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}

授權

Authorizationstring必填

Bearer <token> 格式的 Bearer 驗證標頭，其中 <token> 為您的 API 權杖。

路徑參數

skustringmin length 1, max length 255必填

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

查詢參數

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.

回應

200The requested item.

itemItem必填

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.

顯示屬性

idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647必填

Item id.

namestring必填

Item display name.

skustring必填

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

barcodestring必填

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

photo_urlstringnullable必填

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

attrsarray of ItemAttr必填

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

顯示屬性

idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647必填

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

typestring必填

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

可能的值textdatenumberbarcode

namestring必填

Attribute display name.

valuestring | number必填

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

coststring必填

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

pricestring必填

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必填

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

quantitiesarray of object必填

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).

顯示屬性

location_idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647必填

Location id where this stock breakdown applies.

quantitynumber必填

On-hand quantity of this item at the location.

400Team is not in LOCATION mode.

idstring必填

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必填

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

可能的值/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必填

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstring必填

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必填

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.

顯示屬性

patharray of string | number必填

messagestring必填

401Missing or invalid API token.

idstring必填

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必填

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

titlestring必填

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstring必填

instancestring必填

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.

顯示屬性

patharray of string | number必填

messagestring必填

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

idstring必填

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必填

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

titlestring必填

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstring必填

instancestring必填

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.

顯示屬性

patharray of string | number必填

messagestring必填

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

idstring必填

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必填

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

titlestring必填

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstring必填

instancestring必填

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.

顯示屬性

patharray of string | number必填

messagestring必填

請求

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>

回應

{
  "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
}