Create purchase order fulfillment transaction by order number
Looks up a purchase order by order number and creates a partial fulfillment transaction.
The target location_id must be covered by the team's plan. Recording stock through the transaction endpoints moves the status forward automatically: confirmed becomes in-progress once any quantity is recorded, and done once nothing remains; a done order is never reverted by later transaction changes. Whitespace is ignored and letters are uppercased.
https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/purchase-orders/by-number/{order_number}/transactionsAuthorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your API token.
Path parameters
Section titled “Path parameters”Order number. Whitespace is ignored and letters are uppercased. Use only letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.
Request body
Section titled “Request body”Show properties
Item id to fulfill. Mutually exclusive with item_sku. Bundles cannot be fulfilled.
Item SKU to fulfill (case-insensitive). Mutually exclusive with item_id.
Positive quantity; direction is derived by resource.
Responses
Section titled “Responses”201The created transaction's id.
Created location transaction id.
400Request validation failed (including an unknown item_sku), or the team is not in LOCATION mode.
Unique exception id (ex_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a). Quote this in support tickets so we can find the request in our logs.
Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.
Possible values/errors/not-found/errors/invalid-request/errors/invalid-team-mode/errors/tokens/invalid/errors/tokens/required/errors/too-many-requests/errors/core/usage-limit-exceeded/errors/core/forbidden/errors/core/unhandled/errors/unhandled
Human-readable summary of the error, in English.
Request correlation id (rq_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. rq_01abf3...). Identical to the X-Correlation-Id response header. A client-supplied X-Correlation-Id request header (at most 128 chars of A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ : / = -) is echoed back here and in the response header; a missing or invalid value is silently replaced with a generated rq_… id.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix. Absent on unknown-path 404 and unexpected 500 responses.
Sub-reason code surfaced from upstream BoxHero core (on core-mapped 4xx) or from the gateway itself (e.g. not-available-for-api-token on 403). Use this for fine-grained branching after dispatching on type.
Field-level error details. Present on request-validation /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Absent on malformed-JSON 400, 413 body-too-large, and most errors mapped from BoxHero core (which include it only when core supplies an array; this can include 403). Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.
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401Missing, invalid, or revoked API token. /errors/tokens/required when no Bearer token is sent; /errors/tokens/invalid when the token is unknown or revoked (a revoked token may keep working for up to 60 seconds because validation results are cached).
Unique exception id (ex_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a). Quote this in support tickets so we can find the request in our logs.
Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.
Possible values/errors/not-found/errors/invalid-request/errors/invalid-team-mode/errors/tokens/invalid/errors/tokens/required/errors/too-many-requests/errors/core/usage-limit-exceeded/errors/core/forbidden/errors/core/unhandled/errors/unhandled
Human-readable summary of the error, in English.
Request correlation id (rq_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. rq_01abf3...). Identical to the X-Correlation-Id response header. A client-supplied X-Correlation-Id request header (at most 128 chars of A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ : / = -) is echoed back here and in the response header; a missing or invalid value is silently replaced with a generated rq_… id.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix. Absent on unknown-path 404 and unexpected 500 responses.
Sub-reason code surfaced from upstream BoxHero core (on core-mapped 4xx) or from the gateway itself (e.g. not-available-for-api-token on 403). Use this for fine-grained branching after dispatching on type.
Field-level error details. Present on request-validation /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Absent on malformed-JSON 400, 413 body-too-large, and most errors mapped from BoxHero core (which include it only when core supplies an array; this can include 403). Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.
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402The team is over one of its plan limits (items, locations, or members). Upgrade the plan or reduce usage to continue.
Unique exception id (ex_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a). Quote this in support tickets so we can find the request in our logs.
Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.
Possible values/errors/not-found/errors/invalid-request/errors/invalid-team-mode/errors/tokens/invalid/errors/tokens/required/errors/too-many-requests/errors/core/usage-limit-exceeded/errors/core/forbidden/errors/core/unhandled/errors/unhandled
Human-readable summary of the error, in English.
Request correlation id (rq_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. rq_01abf3...). Identical to the X-Correlation-Id response header. A client-supplied X-Correlation-Id request header (at most 128 chars of A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ : / = -) is echoed back here and in the response header; a missing or invalid value is silently replaced with a generated rq_… id.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix. Absent on unknown-path 404 and unexpected 500 responses.
Sub-reason code surfaced from upstream BoxHero core (on core-mapped 4xx) or from the gateway itself (e.g. not-available-for-api-token on 403). Use this for fine-grained branching after dispatching on type.
Field-level error details. Present on request-validation /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Absent on malformed-JSON 400, 413 body-too-large, and most errors mapped from BoxHero core (which include it only when core supplies an array; this can include 403). Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.
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404No purchase order with the given order number was found in this team.
Unique exception id (ex_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a). Quote this in support tickets so we can find the request in our logs.
Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.
Possible values/errors/not-found/errors/invalid-request/errors/invalid-team-mode/errors/tokens/invalid/errors/tokens/required/errors/too-many-requests/errors/core/usage-limit-exceeded/errors/core/forbidden/errors/core/unhandled/errors/unhandled
Human-readable summary of the error, in English.
Request correlation id (rq_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. rq_01abf3...). Identical to the X-Correlation-Id response header. A client-supplied X-Correlation-Id request header (at most 128 chars of A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ : / = -) is echoed back here and in the response header; a missing or invalid value is silently replaced with a generated rq_… id.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix. Absent on unknown-path 404 and unexpected 500 responses.
Sub-reason code surfaced from upstream BoxHero core (on core-mapped 4xx) or from the gateway itself (e.g. not-available-for-api-token on 403). Use this for fine-grained branching after dispatching on type.
Field-level error details. Present on request-validation /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Absent on malformed-JSON 400, 413 body-too-large, and most errors mapped from BoxHero core (which include it only when core supplies an array; this can include 403). Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.
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409The supplied revision is stale.
Unique exception id (ex_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a). Quote this in support tickets so we can find the request in our logs.
Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.
Possible values/errors/not-found/errors/invalid-request/errors/invalid-team-mode/errors/tokens/invalid/errors/tokens/required/errors/too-many-requests/errors/core/usage-limit-exceeded/errors/core/forbidden/errors/core/unhandled/errors/unhandled
Human-readable summary of the error, in English.
Request correlation id (rq_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. rq_01abf3...). Identical to the X-Correlation-Id response header. A client-supplied X-Correlation-Id request header (at most 128 chars of A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ : / = -) is echoed back here and in the response header; a missing or invalid value is silently replaced with a generated rq_… id.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix. Absent on unknown-path 404 and unexpected 500 responses.
Sub-reason code surfaced from upstream BoxHero core (on core-mapped 4xx) or from the gateway itself (e.g. not-available-for-api-token on 403). Use this for fine-grained branching after dispatching on type.
Field-level error details. Present on request-validation /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Absent on malformed-JSON 400, 413 body-too-large, and most errors mapped from BoxHero core (which include it only when core supplies an array; this can include 403). Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.
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413Request body exceeds the size limit (1 MiB). Returned with type /errors/invalid-request.
Unique exception id (ex_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a). Quote this in support tickets so we can find the request in our logs.
Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.
Possible values/errors/not-found/errors/invalid-request/errors/invalid-team-mode/errors/tokens/invalid/errors/tokens/required/errors/too-many-requests/errors/core/usage-limit-exceeded/errors/core/forbidden/errors/core/unhandled/errors/unhandled
Human-readable summary of the error, in English.
Request correlation id (rq_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. rq_01abf3...). Identical to the X-Correlation-Id response header. A client-supplied X-Correlation-Id request header (at most 128 chars of A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ : / = -) is echoed back here and in the response header; a missing or invalid value is silently replaced with a generated rq_… id.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix. Absent on unknown-path 404 and unexpected 500 responses.
Sub-reason code surfaced from upstream BoxHero core (on core-mapped 4xx) or from the gateway itself (e.g. not-available-for-api-token on 403). Use this for fine-grained branching after dispatching on type.
Field-level error details. Present on request-validation /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Absent on malformed-JSON 400, 413 body-too-large, and most errors mapped from BoxHero core (which include it only when core supplies an array; this can include 403). Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.
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429Rate limit exceeded. Limits are per team and shared by all of the team's API tokens: 5 requests per second and 300 requests per minute. The RateLimit and X-RateLimit-* headers reflect the per-minute window; check them and Retry-After before retrying. This status is also returned when the client IP exceeds 30 failed authentication attempts within 60 seconds, even if the token is valid.
Unique exception id (ex_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a). Quote this in support tickets so we can find the request in our logs.
Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.
Possible values/errors/not-found/errors/invalid-request/errors/invalid-team-mode/errors/tokens/invalid/errors/tokens/required/errors/too-many-requests/errors/core/usage-limit-exceeded/errors/core/forbidden/errors/core/unhandled/errors/unhandled
Human-readable summary of the error, in English.
Request correlation id (rq_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. rq_01abf3...). Identical to the X-Correlation-Id response header. A client-supplied X-Correlation-Id request header (at most 128 chars of A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ : / = -) is echoed back here and in the response header; a missing or invalid value is silently replaced with a generated rq_… id.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix. Absent on unknown-path 404 and unexpected 500 responses.
Sub-reason code surfaced from upstream BoxHero core (on core-mapped 4xx) or from the gateway itself (e.g. not-available-for-api-token on 403). Use this for fine-grained branching after dispatching on type.
Field-level error details. Present on request-validation /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Absent on malformed-JSON 400, 413 body-too-large, and most errors mapped from BoxHero core (which include it only when core supplies an array; this can include 403). Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.
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Request
curl --request POST \ --url 'https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/purchase-orders/by-number/{order_number}/transactions' \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $BOXHERO_API_TOKEN" \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "location_id": 47041, "transaction_time": "2026-01-16T11:00:00.000Z", "memo": "Partial receipt", "items": [ { "item_sku": "SKU-12345678", "quantity": 60 } ], "revision": 3 }'const response = await fetch("https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/purchase-orders/by-number/{order_number}/transactions", { method: "POST", headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BOXHERO_API_TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json", }, body: JSON.stringify({ "location_id": 47041, "transaction_time": "2026-01-16T11:00:00.000Z", "memo": "Partial receipt", "items": [ { "item_sku": "SKU-12345678", "quantity": 60 } ], "revision": 3 }),});const data = await response.json();import osimport requests
response = requests.post( "https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/purchase-orders/by-number/{order_number}/transactions", headers={ "Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BOXHERO_API_TOKEN"], }, json={ "location_id": 47041, "transaction_time": "2026-01-16T11:00:00.000Z", "memo": "Partial receipt", "items": [ { "item_sku": "SKU-12345678", "quantity": 60, }, ], "revision": 3, },)data = response.json()POST /v1/purchase-orders/by-number/{order_number}/transactions HTTP/1.1Host: rest.boxhero-app.comAuthorization: Bearer <token>Content-Type: application/json
{ "location_id": 47041, "transaction_time": "2026-01-16T11:00:00.000Z", "memo": "Partial receipt", "items": [ { "item_sku": "SKU-12345678", "quantity": 60 } ], "revision": 3}Response
{ "id": 14012345}{ "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a", "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40", "type": "/errors/invalid-request", "title": "Request validation failed (including an unknown item_sku), or the team is not in LOCATION mode.", "instance": "/purchase-orders/by-number/PO-1001/transactions"}{ "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a", "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40", "type": "/errors/tokens/required", "title": "Missing API token. Provide a Bearer token in the Authorization header.", "instance": "/purchase-orders/by-number/PO-1001/transactions", "example": "Bearer wqnot0dlysdg5vymubzi4kiv"}{ "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a", "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40", "type": "/errors/core/usage-limit-exceeded", "title": "The team is over one of its plan limits (items, locations, or members). Upgrade the plan or reduce usage to continue.", "instance": "/purchase-orders/by-number/PO-1001/transactions"}{ "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a", "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40", "type": "/errors/not-found", "title": "No purchase order with the given order number was found in this team.", "instance": "/purchase-orders/by-number/PO-1001/transactions"}{ "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a", "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40", "type": "/errors/invalid-request", "title": "The supplied revision is stale.", "instance": "/purchase-orders/by-number/PO-1001/transactions"}{ "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a", "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40", "type": "/errors/invalid-request", "title": "Request body is too large.", "instance": "/purchase-orders/by-number/PO-1001/transactions"}{ "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a", "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40", "type": "/errors/too-many-requests", "title": "Too many requests.", "instance": "/purchase-orders/by-number/PO-1001/transactions", "retryAfter": 60}