When a cross-border e-commerce seller registers a Wish store, he must authorize various plug-ins, among which API settings are the most common settings. Many novice sellers have never heard of API. This article will answer questions for cross-border e-commerce sellers on the topic of “How to set up API for wish sellers”.

The so-called API setting is a kind of authorization for third-party applications. After cross-border e-commerce sellers register a Wish merchant account, they need to reinstall, create, associate, modify and other options for all third-party plug-ins. The third-party plug-ins mentioned here generally refer to common auxiliary operation software such as ERP systems. They are assistant software used to help cross-border e-commerce sellers operate stores and manage orders. So, how do wish sellers set up API? There are mainly two ways to set it up.

(1) Direct authorization + deauthorization.

Or through direct authorization from the backend, sellers can conduct a round of API certification through wish’s official certification docking. However, direct authorization is possible, and after authorizing the API, there is no need to additionally authorize other applications. You can just install it directly on the third-party plug-in.

If it is direct authorization, perform the authorization operation on the third-party plug-in, that is, fill in the store name and authorize the request through wish authorization under platform authorization. If it is contact authorization, you can perform contact authorization in the background of the third-party plug-in, directly find the APP you want to cancel, and then perform the operation of canceling the third-party application.

(2) Create authorization and update authorization.

You can create it directly in the wish backend, fill in the name of the application and the authorization URL, and click Create Application directly, and the authorization letter will be successful. If you want to update the authorization later, you can also use this button. .

In short, the above is all about “How do wish sellers set up APIs?” If cross-border e-commerce sellers have questions about API settings, they can try to manipulate them in the background first, or through wish Create authorization in the background, or perform direct authorization operations through third-party software. Both methods can complete the setting.