osCommerce - Enable API Access

This article is for whoever connects an osCommerce store inside DropStream — a fulfillment provider (3PL) or a merchant who manages their own DropStream account. You’ll add the store through DropStream’s Add Connection wizard. If a fulfillment provider is setting up DropStream for you, you don’t need this page — just gather your osCommerce API credentials and send them over.

What you’ll need

• A DropStream account you can sign in to.
• Your osCommerce Store URL, Username, and Password — see osCommerce - Get Your API Credentials.

How DropStream connects to osCommerce

Every store connects through the same Add Connection wizard. For the full walkthrough of the wizard’s four steps, see Add a Connection. This article covers only the Store Setup step, where you enter the osCommerce-specific details.

Enter your osCommerce details

1. In the Add Connection wizard, work through to the Store Setup step. Choose Create new store, give the store a Name, and select osCommerce as the Platform. The osCommerce credential fields appear below.

2. Enter your credentials:

   Field	What it is	Example
   Store URL	The URL of your osCommerce store	https://store.example.com
   Username	The username for your osCommerce store’s API access	admin
   Password	The password for your osCommerce store’s API access	••••••••

   For where to find each value, see Get Your API Credentials.

3. Click Add connection.

Notes

• When the connection is set to Enabled, orders are imported from osCommerce by order number. There is no specific order status required for import.