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# Shopify Custom App
## Introduction
You can connect your Shopify Store to a Patchworks account via a custom app. This is very useful when you want to connect 1 Shopify store to multiple Patchworks Accounts.\
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Only Users with the develop app permission are able to do, Patchworks cannot set this up for you as we do not have the correct access due to our partner account.\
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Shopify instructions on how to create a custom app in your dev account can be found here\
[https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/dev-dashboard/create-apps-using-dev-dashboard\
](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/dev-dashboard/create-apps-using-dev-dashboard)To create a custom app go to the app settings in your store and click develop apps, if you have the correct permissions you should see a button to “Build Apps in Dev Dashboard”
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When in the Dev Dashboard there is a button to create an app, click this and follow the instructions,
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The box for the scopes you can either go through and select only what you want the app to have access to or paste the following list in\
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*`read_all_orders,read_assigned_fulfillment_orders,read_customers,read_delivery_customizations,read_discounts,read_draft_orders,read_fulfillments,read_gift_cards,read_inventory,read_locales,read_locations,read_markets,read_merchant_managed_fulfillment_orders,read_metaobject_definitions,read_metaobjects,read_order_edits,read_orders,read_payment_terms,read_price_rules,read_product_listings,read_products,read_publications,read_purchase_options,read_reports,read_returns,read_shipping,read_third_party_fulfillment_orders,write_assigned_fulfillment_orders,write_customers,write_delivery_customizations,write_discounts,write_draft_orders,write_fulfillments,write_gift_cards,write_inventory,write_locales,write_locations,write_markets,write_merchant_managed_fulfillment_orders,write_metaobject_definitions,write_metaobjects,write_order_edits,write_orders,write_payment_terms,write_price_rules,write_products,write_publications,write_purchase_options,write_reports,write_returns,write_shipping,write_third_party_fulfillment_orders,write_app_proxy,read_cart_transforms,write_cart_transforms,read_checkout_branding_settings,write_checkout_branding_settings,read_checkout_and_accounts_configurations,write_checkout_and_accounts_configurations,read_content,write_content,read_online_store_pages,read_customer_events,write_pixels,read_customer_merge,write_customer_merge,read_files,write_files,read_marketing_events,write_marketing_events,read_online_store_navigation,write_online_store_navigation,read_payment_customizations,write_payment_customizations,write_privacy_settings,read_privacy_settings,read_script_tags,write_script_tags,read_shopify_payments_disputes,read_shopify_payments_payouts,read_store_credit_accounts,read_store_credit_account_transactions,write_store_credit_account_transactions,read_themes,write_themes,read_translations,write_translations,read_validations,write_validations`*
This is the default list we use, however this covers everything, you may not want to allow access to all sections of the admin API\
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Once you have entered all the details required release the app, this will bring up a client ID and Secret, make a note of these as you will require them when authenticating in Patchworks.\
Once you have released the app you then need to instal it on the stores required, If you have multiple stores you should see them all listed as available to install the app on
Once this is all complete the next step is to create your instance within your Patchworks Account
Login to your patchworks account and install the Shopify app from the Marketplace\
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After you have installed the Shopify connector, create an instance and enter the details as required,
This is where you will need the client ID and client secret from the previous steps and the store name you are connecting to.\
Enter a relevant name for your instance, we suggest using your store name.
Select Custom App for the authentication
This next step is where you will need your Client Id and Secret from your custom app along with your store name which can be found in the Shopify Settings
Once complete you will see an instance created with the custom app authentication method you can now use in your flows to connect to Shopify
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