This guide will show you how to connect your Shift4Shop to API2Cart via the REST API in just a few steps.

Firstly, you need to create and authorize an application with necessary scopes for the store. To do this, you need to have a Shift4Shop developer account https://developer.3dcart.com/".

In the dashboard https://devportal.3dcart.com/dashboard.asp you need to create a new application.

new application

Choose the necessary scopes.

Shift4Shop

It is recommended to select all scopes, because after adding the store they cannot be changed.

Scopes

Next, you need to authorize this application in your Shift4Shop store.

Authorize

After that, you will be redirected to a page where you will need to specify the URL of the Shift4Shop store.

URL of the Shift4Shop store

Next, you will be redirected to a page where you need to accept the terms and authorize the application on the Shift4Shop store.

Shift4Shop store

After that, information about the store will appear on the application page in the dashboard.

Shift4Shop store

To connect Shift4Shop to API2Cart via the REST API , you need a private_key and an access_token credentials.