Shopify store api goes invalid on app uninstall

[aqimt]

I'm using the kyon147/laravel-shopify package to build a Shopify app in Laravel. Everything works fine, but when a merchant uninstalls the app, the API key (access token) becomes invalid, and I can no longer make API requests for that store.

I understand that Shopify revokes the API access token upon uninstall, but I'm looking for the best way to handle this scenario properly. Should I listen to the app/uninstalled webhook and clean up store data from my database? Also, what’s the best approach to allow users to reinstall the app smoothly without issues?

Any advice or best practices would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance. 🙌

[Kyon147]

If you have the Uninstall webhook job set up this is handled for you. The row in the user table for that store will be updated.

[aqimt]

Thanks @Kyon147 for the replay. For now, I manually updated the password column using the uninstall webhook. Is this approach correct?

[Kyon147]

There is a job inside the package that does this for you, you should not need to create your own job unless you want to change up some of the logic.

The package job, sets the password to '' and updates the deleted_at column while setting the password to null

[aqimt]

Thanks @Kyon147 for your help.