Alibaba Guide

Setting up the Alibaba Integration

To access your users' data from Alibaba, you need to enable the Alibaba integration in the Platforms Page of the Rutter dashboard.

Alibaba uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication. You must create an app in the Alibaba Open Platform to obtain a client ID (App Key) and client secret, which are required to configure the integration on the Rutter dashboard.

User Authentication with Alibaba

A Rutter Connection is created when your end user authenticates their Alibaba account via Rutter Link. This in turn allows you to access their account data via the Rutter API.

The user connects their Alibaba account through an OAuth 2.0 redirect flow:

Step 1: Rutter Link redirects the user to the Alibaba authorization page.

The user is directed to open-api.alibaba.com/oauth/authorize, where they log in with their Alibaba account credentials.

Step 2: Authorize Rutter.

After signing in, the user grants Rutter the requested permissions to access their Alibaba store data.

Step 3: Connection is established.

After the user approves the authorization, Rutter exchanges the authorization code for an access token and the Rutter Connection is created.