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 (and the quantity total) to specific locations. Only requested locations with nonzero stock appear in quantities. When omitted, quantities covers every active location 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. Every item has one; a random SKU-XXXXXXXX is generated when none is given on creation.

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. When location_ids is passed, summed over those locations only.

quantitiesarray of objectobligatoire

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.

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. 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.

instancestring

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.

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 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.

Afficher les propriétés

patharray of string | numberobligatoire

messagestringobligatoire

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).

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

instancestring

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.

codestring

errorsarray of object

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

instancestring

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.

codestring

errorsarray of object

Afficher les propriétés

patharray of string | numberobligatoire

messagestringobligatoire

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.

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

instancestring

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.

codestring

errorsarray of object

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": "8.5",
    "price": "19.99",
    "quantity": 152,
    "quantities": [
      {
        "location_id": 47041,
        "quantity": 120
      },
      {
        "location_id": 47043,
        "quantity": 32
      }
    ]
  }
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40",
  "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_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40",
  "type": "/errors/tokens/required",
  "title": "Missing API token. Provide a Bearer token in the Authorization header.",
  "instance": "/items/by-sku/SKU-123",
  "example": "Bearer wqnot0dlysdg5vymubzi4kiv"
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40",
  "type": "/errors/not-found",
  "title": "No item with the given SKU was found in this team.",
  "instance": "/items/by-sku/SKU-123"
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40",
  "type": "/errors/too-many-requests",
  "title": "Too many requests.",
  "instance": "/items/by-sku/SKU-123",
  "retryAfter": 60
}