Connect CJ Dropshipping
Connect your CJ account with an API key and understand the shared-account fallback.
Connect CJ Dropshipping when you want Runner to use your own CJ account for sourcing and supplier operations instead of the shared CJ connection.
Before you start
Entry path: Project → Apps → Store Apps → CJ Dropshipping
You need:
- a CJ Dropshipping account and its current API key;
- authority to connect it to the workspace; and
- an understanding that disconnecting your key makes all workspace projects fall back to Runner's shared CJ account.
Keep the API key private and enter it only in the CJ connection dialog.
CJ controls and results
| Control | Why it is useful | What happens next |
|---|---|---|
| Connect | Opens CJ setup. | Runner asks for CJ API Key. |
| CJ API Key | Connects your own supplier account. | The dialog accepts a non-empty key for submission. |
| Eye icon | Helps check a typing mistake. | Toggles whether the key is visible. Hide it before sharing your screen. |
| Dialog Connect | Submits the key. | On success, Runner clears the field, closes the dialog, and marks CJ connected. |
| Cancel or close | Leaves without connecting. | Runner clears the key from the dialog. |
| Delete or Disconnect | Starts removal. | Runner opens Disconnect CJ Dropshipping?. |
| Confirmation Disconnect | Removes your key. | All workspace projects revert to the shared CJ account; existing products and orders continue to work. |
Connect your CJ account
- Open Project → Apps.
- Find CJ Dropshipping and select Connect.
- Copy the API key from the CJ account you intend Runner to use.
- Paste it into CJ API Key.
- Select Connect in the dialog.
- Wait for CJ Dropshipping connected successfully and confirm the card shows its connected disconnect control.
- Use a safe sample to verify product search or import before relying on the connection for supplier operations.
Disconnect or replace the key
Select the disconnect control and read the confirmation carefully. Disconnecting removes your CJ API key and changes all workspace projects back to the shared CJ account. Runner's confirmation says existing products and orders continue to work, but future supplier operations can use different account context.
To replace the key, disconnect the current one, confirm the card is no longer connected, then connect the replacement key.
If CJ does not connect
- Copy the API key again from the intended CJ account; do not edit it by guesswork.
- Failed to connect CJ Dropshipping means Runner did not accept the provider connection. Check the key in CJ and retry.
- If the dialog closes without a connected card, refresh Apps before submitting again.
- If product search or import fails after connecting, verify that the CJ account can access that catalog or operation.
- If disconnecting fails, assume the existing key and account context remain active.