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The Partner Integration Framework lets your product — a helpdesk, CRM, email platform, review app, or AI agent — connect to Appstle Subscriptions on behalf of many merchants. Instead of asking each merchant to create and paste an API key, your app completes a one-time handshake per store and receives a scoped API token for it.

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How a connection works

1

Appstle onboards your app once

You receive a Partner ID and Partner Secret used only for connection calls.
2

A merchant connects your app

Either from your product’s UI, or from Settings → Partner Connections in their Appstle dashboard.
3

The merchant approves

Connections your app initiates stay pending until the merchant approves them in Appstle. Pending requests expire after 30 days.
4

Your app receives a scoped token

Appstle delivers a merchant-specific apst_... token to your callback. Send it as X-API-Key on Admin API calls — exactly like a regular API key.
When a merchant disconnects your app — or uninstalls Appstle — the token is revoked immediately.

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Why use it

  • No API plan required — merchants are never billed for partner API usage
  • One isolated token per merchant — no shared credentials, no manual key exchange, individually revocable
  • Merchant-controlled — merchants see, approve, and disconnect partners from their own dashboard
  • Automatic cleanup — access is revoked the moment a merchant disconnects or uninstalls

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Access levels

Your app’s permission level is set during onboarding:

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Connection modes

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Get started

Email support@appstle.com with your company name, product description, base URL, and contact email to get onboarded. Then follow the Partner integration guide for the full implementation — endpoints, handshake, callbacks, and testing.