Login to shopify dashboard via API request

Retired Boards Appdev Authentication

Topic summary

  • Goal: Programmatically log into the Shopify admin/dashboard from an app via an API endpoint.
  • Update: Direct login via a generic API endpoint is not provided. The available option is Single Sign-On (SSO) using SAML, which requires the Shopify Plus plan.
  • Detail: SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) enables federated authentication to the Shopify admin through an identity provider, but it is an enterprise feature limited to Plus.
  • Outcome: A link to Shopify’s SAML documentation was shared for implementation on Plus.
  • Status: No solution for non-Plus plans was indicated; the request remains unmet for standard plans. No further actions or confirmations were recorded.
Summarized with AI on January 28. AI used: gpt-5.
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I want to login to my shopify dashboard via my code (from my app). Do we have any API/endpoint using which we can login to the shopify dashboard ?

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If you’re looking for a SAML auth that’s possible, but does require the Plus plan:
https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/shopify-plus/security/saml

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