Quickstart

Build and deploy a new Shopify App to Heroku in minutes

1. New Rails App (with PostgreSQL)

   rails new test-app --database=postgresql
   cd test-app
   git init
   git add .
   git commit -m 'new rails app'
   

2. Create a new Heroku app

   The next step is to create a new heroku app. Pull up your heroku dashboard and make a new app!

   cli:

   heroku create name
   heroku git:remote -a name
   

   now we need to let git know where the remote server is so we’ll be able to deploy later

   web:

   https://dashboard.heroku.com/new
   git remote add heroku git@heroku.com:appinfive.git
   

3. Create a new App in the partners area

   https://app.shopify.com/services/partners/api_clients

   • set the callback url to https://<name>.herokuapp.com/
   • choose an embedded app
   • set the redirect_uri to https://<name>.herokuapp.com/auth/shopify/callback

4. Add ShopifyApp to gemfile

   $ echo "gem 'shopify_app'" >> Gemfile
      
   bundle install
   

   Note - its recommended to use the latest released version. Check the git tags to see the latest release and then add it to your Gemfile e.g gem 'shopify_app', '~> 7.1.0'

5. Run the ShopifyApp generator

   use the keys from your app in the partners area
   rails generate shopify_app --api_key a366cbafaccebd2f615aebdfc932fa1c --secret 8750306a895b3dbc7f4136c2ae2ea293
   git add .
   git commit -m 'generated shopify app'
   

6. Deploy

   git push heroku
   heroku run rake db:migrate
   

7. Install the App!

   https://<name>.herokuapp.com/