Receive returned quantities

Creates a partial receiving transaction for a sales return.

Quantities are positive; the transaction direction is Stock In. The target location_id must be covered by the team’s plan.

POSThttps://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/returns/{return_id}/transactions

Authorizations

Authorizationstringrequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your API token.

Path parameters

return_idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647required

Request body

location_idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647required

transaction_timestringdate-time

memostringmax length 2000

itemsarray of objectrequired

Show properties

item_idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647

Item id to fulfill. Mutually exclusive with item_sku. Bundles cannot be fulfilled.

item_skustringmin length 1, max length 255

Item SKU to fulfill (case-insensitive). Mutually exclusive with item_id.

quantitynumberrequired

Positive quantity; direction is derived by resource.

revisionintegerminimum 0, maximum 9007199254740991

Responses

201The created transaction’s id.

idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647required

Created location transaction id.

401Missing or invalid API token.

idstringrequired

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.

typestringrequired

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

titlestringrequired

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringrequired

Request correlation id (rq_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. rq_01abf3...). Identical to the X-Correlation-Id response header. Pass an X-Correlation-Id request header to thread your trace through to ours.

instancestringrequired

Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix.

codestring

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.

errorsarray of object

Field-level error details. Present on /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.

Show properties

patharray of string | numberrequired

messagestringrequired

402The team is over its location plan limit — it has more locations than the current plan covers (for example, extra locations kept after a downgrade), so this stock write is blocked. The limit is team-wide, so targeting a different location does not help; upgrade the plan or remove excess locations to continue.

idstringrequired

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.

typestringrequired

Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.

titlestringrequired

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringrequired

instancestringrequired

Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix.

codestring

errorsarray of object

Field-level error details. Present on /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.

Show properties

patharray of string | numberrequired

messagestringrequired

404No return with the given id was found in this team.

idstringrequired

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.

typestringrequired

Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.

titlestringrequired

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringrequired

instancestringrequired

Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix.

codestring

errorsarray of object

Field-level error details. Present on /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.

Show properties

patharray of string | numberrequired

messagestringrequired

409The supplied revision is stale.

idstringrequired

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.

typestringrequired

Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.

titlestringrequired

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringrequired

instancestringrequired

Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix.

codestring

errorsarray of object

Field-level error details. Present on /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.

Show properties

patharray of string | numberrequired

messagestringrequired

429Rate limit exceeded. Check RateLimit, Retry-After, and X-RateLimit-* response headers before retrying.

idstringrequired

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.

typestringrequired

Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.

titlestringrequired

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringrequired

instancestringrequired

Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix.

codestring

errorsarray of object

Field-level error details. Present on /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.

Show properties

patharray of string | numberrequired

messagestringrequired

Request

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/returns/{return_id}/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/returns/{return_id}/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 os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/returns/{return_id}/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/returns/{return_id}/transactions HTTP/1.1
Host: rest.boxhero-app.com
Authorization: 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_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2",
  "type": "/errors/tokens/required",
  "title": "Missing API token. Provide a Bearer token in the Authorization header.",
  "example": "Bearer wqnot0dlysdg5vymubzi4kiv"
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2",
  "type": "/errors/core/usage-limit-exceeded",
  "title": "The team is over its location plan limit — it has more locations than the current plan covers (for example, extra locations kept after a downgrade), so this stock write is blocked. The limit is team-wide, so targeting a different location does not help; upgrade the plan or remove excess locations to continue.",
  "instance": "/returns/12345/transactions"
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2",
  "type": "/errors/not-found",
  "title": "No return with the given id was found in this team.",
  "instance": "/returns/12345/transactions"
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2",
  "type": "/errors/invalid-request",
  "title": "The supplied revision is stale.",
  "instance": "/returns/12345/transactions"
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2",
  "type": "/errors/too-many-requests",
  "title": "Too many requests.",
  "instance": "/returns/12345/transactions",
  "retryAfter": 60
}