Cin7 API Key Generation & Access

Cin7 API Key Generation & Access

Please follow these steps to generate a Cin7 API Key:
  1. Go to the Cin7 website and login to your Cin7 account
  2. Click the Gear for Settings in the bottom left.
  3. Select Integrations and click API v1
  4. Copy/paste the API Username into an email to us, then continue
  5. Click Add API Connection, name it Machship or similar
  6. Copy/paste the shown API Key into the email to us with your username
  7. In the newly created Connection and click on Permissions
    1. Select READ, WRITE, UPDATE on
      1. Sales Orders
      2. Transfer Orders
    2. Select READ on
      1. Products
  8. Click on Save
  9. Send the Username and API key to us.


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