API integration between Shopify and bespoke event website

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

A developer needs to integrate Shopify with a custom live streaming event website. The goal is to capture customer information (name and email) when users purchase event tickets through Shopify’s existing embedded eCommerce system.

Key Requirements:

  • Receive purchaser details via API after payment (excluding payment information)
  • Use this data to send attendees a link to access the virtual/hybrid event platform

Context:

  • The team has previous experience building similar integrations using Stripe’s API
  • They acknowledge testing will be necessary but first need confirmation that this type of integration is feasible with Shopify

The discussion remains open, awaiting responses on whether Shopify’s API supports this use case.

Summarized with AI on November 11. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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We have a client who already uses shopify embedded into their website.

They would like to use their existing shopify eCommerce as a gateway to a live streaming website that we will be building for their virtual/hybrid events.

On paying for the event ticket/session via shopify, we would require the name and email address of each person who has paid (but none of the payment details) to be sent to us via API, so that we can send them a link to the event website.

Does this sound possible? We’ve built similar websites and used Stripe with API hook up previously. Obviously we’ll need to test it but I just need to know if it’s possible with shopify in the first instance. Huge thanks!