Shopify Single Sign-On (SSO) solution using Twitter as Identity Provider (IDP)
miniOrange allows Twitter to act as an IDP (Identity Provider), which allows users to Single Sign-On (SSO) into Shopify using Twitter Credentials. Our application is compatible with all the SAML / OAuth compliant Identity Providers. This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your Shopify store using Twitter within minutes. We will go through a step-by-step guide to configure Single Sign-On (SSO) into Shopify using Twitter as IdP (Identity Provider) and Shopify store as SP (Service Provider). Twitter Single Sign On (SSO) for Shopify miniOrange provides a ready to use solution for your Shopify store.
Pre-requisite : Single Sign On - SSO Application
To configure SSO into Shopify with Twitter as IDP, you will need to install the miniOrange Shopify Single Sign On - SSO Login Application on your store
miniOrange Provides Secure Single Sign-On (SSO) access to your Shopify stores (Plus and Non-Plus).
Step by Step guide for Single Sign-On in Shopify Store Using Twitter
1. Step to get the Redirect URI for the OAuth Server
- Navigate to the miniOrange Single Sign On-SSO application and click on Add identity Provider button.
- Select OAuth protocol.
- From the list of identity providers (IDPs), select Twitter.
- Note down the Callback URL which will be required while configuring SSO.
- Click on Save.
2. Configure Shopify as SP in Twitter
- Visit the developer documentation of Twitter.
- Click on the overview in the left menu then click on NEW PROJECT.
- Enter Name, Select the best description, Project name and Enter App name where you get your access keys and tokens and set permissions.
- Click on the App name in the left menu then Enable 3rd Party AuthenticationThen, Enter Callback URLs and Website URLs.
- If you want to get the email address as well, then don’t forget to enable the Request email address from users option.Then, Enter your Privacy Policy URL in the Privacy Policy URL field and Enter your Terms of Service URL in the Terms of Service URL. Then, click on the Save button to save your configurations.
- Now go to Keys and Tokens Click on View Keys. Here are your API keys and API Secret key.
- Copy your API key and Secret and save them in your miniOrange SSO plugin (under client id and client secret field respectively).
You have successfully completed your Twitter OAuth Server side configurations.
3. Configure Twitter as an Identity Provider (IDP) in Shopify
- Navigate back to the miniOrange Single Sign On-SSO application and click on Add identity Provider button.
- Select OAuth protocol.
- From the list of identity providers (IDPs), select Twitter.
- Enter the identity provider (IDP) display name.
- Now, fill in the required details like Client ID, Client Secret and scopes.
- Click on Save.
4. Test Connection
- After saving the IDP configuration, you will be redirected to Test Connection step.
- Perform test connection before mapping or fetching attributes, test connection ensures that your IDP configuration is correct.
- Click on Test Connection.
- On entering valid Twitter credentials you will see a pop-up window which as shown in below screen.
- Click on the Fetch Attributes to fetch IDP attribute.
5. Attribute Mapping
- Click on the + Attribute Mapping button to map attributes between Shopify and Twitter.
- Map the attributes by referring the table below:
- Click on Save.
- Navigate to the application home page. Click More actions against the configured IDP, and click on Make Default to set your IDP as default.
| Attribute Name in Shopify | Choose the attribute from the list of predefined attributes |
| Attribute Type | IDP Attribute |
| Attribute Value | Select the attribute value you have fetched from your IDP |
6. Testing SSO for your Shopify Store
- Go to your Shopify Store login page.(https://<your-shopify-storedomain>/account/login)
- Click on the login button you customized earlier.
- You’ll be redirected to the login page of the IDP you configured in previous step. Log in with your IDP account credentials.
- You’ll be successfully logged in to your Shopify store.
Hence you have successfully configured Shopify Single Sign-On (SSO) using Twitter as IDP and Shopify as SP using miniOrange Single Sign-On (SSO) login application. This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your Shopify store using Twitter login credentials within minutes.
Troubleshooting
invalid_request
This may be because your primary domain would be different from your Shopify domain. To check your primary domain and make SSO work, follow the steps given here.
shopify_plan_expired
This issue arises when either the trial period of your Development plan is expired. Or if your plan is not auto-renewed from the Shopify end. Contact us at shopifysupport@xecurify.com to resolve the plan upgrade issue and get smooth functioning of the SSO – Single Sign On Application.
invalid_attributes_received
As email is a required entity in Shopify for account creation as well as login operation, Single Sign On is not successful in this case. To resolve this error, please follow given here.
encountered_an_error
When I am performing SSO, I am getting ‘Please verify if Shopify App is installed’ error. To resolve this error, please follow given here.
If your error or query is not listed here, click here to see others.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
I have followed the steps to set IdP but where can I check SSO?
Follow the steps outlined here. to configure SSO in Shopify with your preferred IDP.
I installed the Shopify SSO application. I clicked on the “SETUP IDP” option but nothing opened up.
Redirection to any other site might be blocked in the browser. Please follow the steps given here to resolve the issue.
When I try to perform SSO, I get redirected to the “Incorrect App Configuration” page.
You might be trying to perform SSO in the different tab of the same
browser where you have opened our Single Sign-On – SSO Application or
accessed the configuration portal of our application. In this case,
SSO will be restricted due to security reasons.
Try to perform Single Sign On in a
new incognito/private window or in a
different browser in order to make SSO work.
After performing SSO, I want my customers to redirect to the collections or discount offer page.
Follow the steps outlined here. to redirect your customer to collections/cart or any other page.
Choose your preferred Identity Provider and start setting up SSO for Shopify right away
Additional Resources
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