Checkout APi, import checkouts from excel

Retired Boards Appdev Custom Storefronts
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Hello

i’m working on an app that basically import an excel file with some order/customer details on it and write an order/checkout to the store

i got the order part covered, but i’m a little concerned about the checkout

it is my understanding so far that the only way to do it it’s by listing my app as a sales channel, is that true? can’t i do it with storefront api and a private distribution? (i would like to avoid to going public into the app store for the time being)

also, if that is the case, i’m concerned about this post: https://community.shopify.com/post/462178

in which the user got his app rejected for some reason

so in the end i’m a little confused wheter the thing i want to build is doable: basically a bulk import for checkouts

(so far i don’t need to collect payment info since it’s Cash on delivery, but for the future i might)

Thank you for any pointers and assistance

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Hi FabioP,

If your app is looking to create/ manage checkouts, you will need to build it as a sales channel - see our developer docs here for more info. Hope this helps!

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thank you for your response

if that’s the case, i will setup a new app as a sales channel, (even tho i was under the impression that i could bypass that if i installed the shopify headless app in the store, and use that app storefront tokens for my app)

but i’m finding out that the storefront api does not provide any method for completing a checkout with COD payment, can you please confirm this? that would be a real bummer since my app is all about massively import Cash on delivery orders

also this:

https://github.com/Shopify/mobile-buy-sdk-android/issues/581