{"id":699,"date":"2020-04-09T04:45:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T04:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.storefrog.com\/?p=699"},"modified":"2020-04-15T12:24:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T12:24:42","slug":"woocommerce-rest-api","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.storefrog.com\/woocommerce-rest-api","title":{"rendered":"How to Generate WooCommerce REST API Key"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WooCommerce REST API is an incredible feature that lets users interpolate the store data, such as orders, customers, products, coupons, and shipping zones in another application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can forget about any WordPress REST API plugins to enable this feature as it comes as an in-built setting in WooCommerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we get into how to create the keys, it is mandatory that you must enable WordPress permalinks from <strong>Settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Permalinks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How To Generate API Keys?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Go to the WordPress dashboard and, from there, select <strong>WooCommerce <\/strong>&gt;<strong> Settings <\/strong>&gt;<strong> Advanced <\/strong>&gt;<strong> REST API<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Then click<strong> Add Key <\/strong>to add a new API key. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"978\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.storefrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/api1.png\" alt=\"WooCommerce REST API\" class=\"wp-image-700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.storefrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/api1.png 978w, https:\/\/www.storefrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/api1-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/www.storefrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/api1-768x393.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Add the <strong>Description<\/strong> for the key, <strong>User<\/strong> you would like to generate the key for, and <strong>Permission<\/strong> for <strong>Read<\/strong>, <strong>Write<\/strong>, or <strong>Read\/Write<\/strong> access. For <a href=\"http:\/\/www.storerobo.com\/\">StoreRobo<\/a>, select Read\/Write access.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.storefrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/api2.png\" alt=\"Generating WooCommerce REST API\" class=\"wp-image-701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.storefrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/api2.png 813w, https:\/\/www.storefrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/api2-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.storefrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/api2-768x381.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Then, click <strong>Generate API Key<\/strong> to create the key.<\/li><li>The API key is generated successfully. You will receive the key details, such as <strong>Consumer key<\/strong>, <strong>Consumer secret<\/strong> key, and a <strong>QRCode<\/strong>. Make sure you copy these keys as the key will no longer be available to copy once you exit the page.&nbsp;You will need to enter these keys to share the WooCommerce data in the application they use.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.storefrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/api3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.storefrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/api3.png 780w, https:\/\/www.storefrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/api3-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/www.storefrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/api3-768x459.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>You can also <strong>Revoke<\/strong> the key, when necessary.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the detailed working of REST APIs <a href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.github.io\/woocommerce-rest-api-docs\/?shell#introduction\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommended reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.storefrog.com\/start-a-woocommerce-website\">How to start a WooCommerce website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WooCommerce REST API is an incredible feature that lets users interpolate the store data, such as orders, customers, products, coupons, and shipping zones in another application. 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