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markreyes
markreyes

Reputation: 1289

shopify-api-node returns status 401 unauthorized for private app

I am attempting to make a NodeJS application utilizing this npm package called shopify-node-api

Please note, this is a private app which was generated in the Shopify Partners account. I've passed the shopName, apiKey and password as instructed by the documentation. 

    const Shopify = require('shopify-api-node');

    const shopify = new Shopify({
      shopName: 'your-shop-name',
      apiKey: 'your-api-key',
      password: 'your-app-password'
    });

However, when attempting to perform something as straightforward as this GET:

    shopify.product.get()
    .then(products =>  res.send(products))
    .catch(err => res.send(err));

I receive:

    {
        "name": "HTTPError",
        "hostname": "your-shop-name",
        "method": "GET",
        "path": "/admin/products.json",
        "protocol": "https:",
        "statusCode": 401,
        "statusMessage": "Unauthorized",
        "headers": {...}
    }

To all the Shopify App/JavaScript specialists, please advise on what I am overlooking?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3140

Answers (3)

Mehul Thakkar
Mehul Thakkar

Reputation: 12594

Some strange solution - but that worked for me in case of iOS SDK which was returning the same error.

As per Shopify documentation for configuring GraphQLClient -> Which have signature something like this:

 public init(shopDomain: String, apiKey: String, session: URLSession = URLSession(configuration: URLSessionConfiguration.default), locale: Locale? = nil)

i.e. as per their documentation we needs to pass shopDomain and apiKey to initialise it.

But If I was passing those values correctly - it was not working.

After 2 days of searching and trying lots of solution -

I have just tried to pass API Access token in APIKey parameter - and amazingly that worked.

So, It looks like - Shopify team have named it wrong in iOS SDK - their param name must be accessToken instead of apiKey - this is really confusing.

Upvotes: 0

markreyes
markreyes

Reputation: 1289

At the end of the day my mistake here was an incorrect use of the API call from using these bindings.

Instead of:

 shopify.product.get()
.then(products =>  res.send(products))
.catch(err => res.send(err));

I should have been using this:

shopify.product.list()
.then(products =>  res.send(products))
.catch(err => res.send(err));

Upvotes: 1

David Lazar
David Lazar

Reputation: 11427

Check the API key to ensure you have given it the scope needed to access products. Failure to ask for read/write scope on products would be a good clue as to 401. That or you are not passing the api key and password as per what is presented to you in the shop.

Upvotes: 0

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