{"id":155479,"date":"2024-09-30T06:47:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T06:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=155479"},"modified":"2024-10-30T01:49:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T01:49:31","password":"","slug":"how-to-get-api-key-from-bigcommerce","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/migration-guide\/get-api-bigcommerce.html","title":{"rendered":"How to get API key from BigCommerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To enable data migration from your BigCommerce store, you\u2019ll need to create a store-level API account. This type of BigCommerce API account is specific to a particular store and allows access to the data required for the migration.<\/p>\n<p>In the following steps, we\u2019ll guide you through the process of creating a store-level API account and obtaining the necessary API credentials for your migration with LitExtension.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Navigate to the <strong>Settings &gt;\u00a0 Store-level API accounts<\/strong> menu. Then, click on <strong>&#8220;+ Create API Token&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-157727 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/create-bigcommerce-api-account-1024x434.webp\" alt=\"Create BigCommerce API account\" width=\"1024\" height=\"434\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/create-bigcommerce-api-account-1024x434.webp 1024w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/create-bigcommerce-api-account-300x127.webp 300w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/create-bigcommerce-api-account-768x326.webp 768w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/create-bigcommerce-api-account-1536x652.webp 1536w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/create-bigcommerce-api-account.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Choose a Token type from the drop-down:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>V2\/V3 API token<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Stencil-CLI token<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-157729\" src=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bigcommerce-token-type.png\" alt=\"BigCommerce token type\" width=\"863\" height=\"445\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bigcommerce-token-type.png 863w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bigcommerce-token-type-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bigcommerce-token-type-768x396.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Fill in the <strong>account name<\/strong> (at least 4 characters long).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-157733 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/set-up-bigcommerce-name.png\" alt=\"Fill in BigCommerce API name\" width=\"573\" height=\"99\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/set-up-bigcommerce-name.png 573w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/set-up-bigcommerce-name-300x52.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Configure the API resources and permissions. If you&#8217;re migrating to BigCommerce, select the <strong>Modify permission<\/strong> for all scopes. For migrations from BigCommerce, choose the <strong>Read-only permission<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Content (required)<\/li>\n<li>Customers<\/li>\n<li>Information &amp; Settings (required)<\/li>\n<li>Marketing (required)<\/li>\n<li>Orders<\/li>\n<li>Products<\/li>\n<li>Channel Settings (required)<\/li>\n<li>Channel Listings (required)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157734\" src=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bigcommerce-oauth-scopes-section.png\" alt=\"BigCommerce OAuth Scopes settings\" width=\"861\" height=\"684\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bigcommerce-oauth-scopes-section.png 861w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bigcommerce-oauth-scopes-section-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bigcommerce-oauth-scopes-section-768x610.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong> Click<strong> Save<\/strong> whenever you\u2019re done making changes. The pop-up seen below will appear after a successful save.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Get-BigCommerce-API-Credentials.webp\" alt=\"Get your BigCommerce API Credentials\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Your browser will invite you to download a.txt file containing the same credentials for safekeeping on your computer. It will contain the API credentials that your app will need for OAuth access.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0When you dismiss the API pop-up, there is no way to bring it back. Make sure to save your login information by either retaining the downloaded.txt file or copying and pasting the text of each field from the pop-up. As this credential is used alongside the token for all API calls, we advise adding the API Path value from Step 2 to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To enable data migration from your BigCommerce store, you\u2019ll need to create a store-level API account. This type of BigCommerce API account is specific to a particular store and allows access to the data required for the migration. 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