@shopify/shopify-app-express

@shopify/shopify-app-express

This package makes it easy for Express.js apps to integrate with Shopify. It builds on the @shopify/shopify-api package and creates a middleware layer that allows the app to communicate with and authenticate requests from Shopify.

Note: this package will enable your app's backend to work with Shopify APIs, and by default it will behave as an embedded app. You'll need to use Shopify App Bridge in your frontend to authenticate requests to the backend.

Requirements

To follow these usage guides, you will need to:

• have a Shopify Partner account and development store
• have an app already set up on your partner account
• have a JavaScript package manager such as yarn installed

Getting started

To install this package, you can run this on your terminal:

# Create your project folder
mkdir /my/project/path
# Set up a new yarn project
yarn init .
# You can use your preferred Node package manager
yarn add @shopify/shopify-app-express

Then, you can import the package in your app by creating an index.js file containing:

const express = require('express');
const {shopifyApp} = require('@shopify/shopify-app-express');

const PORT = 8080;

const shopify = shopifyApp({
  api: {
    apiKey: 'ApiKeyFromPartnersDashboard',
    apiSecretKey: 'ApiSecretKeyFromPartnersDashboard',
    scopes: ['your_scopes'],
    hostScheme: 'http',
    hostName: `localhost:${PORT}`,
  },
  auth: {
    path: '/api/auth',
    callbackPath: '/api/auth/callback',
  },
  webhooks: {
    path: '/api/webhooks',
  },
});

const app = express();

app.get(shopify.config.auth.path, shopify.auth.begin());
app.get(
  shopify.config.auth.callbackPath,
  shopify.auth.callback(),
  shopify.redirectToShopifyOrAppRoot(),
);
app.post(
  shopify.config.webhooks.path,
  shopify.processWebhooks({webhookHandlers}),
);

app.get('/', shopify.ensureInstalledOnShop(), (req, res) => {
  res.send('Hello world!');
});

app.listen(PORT, () => console.log('Server started'));

Once you set the appropriate configuration values, you can then run your Express app as usual, for instance using:

node ./index.js

To load your app within the Shopify Admin app, you need to:

1. Update your app's URL in your Partners Dashboard app setup page to http://localhost:8080
2. Update your app's callback URL to http://localhost:8080/api/auth/callback in that same page
3. Go to Test your app in Partners Dashboard and select your development store

Next steps

Now that your app is up and running, you can learn more about the shopifyApp object in the reference docs.