Get an item by SKU

Looks up an item by SKU (case-insensitive) and returns the same payload as GET /items/{item_id}.

URL-encode special characters in the SKU.

GEThttps://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/items/by-sku/{sku}

Autorisation

Authorizationstringobligatoire

En-tête d’authentification Bearer au format Bearer <token>, où <token> est votre jeton d’API.

Paramètres de chemin

skustringmin length 1, max length 255obligatoire

Item SKU (case-insensitive). URL-encode special characters such as #, %, /, or spaces (e.g. SKU%2FABC for SKU/ABC).

Paramètres de requête

location_idsinteger | array of integer

Scope the quantities breakdown to specific locations. When present, the response carries one quantities entry per requested location. When omitted, quantities still appears but only for active locations where the item has nonzero stock.

Réponses

200The requested item.

itemItemobligatoire

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.

Afficher les propriétés

idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647obligatoire

Item id.

namestringobligatoire

Item display name.

skustringobligatoire

Stock Keeping Unit. Unique within the team when set. Empty string when not assigned.

barcodestringobligatoire

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

photo_urlstringnullableobligatoire

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

attrsarray of ItemAttrobligatoire

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

Afficher les propriétés

idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647obligatoire

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

typestringobligatoire

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

Valeurs possiblestextdatenumberbarcode

namestringobligatoire

Attribute display name.

valuestring | numberobligatoire

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

coststringobligatoire

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

pricestringobligatoire

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

quantitynumberobligatoire

Total on-hand quantity for this item, summed across all locations.

quantitiesarray of objectobligatoire

Per-location stock breakdown. Always present. With location_ids set, one entry per requested location. Without location_ids, one entry per active location where this item has nonzero stock (empty array when the item is out of stock everywhere).

Afficher les propriétés

location_idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647obligatoire

Location id where this stock breakdown applies.

quantitynumberobligatoire

On-hand quantity of this item at the location.

400Team is not in LOCATION mode.

idstringobligatoire

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.

typestringobligatoire

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

Valeurs possibles/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

titlestringobligatoire

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringobligatoire

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.

instancestringobligatoire

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.

Afficher les propriétés

patharray of string | numberobligatoire

messagestringobligatoire

401Missing or invalid API token.

idstringobligatoire

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.

typestringobligatoire

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

titlestringobligatoire

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringobligatoire

instancestringobligatoire

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.

Afficher les propriétés

patharray of string | numberobligatoire

messagestringobligatoire

404No item with the given SKU was found in this team.

idstringobligatoire

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.

typestringobligatoire

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

titlestringobligatoire

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringobligatoire

instancestringobligatoire

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.

Afficher les propriétés

patharray of string | numberobligatoire

messagestringobligatoire

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

idstringobligatoire

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.

typestringobligatoire

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

titlestringobligatoire

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringobligatoire

instancestringobligatoire

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.

Afficher les propriétés

patharray of string | numberobligatoire

messagestringobligatoire

Requête

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/items/by-sku/{sku}' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $BOXHERO_API_TOKEN"

const response = await fetch("https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/items/by-sku/{sku}", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BOXHERO_API_TOKEN}`,
  },
});
const data = await response.json();

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/items/by-sku/{sku}",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BOXHERO_API_TOKEN"],
    },
)
data = response.json()

GET /v1/items/by-sku/{sku} HTTP/1.1
Host: rest.boxhero-app.com
Authorization: Bearer <token>

Réponse

{
  "item": {
    "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": "8.50",
    "price": "19.99",
    "quantity": 152,
    "quantities": [
      {
        "location_id": 47041,
        "quantity": 120
      },
      {
        "location_id": 47043,
        "quantity": 32
      }
    ]
  }
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2",
  "type": "/errors/invalid-team-mode",
  "title": "This API is only available in Location mode. For Basic or Unit mode, please contact support.",
  "instance": "/items/by-sku/SKU-123"
}

{
  "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/not-found",
  "title": "No item with the given SKU was found in this team.",
  "instance": "/items/by-sku/SKU-123"
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2",
  "type": "/errors/too-many-requests",
  "title": "Too many requests.",
  "instance": "/items/by-sku/SKU-123",
  "retryAfter": 60
}