{"id":992,"date":"2019-02-25T10:49:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T10:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/shopping-cart-questions\/bigcommerce\/how-to-get-api-path-and-token-from-bigcommerce\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:39:10","slug":"how-to-get-api-path-and-token-from-bigcommerce","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/shopping-cart-questions\/bigcommerce\/how-to-get-api-path-and-token-from-bigcommerce\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get API path and token from BigCommerce?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can watch the video below for a quick walkthrough of how to get your BigCommerce API credentials:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Get BigCommerce API Credentials | LitExtension\" width=\"835\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZTmG8g1Mnz0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alternatively, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Go to <strong>Settings &gt; Store-level API accounts<\/strong> in your BigCommerce control panel<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/store-level-api-1024x490.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/store-level-api-1024x490.png 1024w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/store-level-api-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/store-level-api-768x367.png 768w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/store-level-api-1536x735.png 1536w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/store-level-api.png 1911w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Click <\/span><b>Create API Account<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/create-api-account-bigcommerce-1024x273.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/create-api-account-bigcommerce-1024x273.png 1024w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/create-api-account-bigcommerce-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/create-api-account-bigcommerce-768x205.png 768w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/create-api-account-bigcommerce-1536x409.png 1536w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/create-api-account-bigcommerce.png 1913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. <\/span>Enter a name, select <strong>V2\/V3 API Token<\/strong>, and set the required API resources to <strong>Modify<\/strong>. See BigCommerce\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.bigcommerce.com\/developer\/docs\/overview\/api-fundamentals\/api-accounts#oauth-scopes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">OAuth scopes reference<\/a> for details about each permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/create-api-account-bigcommerce-1-1024x656.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/create-api-account-bigcommerce-1-1024x656.png 1024w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/create-api-account-bigcommerce-1-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/create-api-account-bigcommerce-1-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/create-api-account-bigcommerce-1.png 1213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. <\/span>Copy the <strong>API Path<\/strong>, click <strong>Save<\/strong>, and retrieve the <strong>Access token<\/strong> from the downloaded credentials file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"889\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bigcommerce-api-credentials.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bigcommerce-api-credentials.png 889w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bigcommerce-api-credentials-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bigcommerce-api-credentials-768x515.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Enter both credentials into the corresponding fields in our migration setup. Please keep the credentials file secure because it provides access to your store data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more details, read our complete <a href=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/blog\/bigcommerce-api\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BigCommerce API guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In case you have any other questions, please email us at&nbsp;<strong>litextension@support.litextension.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":25,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_tag":[1053,1434,1433,1435,1069],"class_list":["post-992","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_tag-api","doc_tag-bigcommerce-api","doc_tag-bigcommerce-migration","doc_tag-bigcommerce-token","doc_tag-litextension"],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=992"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7803,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/992\/revisions\/7803"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/25"}],"next":[{"title":"How to find BigCommerce Product ID?","link":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/shopping-cart-questions\/bigcommerce\/how-to-find-bigcommerce-product-id\/","href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4149"}],"prev":[{"title":"How to enable maintenance mode in BigCommerce?","link":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/shopping-cart-questions\/bigcommerce\/how-to-enable-maintenance-mode-in-bigcommerce\/","href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}