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ShipBob (Personal Access Token) - How do I link my account?

Overview

To authenticate with ShipBob using a Personal Access Token, you will need:

  1. Personal Access Token — A long-lived token granting full access to your ShipBob account.
  2. API Subdomain — The subdomain for the ShipBob environment you want to connect to.

This guide will walk you through generating a Personal Access Token and identifying your API subdomain.

Prerequisites

  • You must be signed in with the root user credentials of your ShipBob account.

Instructions

Step 1: Generate your token

  1. Log in to your ShipBob account and navigate to the API Tokens page.
  2. Click Generate New Token.

  1. Enter a token name and description, then click Generate Token.

  2. Your Personal Access Token will be generated.

Step 2: Identify your API subdomain

ShipBob uses different subdomains depending on the environment:

EnvironmentSubdomain
Productionapi
Sandboxsandbox-api

Step 3: Enter your credentials in the Connect UI

Once you have your Personal Access Token:

  1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with ShipBob (Personal Access Token).
  2. Enter your Personal Access Token and API Subdomain in their respective fields.
  3. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.

You are now connected to ShipBob.

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OverviewPrerequisitesInstructionsStep 1: Generate your tokenStep 2: Identify your API subdomainStep 3: Enter your credentials in the Connect UI