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Introduction

The document describes the steps of the WooCommerce REST API configuration and describe how to create new connection to link your store.


This document highlights the steps and importance of specific fields that are necessary for REST API Configuration and for Creating New Connection with your Store. like Consumer Key as Access token on Extend Side and Consumer Secret as Secret on Extend Side when we create connection.

 

WooCommerce REST API Configuration

  1. From WordPress, navigate to WooCommerce → Settings, click on the API tab at the top and check off the Enable the REST API option.
  2. Double check your WordPress Permalinks settings from Settings → Permalinks. Make sure your Common Settings are set to anything but Default. If in doubt, Day and name should do the trick!
  3. Enable Rest API WooCommerce → API → (check Enable the Rest API checkbox if not checked) → Press "Save Changes" button

  4. Head back to the WooCommerce section, and go to Settings → API. Click on the Keys/Apps link, and then click on Add Key.  Once there, enter in all the key details, and hit the blue Generate API Key button. (do not forget to select Read/Write from Permissions drop-down list)
  5.   You're almost done! Take note of your WooCommerce Consumer Key and Consumer Secret, and then tab over to Help Scout to wrap up. 

    Point to Remember

    Consumer Key: This Key is used as Access token On Extend Side when we create new connection.

    Consumer Secret: This is used as Secret on Extend Side when we create new connection.

  6. After doing all above steps just confirm things from WooCommerce → "System Status"

    a :- Under API heading

    b :- Under Theme Heading

    External System Connectors - Extend

    Extend helps you to Manage sales order, Products, invoicing, shipments and accounts of your online stores like Magento, Shopify and Fortnox etc. with click ease. For this you need to connect/link your online store with extend.

    Create New Connection

    We need to follow following steps to create new connection.

    1. Click on External System connectors from settings.
    2. Click the Create new connection button.
      A form opens where you need to enter basic data. Here Info of your online store is used for connection creation. Important fields to be handled are,           
      • Name: Any referene name of your choice e.g. "WooCommerce Jönköping"
      • External System: Select Name of Sales Channel like Magento, Fortnox and Shopify etc.
      • Access token: Consumer Key like (ck_a3e7043.............) is used as Access token here.
      • API URL: URL of your Online Store like (http://domain.com /)
      • Secret: Consumer Secret like (cs_9e253eb.............) is used as Secret here.
      • Order Start: Date from which you are going to start extend integration mostly current date.
      • Warehouse (Optional): The ware house which you want to link with this store
      • CompanyGroup(Optional): left blank
    3. Click on Verify Connection. It will verify your info(External System, Access token, Secret, API URL...) to create Connection.
    IF green color "Save" button appeared between verify connection and Cancel button then you done successfully.
    If no Save button appeared then contact support.
  7. Edit Synchronization Schedule

    After creating a connection, you can edit a synchronization schedule of all entities like order, product, invoicing and accounting etc. By default, schedule for synchronization is inactive.

    Products

    By Default, products Synchronization schedule is once a day. You can edit Products Synchronization Schedule.

    Orders

     By Default, Orders are fetched after every hour. You can edit orders synchronization schedule.

 

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