MeritSKU store bridges are engineered for zero accidental live launches. By design, our integration handlers enforce a strict draft-only status: all product creations explicitly set published_at: null, keeping candidate products invisible to retail shoppers until your team completes quality audits.
1. The Draft-Only Invariant
In e-commerce operations, an accidental live release of an unpriced or unverified SKU can cause catastrophic losses through erroneous orders or mispriced inventory.
MeritSKU eliminates this threat by hardcoding status: "draft" and published: false at the integration client layer. Any API payload attempting to set published: true triggers an immediate client rejection before reaching store endpoints.
Zero Public Auto-Publishing
2. Shopify OAuth 2.0 Scopes
Connecting your Shopify store requires granting least-privilege OAuth scopes. MeritSKU requests read_products, write_products, read_orders, and read_inventory.
{
"client_id": "msku_shopify_app_client_id",
"scopes": [
"read_products",
"write_products",
"read_orders",
"read_inventory"
],
"redirect_uri": "https://meritsku.com/api/integrations/shopify/callback"
}3. WooCommerce REST Key Isolation
For WooCommerce, generate a Consumer Key and Consumer Secret with Read/Write permissions in WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced > REST API.
All API credentials are encrypted at rest using AES-256-GCM with workspace-isolated Additional Authenticated Data (AAD).
4. Testing Connection & Draft Verification
After authorization, click "Test Connection". MeritSKU creates a temporary test product named "[MeritSKU Test Item - Please Delete]" with draft status, verifies the response, and immediately purges it from your store.
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