Connecting to Centra

In this guide, we will look at connecting Centra to your Sello account. 

In order to connect to Centra, and for Sello to be able to fetch your products, you'll need to:

• Create a market in Centra for the channel you are integrating with.
• Activate the products you wish to sell on that channel.
• Create an "Order API" -plugin in Centra.
• Create a "Checkout API" -plugin in Centra.
• Create a "Centra Webhook" -plugin in Centra.

There are a lot of credentials that need to be stored in Sello, therefore, we reccomend saving these in a separate document for easy access when it is time to input these in Sello to finalize the connection.

The first step is to create a market for your channel.

Here's how:

1. Log into Centra.
2. Find the "Setup" -tab and click: "Markets".
3. Click: "+ Market".
4. Give your market a name (We suggest using the channel's name).
5. Select store.
6. Choose country.
7. Click: "Save".
8. Copy the name you gave the market.
9. Copy the market ID found in the left-most column.

Save these credentials for later use, the designated fields in Sello are:

• Market name
• Market id

The next step is to activate the products you wish to sell on the market you just created. You can always add more later, but it is recommended to activate a few at least in order to validate that the connection to Sello has been made successfully.

Here's how:

1. Log into Centra.
2. Find the "Setup" -tab and click: "Markets".
3. Find your market and click anywhere on the row.
4.  Under "Market Products", find your products and activate them.
5. Click: "Save".

The next step is to create an "Order API" plugin in Centra.

Here's how:

1. Log into Centra.
2. Find the "System" -menu in the bottom left corner.
3. Click: "Stores" and find the row called: "Retail".
4. Click: "View" to the far-right.
5. Find the "Plugins" -section.
6. Click: "+ Plugin Method".
7. Input: "selloorder" in the "Name" -field.
8. Input: "selloorder" in the "URI" -field.
9. Click the green button under "Status".
10. Select: "Order API" in the "Plugin" -list.
11. Input a random series of characters in the "Secret API key" -field.
12. In the "Get Orders with Status" -list, select all by holding Shift and clicking.
13. Under: "Allow creating new orders", click: "Yes".
14. Copy both your "Base URL" and "Secret API key".
15. Click: "Save"

Save these credentials for later use, the designated fields in Sello are:

• Order api endpoint
• Order api shared secret

The next step is to create a "Checkout API" plugin in Centra.

Here's how:

1. Log into Centra.
2. Find the "System" -menu in the bottom left corner.
3. Click: "Stores" and find the row called: "Retail".
4. Click: "View" to the far-right.
5. Find the "Plugins" -section.
6. Click: "+ Plugin Method".
7. Input: "sellocheckout" in the "Name" -field
8. Input: "sellocheckout" in the "URI" -field.
9. Click the green button under "Status".
10. Select: "Checkout API" in the "Plugin" -list.
11. Copy "API Endpoint".
12. Copy "Shared Secret for Server-Side communication".
13. Click: "Save".

Save these credentials for later use, the designated fields in Sello are:

• Checkout api endpoint
• Checkout api shared secret

The next step is to input these credentials in Sello and create the connection.

Here's how:

1. Log into Sello.
2. Go to: "Settings" -> "Webshops" and find "Centra".
3. Click: "Connect Now!"

Market:

1. Input your market's name in "Market name".
2. Input the market ID in "Market id".

Order API -plugin:

1. Input: "Base URL" in "Order api endpoint".
2. Input: "Secret API key" in "Order api shared secret".

Checkout API -plugin:

1. Input: "API Endpoint" in "Checkout api endpoint".
2. Input: "Shared Secret for Server-Side communication" in "Checkout api shared secret".

When all credentials are in place, click: "Create connection".

The last step is to create a "Centra Webhook" plugin in Centra. In order to properly set the webhook up, you'll need to locate your webhook URL in Sello.

Here's how:

1. Log into Sello.
2. Go to: "Settings" -> "Webshops" and find "Centra".
3. Click: "Settings".
4. Copy the URL found here.

When you have found your webhook URL, you can create the plugin.

Here's how:

1. Log into Centra.
2. Find the "System" -menu in the bottom left corner.
3. Click: "Stores" and find the row called: "Retail".
4. Click: "View" to the far-right.
5. Find the "Plugins" -section.
6. Click: "+ Plugin Method".
7. Input: "sellowebhook" in the "Name" -field.
8. Click the green button under "Status".
9. Select: "Centra Webhook" in the "Plugin" -list.
10. Input your URL in the "Webhook URL" -field.
11. Click: "Save".

Done!