Items

Items — the smallest unit of inventory tracked by BoxHero.

Each item carries an SKU, barcode, cost, price, and any custom attributes you have defined.

El objeto Item

An item — the smallest unit of inventory tracked by BoxHero. Each item carries an SKU, barcode, cost, selling price, on-hand quantity, and any custom attributes you have defined.

idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647obligatorio

Item id.

namestringobligatorio

Item display name.

skustringobligatorio

Stock Keeping Unit. Unique within the team. Every item has one; a random SKU-XXXXXXXX is generated when none is given on creation.

barcodestringobligatorio

Primary barcode for the item. Empty string when not assigned.

photo_urlstringnullableobligatorio

URL of the item's photo. null when no photo is set.

attrsarray of ItemAttrobligatorio

Custom attribute values attached to the item. Manage the underlying attribute specs via /item-attrs.

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idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647obligatorio

Attribute spec id (see GET /item-attrs).

typestringobligatorio

Value type of this attribute (text, date, number, or barcode). File-type attributes are app-only and are never returned here.

Valores posiblestextdatenumberbarcode

namestringobligatorio

Attribute display name.

valuestring | numberobligatorio

Attribute value. text/date/barcode are returned as strings (date as YYYY-MM-DD); number is returned as a number.

coststringobligatorio

Cost per unit, as a decimal string (range ±999,999,999.999, up to 3 decimal places). Defaults to "0" when not assigned.

pricestringobligatorio

Selling price per unit, as a decimal string (range ±999,999,999.999, up to 3 decimal places). Defaults to "0" when not assigned.

quantitynumberobligatorio

Total on-hand quantity for this item, summed across all locations. When location_ids is passed, summed over those locations only.

quantitiesarray of objectobligatorio

Per-location stock breakdown. Always present. Only locations that are not deleted and where this item has nonzero stock appear. With location_ids set, only the requested locations are considered. Empty array when the item has no stock at any considered location.

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location_idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647obligatorio

Location id where this stock breakdown applies.

quantitynumberobligatorio

On-hand quantity of this item at the location.

Ejemplo

{
  "id": 14290445,
  "name": "Finish Setting Powder",
  "sku": "SKU-12345678",
  "barcode": "2097678335587",
  "photo_url": "https://your.image-server.com/item_image.png",
  "attrs": [
    {
      "id": 485697,
      "type": "text",
      "name": "Brand",
      "value": "Acme Beauty"
    },
    {
      "id": 413101,
      "type": "date",
      "name": "Expiration Date",
      "value": "2026-12-31"
    },
    {
      "id": 485086,
      "type": "number",
      "name": "Minimum Stock",
      "value": 20
    }
  ],
  "cost": "8.5",
  "price": "19.99",
  "quantity": 152,
  "quantities": [
    {
      "location_id": 47041,
      "quantity": 120
    },
    {
      "location_id": 47043,
      "quantity": 32
    }
  ]
}

Endpoints

List items GET /v1/items
Create an item POST /v1/items
Get an item GET /v1/items/{item_id}
Update an item PUT /v1/items/{item_id}
Delete an item DELETE /v1/items/{item_id}
Get an item by SKU GET /v1/items/by-sku/{sku}
Update an item by SKU PUT /v1/items/by-sku/{sku}
Delete an item by SKU DELETE /v1/items/by-sku/{sku}