Re: Having difficulty registering a webhook?

edg19 · ‎01-27-2019

I've been reading the API documentation to create a webhook, and I'm trying to programmatically create one with this endpoint

POST to this endpoint

https://{username}:{password}@{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/webhooks.json

With this as the body

{
"webhook": {
"topic": "carts/create",
"address": "https://226ef78b.ngrok.io/webhooks",
"format": "json"
}
}

However, for some reason I get back a ton of HTML from the endpoint.

Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

Thank you!

KarlOffenberger · ‎01-27-2019

If the tonne of HTML you are receiving is a login form, that's because when doing any POST request on the Admin API, you cannot send cookies along.

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KarlOffenberger · ‎01-27-2019

If the tonne of HTML you are receiving is a login form, that's because when doing any POST request on the Admin API, you cannot send cookies along.

edg19 · ‎01-27-2019

Ah perfect, that did the trick, thanks!

whitecow · ‎02-10-2019

I'm having this issue also. I'm not sending any cookies.

I'm using postman to post and getting this type of response back

<html>
<body>
<noscript>
<a href="https://accounts.shopify.com/oauth/authorize?

@KarlOffenberger wrote:
If the tonne of HTML you are receiving is a login form, that's because when doing any POST request on the Admin API, you cannot send cookies along.

KarlOffenberger · ‎02-10-2019

@whitecow I don't know much about Postman since I don't use it, but here is a link that should help i.e. even if you aren't adding any cookies, Postman will.

Better solution - use Insomnia and never look back (here's a Shopify tutorial how to get started with Insomnia) 😉

whitecow · ‎02-10-2019

Great going to try insomnia right now and see if that works.

whitecow · ‎02-10-2019

@KarlOffenberger

Much better response.

{
"errors": "[API] This action requires merchant approval for write_products scope."
}

Where would I have to give this access at?

whitecow · ‎02-10-2019

Fixed that issue by setting this

I'm now getting this though

{
"errors": {
"product": "Required parameter missing or invalid"
}
}

My post looks like this

{
"webhook": {
"topic": "checkouts/create",
"address": "https://myendpoint",
"format": "json"
}
}

FYI my endpoint is just a dummy right now and does nothing other than accept json.

whitecow · ‎02-10-2019

FIXED! I was calling the wrong endpoint.