Is createHydrogenContext() only for the Hydrogen Sales Channel?

Hydrogen and Storefront APIs
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Hello,

Is the [createHydrogenContext()](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/hydrogen/2024-10/utilities/createhydrogencontext) only work for the Hydrogen Sales Channel and not for the Headless Sales Channel?

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Hey @junerockwell

createHydrogenContext is for use in Hydrogen. It shouldn’t matter whether you generate the storefront token via Hydrogen sales channel or Headless sales channel.

What are you trying to achieve / can I help with something?

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Hi @scottdixon. Thanks for replying. I do need help.

I get a 500 error saying that I don’t have the valid credentials to use Customer Account API (/account). See screenshot attached.

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But I have the Headless Sales Channel installed. I have the following variables in the .env and they have been filled from the data from the Headless Sales Channel:

SESSION_SECRET="foobar"
PUBLIC_STORE_DOMAIN="***.myshopify.com"
PUBLIC_STOREFRONT_ID="*****"
PUBLIC_STOREFRONT_API_TOKEN="*****"
PRIVATE_STOREFRONT_API_TOKEN="shpat_****"
PUBLIC_CUSTOMER_ACCOUNT_API_CLIENT_ID="shp_*****"

I have an Ngrok tunneling. I would npm run dev first. And then on another Terminal, I would start the Ngrok afterwards.

What am I missing? I don’t need to overwrite createHydrogenContext() with [createCustomerAccountClient()](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/hydrogen/2024-10/utilities/createcustomeraccountclient), correct?

I’m using the Remix Hydrogen FrontEnd, and have just upgraded from 2024.7.x version to 2024.10.0.

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That’s right, createHydrogenContext should take care of the customer account client.

That error is a bit of a catch all. Can you try adding a SHOP_ID to your .env file? As in SHOP_ID=12345... Try h2 env pull (not sure if this will work with Headless channel). Otherwise you can obtain the ID from https://admin.shopify.com/store/.../shop.json

If this doesn’t solve it find me on the Partner Slack (@scottdixon) and we can pair to debug!

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Hi @scottdixon! Thanks again for replying.

Two things:

  1. How do I signup for the Partner’s Slack?
  2. This link https://admin.shopify.com/store/…/shop.json gives me a 500.
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Hey @junerockwell!

  1. You should be able to register here.
  2. That URL should contain your store handle. E.g. if when you’re logged into admin the URL is https://admin.shopify.com/store/my-shop, add /shop.json to get https://admin.shopify.com/store/my-shop/shop.json
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@scottdixon Thank you!!!