your access token**.  

![Shopify 4 - Obtain Account Credentials](https://cdn.document360.io/084ed225-3f99-4644-a2da-39ca0cd5ef45/Images/Documentation/Shopify%204%20-%20Obtain%20Account%20Credentials.png)

**Obtain Your Access Token**

Exchange your client credentials for an access token to authenticate your API requests. This is a server-to-server request.

- **Endpoint**: `POST https://{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/oauth/access_token`
- **Headers**: `Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded`
- **Body Parameters**

| Parameter | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `client_id` | string | Your app's **client ID** found in the Developer Dashboard. |
| `client_secret` | string | Your app's **client Secret**. |
| `grant_type` | string | Must be set to `client_credentials`. |

### 

Copy the **access token** from the response. You will need this token for account authorization in Dataddo:

```
{
    "access_token": "shpat_a1b2c3d4f5g6h7j8k9l10",
    "scope": "read_assigned_fulfillment_orders,read_customers,read_fulfillments,read_merchant_managed_fulfillment_orders,read_orders,read_products,read_third_party_fulfillment_orders",
    "expires_in": 86399
}
```

### In Dataddo

1. On the **Authorizers** page, click on [Authorize New Service](https://app.dataddo.com/service/new) and select Shopify.
2. Fill in the following fields:
  1. **Subdomain**: Shopify subdomain name, aka the name of your shop=. E.g. `agencyname` from `agencyname.myshopify.com`.
  2. **Access Token**: Your Shopify API access token.
3. Rename your ***authorizer*** for easier identification and click on **Save**.

## How to Create a New Shopify Data Source

1. On the **Sources** page, click on the [**Create Source**](https://app.dataddo.com/sources/new) button.
2. Select the connector from the list and name your ***data source***.
3. On the **Dataset** step, select your **dataset**.
          **DATADDO TIP**

          

If you're unsure which dataset to select, use the search bar to look for datasets with the desired attributes or metrics.
4. On the **Account** step select your ***authorizer*** from the drop-down menu.
          **Didn't find your authorizer?**

          

Click on **Add new Account** at the bottom of the drop-down and follow the on-screen prompts. You can also go to the **Authorizers** tab and click on [**Add New Service**](https://app.dataddo.com/service/new).
5. On the **Attributes and Metrics** step, select the **metrics and attributes** you want to extract.  

![Create a source using a custom-schema connector.](https://cdn.document360.io/084ed225-3f99-4644-a2da-39ca0cd5ef45/Images/Documentation/Create%20Source%20-%20Custom-Schema%20Connector.png)
6. On the **Metadata** step, select which [**metadata fields**](/docs/metadata-inclusion) such as extraction time to add to your data.
7. On the **Snapshot** step:
  1. Configure your [**sync frequency**](/docs/extraction#extraction-frequency) or click **Show advanced settings** to set the exact synchronization time.
          **DATADDO TIP**

          

To **load historical data**, refer to the [**Data Backfilling**](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling) article.
  2. [Optional] Enable the **Allow Empty Data Extractions** toggle to allow the extraction when no data is available.
8. In the top-right corner, click **Test Data** button to preview extracted data. **Adjust the date range** for specific time frame.
9. Click on **Save** and **congratulations, your new data source is ready!**

---

## Limitations

### Multi-Account Extraction

If you have multiple Shopify accounts and would like to extract the same data from all of them, you can do it via [data union](/docs/data-union).

## Troubleshooting

### Data Preview Unavailable

No data preview when you click on **Test Data** might be caused by an issue with your ***source*** configuration. The most common causes are:

- **Date range**: Try a smaller date range. You can load the rest of your data afterward via [manual data load](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling).
- **Insufficient permissions**: Please make sure your authorized account has at least admin-level permissions.

### Insufficient Scopes Error

**ERROR MESSAGE** `Cannot Access Data: Insufficient Scopes`

If you cannot access some of your data, please double-check which permissions you've given to Dataddo. In majority of cases, you will need to add additional permissions to your account.

**Example** To gain access to the `fulfillmentOrders` field from the **Orders** dataset, give Dataddo at least one of the following scopes:

- `read_assigned_fulfillment_orders`
- `read_merchant_managed_fulfillment_orders`
- `read_third_party_fulfillment_orders`

## Related Articles

Now that you have successfully created a ***data source***, see how you can connect your data to a dashboarding app or a data storage.

**Sending Data to Dashboarding Apps**

- [Simple Data Integration to Dashboards](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/simple-data-integration-to-dashboards)
- [Data Backfilling to Dashboarding Apps](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling-to-dashboarding-apps)

**Sending Data to Data Storages**

- [Batch Ingestion to Data Warehouses](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/ingestion-to-data-warehouses)
- [Data Backfilling to Storages](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling-to-storages)

**Other Resources**

- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/troubleshooting)
- [Extraction Logs](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/extraction-logs)
- [Data Duplication](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-duplication)

Authorizers act as credentials for external services (e.g. Facebook or Google). To enable Dataddo to access and retrieve your data, you need to grant access to accounts that possess admin-level permissions or higher within these services.