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BigCommerce

The following steps outline how to get the API credentials needed to integrate Content Studio with BigCommerce to be able to browse and select products.

What you'll need
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The following details are required:

  • BigCommerce Store Hash
  • BigCommerce API token (the BigCommerce access token)
  • BigCommerce API URL

You can create a new API account or use the information from an account that you've already setup.

Creating an API account
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  • Log in to BigCommerce and choose Settings > Store-level API Tokens.
  • Click "Create API account"

Create an API account

  • Select the account type V3 API token.
  • You'll need to note the store hash. This is part of the API path: https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/<store hash>/v3/

The store hash is part of the API path

  • Select the scope Products (read only)

Select the scope as Products read only

  • Once your configuration is saved, you can access the credentials you need. The Access token is what Content Studio refers to as the API token.

Your credentials are now available

Setting up the Content Studio integration
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  • In Content Studio choose the Commerce Repositories icon and click "Add Commerce Repository".
  • Choose "BigCommerce" from the dialog and add the integration. Note: the BigCommerce API URL is https://api.bigcommerce.com.

Setting up the BigCommerce integration in Content Studio

Once the integration is set up, your product data is available to browse and add when using Content Studio templates such as "Rewrite product description".

You can search for and add product data using templates such as rewrite product description

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