3. Connect to your store

Slate will need the API credentials from your Shopify store before you start developing. These credentials can be provided to Slate via your project's .env file.

Finding your SLATE_THEME_ID

⚠️ Slate will overwrite the existing code on this SLATE_THEME_ID with your local project's content. To avoid losing work, we suggest you go to /admin/themes and duplicate an existing theme to work from.

Go to your store's /admin/themes.xml, and copy the id for the theme you would like to update:

Alternatively, you can set the SLATE_THEME_ID to "live" to update the published theme.

Generating your SLATE_PASSWORD

Navigate to your store's private apps page (/admin/apps/private).

Create a new private app and copy the password:

Assign the private app permissions to "Read and Write" for theme templates and theme assets:

Setting your connection

In your local .env file, add the following:

• SLATE_STORE: The URL for your store, without the "https://".
• SLATE_PASSWORD: The password from the app you've created.
• SLATE_THEME_ID: The ID of the theme you want to overwrite.

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Next: Start developing