⚡Blinks

Sell your digital collectible or merchandise directly from an X post

Set up a Blink (Solana Blockchain link) through the Helio dashboard to sell products or services directly on platforms like Twitter (X). Blinks simplify pre-sales by turning Solana actions into shareable links that enable on-chain transactions from any webpage or app.

You can check out our first ever Pre-Sale Blink for SUPERBASEDD that sold out within 24 hrs!

How to create a Pre-Sale Blink

• Login to the Helio dashboard -> Pay Links -> Create payment -> Blinks

• Customise your Pre-Sale Blink by selecting the fields you'd like to display.

• Set a price per pre-sale spot, choose the user information to collect, and set a limit on spots (disabling the payment button once the limit is reached).

• You can easily download a CSV of all successful transactions on the blink through our dashboard.

Note: Not all Helio checkout features are available via the Blinks protocol. If you require more advanced options, please contact us at [e-mail] for assistance.

Blinks for Shopify

You can set up Blinks to automatically create orders in your Shopify store using our webhooks and Zapier integration.

1. Create a Zap in Zapier on a Pro plan.

1. Add 'Webhooks by Zapier' trigger:

• Set the trigger event as 'Catch Hook' and copy the generated webhook URL.

1. Create a Blink in the Helio Dashboard - note that this cannot be edited after creation

Refer to our Blinks documentation for detailed instructions on how to setup a Blink.

1. Create the Webhook for the Blink.

Use our API documentation for guidance on our API.

To use the Helio API from your Shopify merchant dashboard

Pre-requisites:

To use the API with Shopify on Helio, first link a wallet on the Helio dashboard:

1. Access the Helio dashboard from Shopify (see instructions here)

2. Go to Settings → Manage Wallets.

3. Link a wallet that hasn’t been used on Helio.

4. For API keys, use a non-primary wallet on Shopify; the same key applies to all linked wallets.

Using cURL on Terminal:

Input this example query:

curl -X POST \
 'https://api.hel.io/v1/webhook/blink/transaction?apiKey=APIKEYHERE' \
 -H 'Accept: application/json' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'Authorization: Bearer BEARERTOKENHERE' \
 -H 'cache-control: no-cache' \
 -d '{
   "blinkId": "BLINKIDHERE",
   "targetUrl": "ZAPIERURLHERE",
   "events": ["CREATED"]
 }'

• Retrieve the blinkId from the end of the Blink URL

• Use the webhook URL copied from the Zapier trigger as the ZapierUrlhere

• Put in your Public API Key in 'APIKEYHERE'

• Put in your Private Key in 'BEARERTOKENHERE'

Example response body:

{
    "blink": "66fbb2d3be3d3152461a08ed",
    "inactive": false,
    "company": "667c1f9352919e407156128c",
    "targetUrl": "https://hooks.zapier.com/hooks/catch/20066266/2mogoex/",
    "events": [
        "CREATED"
    ],
    "sharedToken": "jNMO/1PPQdW3/dTq1mZ0GH2YNuOMxeLMtjPqEGW2j9DQUDSrbwIHHP2c8JhEhRfq4aCLm43Ga0CcyH9fQH/HGPl9B7WiqTEKs5j5eb+mFR6w5R+i/xyCkEv+54os9g7T"
}

Using Postman:

API Endpoint: https://api.hel.io/v1/webhook/blink/transaction?apiKey=

HTTP Method: POST

Required Query Parameters: ?apiKey={{Your public key here}}

Required Headers: Authorization: Bearer {{Your API Token here}}

Example JSON request body:

{
  "blinkId": "BLINKIDHERE",
  "targetUrl": "ZAPIERURLHERE",
  "events": ["CREATED"]
}

1. Add a Shopify action:

• Set the action event to 'Create Order' and connect your Shopify account.

1. Configure the Shopify Action

• Map fields for Blink web hook data (e.g., Email, Full Name, Address, Phone Number, BlinkID, Transaction Signature).

  • Add BlinkID and Transaction Signature as Additional fields.

• Set Product, Quantity, and Pricing fields manually.

• Set Financial Status to Paid to mark the order as paid in Shopify.

• Configure Send Receipt to Yes for order confirmations. Enable Send Fulfilment Receipt if fulfilment and delivery are set up in Shopify.

Note: When configuring your Blink, you were only able to set a fixed price in one currency type. Please ensure that your Blink pricing corresponds correctly to the pricing of your product on Shopify.

1. Complete the Zap:

• Once a purchase is completed through a Blink, the webhook listens for the event, and an order will be automatically created in your Shopify store with the data passed from the Blink.