Building Shopify Apps with Rails

Learn how to create custom Shopify applications using Ruby on Rails and the Shopify API.

Shopify's platform provides incredible opportunities for developers. With Rails, building Shopify apps becomes straightforward.

Setting Up

Start by adding the shopify_app gem to your Gemfile:

gem 'shopify_app'

Then run the generator:

rails generate shopify_app

OAuth Flow

The gem handles the OAuth flow automatically, making merchant authentication seamless.

Webhooks

Processing Shopify webhooks is crucial for real-time updates. The gem provides helpers for webhook verification and processing.

More details in the next post!