Receive returned quantities by return number

Looks up a sales return by return number and creates a partial receiving transaction.

Recording stock through the transaction endpoints moves the status forward automatically: confirmed becomes in-progress once any quantity is recorded, and done once nothing remains; a done return is never reverted by later transaction changes. Whitespace is ignored and letters are uppercased.

POSThttps://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/returns/by-number/{return_number}/transactions

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

return_numberstring必須

Return number. Whitespace is ignored and letters are uppercased. Use only letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.

リクエストボディ

location_idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647必須

transaction_timestringdate-time

memostringmax length 2000

itemsarray of object必須

プロパティを表示

item_idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647

Item id to fulfill. Mutually exclusive with item_sku. Bundles cannot be fulfilled.

item_skustringmin length 1, max length 255

Item SKU to fulfill (case-insensitive). Mutually exclusive with item_id.

quantitynumber必須

Positive quantity; direction is derived by resource.

revisionintegerminimum 0, maximum 9007199254740991

レスポンス

201The created transaction's id.

idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647必須

Created location transaction id.

400Request validation failed (including an unknown item_sku), or the team 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. 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.

プロパティを表示

patharray of string | number必須

messagestring必須

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).

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

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

プロパティを表示

patharray of string | number必須

messagestring必須

404No return with the given number 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

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

プロパティを表示

patharray of string | number必須

messagestring必須

409The supplied revision is stale.

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

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

プロパティを表示

patharray of string | number必須

messagestring必須

413Request body exceeds the size limit (1 MiB). Returned with type /errors/invalid-request.

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

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

プロパティを表示

patharray of string | number必須

messagestring必須

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.

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

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

プロパティを表示

patharray of string | number必須

messagestring必須

リクエスト

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/returns/by-number/{return_number}/transactions' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $BOXHERO_API_TOKEN" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "location_id": 47041,
    "transaction_time": "2026-01-16T11:00:00.000Z",
    "memo": "Partial receipt",
    "items": [
      {
        "item_sku": "SKU-12345678",
        "quantity": 60
      }
    ],
    "revision": 3
  }'

const response = await fetch("https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/returns/by-number/{return_number}/transactions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BOXHERO_API_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "location_id": 47041,
    "transaction_time": "2026-01-16T11:00:00.000Z",
    "memo": "Partial receipt",
    "items": [
      {
        "item_sku": "SKU-12345678",
        "quantity": 60
      }
    ],
    "revision": 3
  }),
});
const data = await response.json();

import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/returns/by-number/{return_number}/transactions",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BOXHERO_API_TOKEN"],
    },
    json={
        "location_id": 47041,
        "transaction_time": "2026-01-16T11:00:00.000Z",
        "memo": "Partial receipt",
        "items": [
            {
                "item_sku": "SKU-12345678",
                "quantity": 60,
            },
        ],
        "revision": 3,
    },
)
data = response.json()

POST /v1/returns/by-number/{return_number}/transactions HTTP/1.1
Host: rest.boxhero-app.com
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "location_id": 47041,
  "transaction_time": "2026-01-16T11:00:00.000Z",
  "memo": "Partial receipt",
  "items": [
    {
      "item_sku": "SKU-12345678",
      "quantity": 60
    }
  ],
  "revision": 3
}

レスポンス

{
  "id": 14012345
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40",
  "type": "/errors/invalid-request",
  "title": "Request validation failed (including an unknown item_sku), or the team is not in LOCATION mode.",
  "instance": "/returns/by-number/R-1001/transactions"
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40",
  "type": "/errors/tokens/required",
  "title": "Missing API token. Provide a Bearer token in the Authorization header.",
  "instance": "/returns/by-number/R-1001/transactions",
  "example": "Bearer wqnot0dlysdg5vymubzi4kiv"
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40",
  "type": "/errors/not-found",
  "title": "No return with the given number was found in this team.",
  "instance": "/returns/by-number/R-1001/transactions"
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40",
  "type": "/errors/invalid-request",
  "title": "The supplied revision is stale.",
  "instance": "/returns/by-number/R-1001/transactions"
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40",
  "type": "/errors/invalid-request",
  "title": "Request body is too large.",
  "instance": "/returns/by-number/R-1001/transactions"
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40",
  "type": "/errors/too-many-requests",
  "title": "Too many requests.",
  "instance": "/returns/by-number/R-1001/transactions",
  "retryAfter": 60
}