{"id":16942,"date":"2021-07-23T08:30:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T08:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/?p=16942"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:49:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:49:49","slug":"bigcommerce-store-api-credentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/bigcommerce-store-api-credentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Obtaining Bigcommerce Store API Credentials (.Txt File)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following steps outline how to generate BigCommerce store API Credentials needed for successful connection to Synder:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Navigate to <strong>Advanced Settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>API Accounts<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Create API Account<\/strong>.<br>2. Give the account a name (use something like \u201cSynder connection\u201d).<br>3. In the OAuth Scopes section, put the \u201c<em>Customers<\/em>\u201d, <em>\u201cInformation &amp; Settings<\/em>\u201d, <em>\u201cOrders\u201d<\/em>, <em><em>\u201cOrder Transactions\u201d<\/em><\/em>, and \u201c<em>Products\u201d<\/em> fields to<strong> Read-only<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BigCommerce-OAuth-Scopes-Ready-Only-rights.jpg\" alt=\"BigCommerce API OAuth Scopes Ready-Only rights\" class=\"wp-image-17392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BigCommerce-OAuth-Scopes-Ready-Only-rights.jpg 630w, https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BigCommerce-OAuth-Scopes-Ready-Only-rights-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BigCommerce-OAuth-Scopes-Ready-Only-rights-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BigCommerce-OAuth-Scopes-Ready-Only-rights-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Select Save. Once you do this, a <strong>.txt <\/strong>file should be generated and you will see the pop-up in your browser.<br>5. Download the <strong>.txt<\/strong> file to your computer and upload it to Synder during the <a href=\"\/integrations\/quickbooks\/bigcommerce\/\">BigCommerce connection<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BigCommerce-store-API-credentials-1024x509.jpg\" alt=\"BigCommerce store API credentials\" class=\"wp-image-16943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BigCommerce-store-API-credentials-1024x509.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BigCommerce-store-API-credentials-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BigCommerce-store-API-credentials-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BigCommerce-store-API-credentials-60x30.jpg 60w, https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BigCommerce-store-API-credentials-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BigCommerce-store-API-credentials.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can learn more about the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.bigcommerce.com\/api-docs\/getting-started\/authentication\/rest-api-authentication#obtaining-store-api-credentials\" target=\"_blank\">contents of the .txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: in case you want to change the values in your generated file, we recommend doing this in Synder after uploading the file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/synder.com\/contact\/\"><em>Reach out to the Synder team<\/em><\/a>\u00a0via online support chat, phone, or email with any questions you have \u2013 we\u2019re always happy to help you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script>\nif (window.convertflow == undefined) {\nvar script = document.createElement('script'); 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