Create an item

Creates a new item in the team.

Pass location_id (query) together with quantity (body) to seed initial stock at a single location; otherwise the item starts with zero stock everywhere. When the team has more than one active location and quantity is provided without location_id, the request fails with 402 (location quota).

POSThttps://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/items

Otorisasi

Authorizationstringwajib

Header autentikasi Bearer dengan format Bearer <token>, dengan <token> berupa token API Anda.

Parameter query

location_idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647

Location at which to seed initial stock. Required together with the body’s quantity when the team has more than one active location.

Body permintaan

namestringmin length 1, max length 255wajib

Item display name. 1–255 characters.

skustringmin length 1, max length 255

Stock Keeping Unit. Optional, but must be unique across the team when set.

barcodestringmax length 255

Primary barcode for the item. Optional.

photo_urlstringmax length 2048

Public URL of the item’s photo. Optional.

coststring

Cost per unit, as a decimal string. Range ±999,999,999.999 with up to 3 decimal places. Example: "12345.234". The team’s currency is reported on GET /v1/teams/linked.

pricestring

Selling price per unit, as a decimal string. Range ±999,999,999.999 with up to 3 decimal places. Example: "12345.234". The team’s currency is reported on GET /v1/teams/linked.

attrsarray of object

Custom attribute values. Official request format is [{ "id": <attr_id>, "value": <value> }, ...]. The legacy object form { "<attr_id>": <value> } is still accepted for compatibility.

Tampilkan properti

idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647wajib

Attribute spec id.

valuestring | numberwajib

Attribute value (typed per the spec).

quantitynumbernullable

Initial on-hand quantity. Pass together with the location_id query to seed stock at a single location. Omit (or set null) to start with zero stock everywhere. Must be non-zero when provided.

Respons

201The created item’s id.

idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647wajib

Id of the newly created item.

400Request validation failed (e.g. duplicate SKU, invalid attribute value, file-type attribute, or quantity = 0). See the response body for field-level errors.

idstringwajib

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.

typestringwajib

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

Nilai yang mungkin/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

titlestringwajib

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringwajib

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.

instancestringwajib

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.

Tampilkan properti

patharray of string | numberwajib

messagestringwajib

401Missing or invalid API token.

idstringwajib

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.

typestringwajib

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

titlestringwajib

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringwajib

instancestringwajib

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.

Tampilkan properti

patharray of string | numberwajib

messagestringwajib

402The team’s item quota has been reached, or initial stock was requested at a location the current plan does not cover. Upgrade the plan or delete an existing item / pass a covered location_id to continue.

idstringwajib

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.

typestringwajib

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

titlestringwajib

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringwajib

instancestringwajib

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.

Tampilkan properti

patharray of string | numberwajib

messagestringwajib

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

idstringwajib

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.

typestringwajib

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

titlestringwajib

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringwajib

instancestringwajib

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.

Tampilkan properti

patharray of string | numberwajib

messagestringwajib

Permintaan

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/items' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $BOXHERO_API_TOKEN" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "name": "Finish Setting Powder",
    "sku": "SKU-12345678",
    "barcode": "2097678335587",
    "photo_url": "https://your.image-server.com/item_image.png",
    "cost": "8.50",
    "price": "19.99",
    "attrs": [
      {
        "id": 485086,
        "value": 20
      },
      {
        "id": 413101,
        "value": "2026-12-31"
      }
    ],
    "quantity": 32
  }'

const response = await fetch("https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/items", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BOXHERO_API_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "name": "Finish Setting Powder",
    "sku": "SKU-12345678",
    "barcode": "2097678335587",
    "photo_url": "https://your.image-server.com/item_image.png",
    "cost": "8.50",
    "price": "19.99",
    "attrs": [
      {
        "id": 485086,
        "value": 20
      },
      {
        "id": 413101,
        "value": "2026-12-31"
      }
    ],
    "quantity": 32
  }),
});
const data = await response.json();

import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/items",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BOXHERO_API_TOKEN"],
    },
    json={
        "name": "Finish Setting Powder",
        "sku": "SKU-12345678",
        "barcode": "2097678335587",
        "photo_url": "https://your.image-server.com/item_image.png",
        "cost": "8.50",
        "price": "19.99",
        "attrs": [
            {
                "id": 485086,
                "value": 20,
            },
            {
                "id": 413101,
                "value": "2026-12-31",
            },
        ],
        "quantity": 32,
    },
)
data = response.json()

POST /v1/items HTTP/1.1
Host: rest.boxhero-app.com
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "Finish Setting Powder",
  "sku": "SKU-12345678",
  "barcode": "2097678335587",
  "photo_url": "https://your.image-server.com/item_image.png",
  "cost": "8.50",
  "price": "19.99",
  "attrs": [
    {
      "id": 485086,
      "value": 20
    },
    {
      "id": 413101,
      "value": "2026-12-31"
    }
  ],
  "quantity": 32
}

Respons

{
  "id": 14290445
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2",
  "type": "/errors/invalid-request",
  "title": "Request validation failed (e.g. duplicate SKU, invalid attribute value, file-type attribute, or quantity = 0). See the response body for field-level errors.",
  "instance": "/items"
}

{
  "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's item quota has been reached, or initial stock was requested at a location the current plan does not cover. Upgrade the plan or delete an existing item / pass a covered location_id to continue.",
  "instance": "/items"
}

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