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}

認証

Authorizationstring必須

Bearer <token> 形式の Bearer 認証ヘッダーです。<token> には APIトークンを指定します。

パスパラメータ

skustringmin length 1, max length 255必須

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

クエリパラメータ

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.

レスポンス

200The requested item.

itemItem必須

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.

プロパティを表示

idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647必須

Item id.

namestring必須

Item display name.

skustring必須

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

barcodestring必須

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

photo_urlstringnullable必須

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

attrsarray of ItemAttr必須

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

プロパティを表示

idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647必須

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

typestring必須

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

指定可能な値textdatenumberbarcode

namestring必須

Attribute display name.

valuestring | number必須

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

coststring必須

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

pricestring必須

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

quantitynumber必須

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

quantitiesarray of object必須

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).

プロパティを表示

location_idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647必須

Location id where this stock breakdown applies.

quantitynumber必須

On-hand quantity of this item at the location.

400Team is not in LOCATION mode.

idstring必須

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.

typestring必須

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

指定可能な値/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

titlestring必須

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstring必須

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.

instancestring必須

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.

プロパティを表示

patharray of string | number必須

messagestring必須

401Missing or invalid API token.

idstring必須

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.

typestring必須

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

titlestring必須

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstring必須

instancestring必須

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.

プロパティを表示

patharray of string | number必須

messagestring必須

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

idstring必須

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.

typestring必須

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

titlestring必須

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstring必須

instancestring必須

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.

プロパティを表示

patharray of string | number必須

messagestring必須

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

idstring必須

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.

typestring必須

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

titlestring必須

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstring必須

instancestring必須

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.

プロパティを表示

patharray of string | number必須

messagestring必須

リクエスト

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>

レスポンス

{
  "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
}