Connecting BigCommerce

Dynition connects to BigCommerce with a store-level API account, which gives you three values: an Access Token, a Client ID, and a Client Secret. This guide walks you through creating them.

Steps

  1. Open API accounts. In your BigCommerce control panel, go to Settings → Store-level API accounts.
  2. Create an account. Click Create API account and give it a clear name, for example "Dynition".
  3. Set the OAuth scopes. Grant the scopes Dynition needs to read your store: Orders, Products, Customers, and Information & Settings (read access at minimum).
  4. Save and copy your credentials. Click Save. BigCommerce shows your Client ID, Client Secret, and Access Token (and downloads a credentials file). Copy all three.
  5. Paste them into Dynition. Open Settings → Connections, open the BigCommerce integration, click Configure credentials, and paste the Access Token, Client ID, and Client Secret. We store them encrypted and use them to sync your store data.

Credentials are shown once

The Client Secret and Access Token are displayed only when you create the API account (and in the file BigCommerce downloads). If you lose them, create a new API account rather than trying to recover the old values.

BigCommerce's own guides

BigCommerce occasionally changes these screens. Their docs have the current flow:

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