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Medusa Inventory Items API

An inventory item is a stock-kept product whose inventory is managed.These API routes allow admin users to manage inventory items.

Medusa Inventory Items API is one of 82 APIs that Medusa publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Inventory Items. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 12 operations across 7 paths, and defines 16 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.19.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: http://localhost:9000, https://api.medusajs.com.

12 operations 7 paths 16 schemas 2 DELETE3 GET7 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.19.0
Base URL
https://{medusa-backend-domain}
Authentication
HTTP Basic, HTTP Bearer, API Key, HTTP Bearer
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 4

Medusa Inventory Items API declares 4 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (api_token). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (jwt_token). An API key is passed in the cookie as connect.sid (cookie_auth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (reset_password).

Paths & Operations 12

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 12 operations — 2 DELETE, 3 GET, 7 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Inventory Items 12

An inventory item is a stock-kept product whose inventory is managed. These API routes allow admin users to manage inventory items.

GET
/admin/inventory-items
List Inventory Items
GetInventoryItems 20 params → 200400401404409422500
POST
/admin/inventory-items
Create Inventory Item
PostInventoryItems 1 param body → 200400401404409422500
POST
/admin/inventory-items/export
Export Inventory Items
PostInventoryItemsExport 20 params → 202400401404409422500
POST
/admin/inventory-items/location-levels/batch
Manage Inventory Levels
PostInventoryItemsLocationLevelsBatch body → 200400401404409422500
GET
/admin/inventory-items/{id}
Get a Inventory Item
GetInventoryItemsId 2 params → 200400401404409422500
POST
/admin/inventory-items/{id}
Update an Inventory Item
PostInventoryItemsId 2 params body → 200400401404409422500
DELETE
/admin/inventory-items/{id}
Delete Inventory Item
DeleteInventoryItemsId 1 param → 200400401404409422500
GET
/admin/inventory-items/{id}/location-levels
List Inventory Levels
GetInventoryItemsIdLocationLevels 7 params → 200400401404409422500
POST
/admin/inventory-items/{id}/location-levels
Create Inventory Level for Inventory Item
PostInventoryItemsIdLocationLevels 2 params body → 200400401404409422500
POST
/admin/inventory-items/{id}/location-levels/batch
Manage Inventory Levels of Inventory Item
PostInventoryItemsIdLocationLevelsBatch 1 param body → 200400401404409422500
POST
/admin/inventory-items/{id}/location-levels/{location_id}
Update an Inventory Level of an Inventory Item
PostInventoryItemsIdLocationLevelsLocation_id 3 params body → 200400401404409422500
DELETE
/admin/inventory-items/{id}/location-levels/{location_id}
Remove Inventory Level of Inventory Item
DeleteInventoryItemsIdLocationLevelsLocation_id 3 params → 200400401404409422500

Schemas 16

The contract defines 16 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AdminInventoryItem (18 properties), AdminCreateInventoryItem (15 properties), AdminUpdateInventoryItem (14 properties), AdminInventoryLevel (12 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AdminInventoryItemResponse
object
The inventory item's details.
1 property 1 required
AdminBatchInventoryItemsLocationLevels
object
The inventory levels to manage.
4 properties
AdminBatchCreateInventoryItemLocationLevels
object
The inventory level's details.
3 properties 1 required
AdminBatchCreateInventoryItemsLocationLevels
object
The details of an inventory level to create.
4 properties 2 required
InventoryLevel
object
The inventory level's details
8 properties 7 required
Error
object
3 properties
AdminBatchInventoryItemsLocationLevelsResponse
object
The result of managing inventory levels.
3 properties
AdminInventoryItem
object
The inventory item's details.
18 properties 4 required
AdminCreateInventoryItem
object
The inventory item's details.
15 properties
AdminBatchUpdateInventoryItemsLocationLevels
object
The details of an inventory level to update.
5 properties 2 required
AdminUpdateInventoryLevel
object
The properties to update in the inventory level.
2 properties
AdminBatchUpdateInventoryItemLocationLevels
object
The inventory level's details.
4 properties 1 required
AdminInventoryLevel
object
The location level's location levels.
12 properties 11 required
AdminUpdateInventoryItem
object
The properties to update in the inventory item.
14 properties
AdminExportInventoryItemResponse
object
The response for initiating an export inventory items workflow.
1 property 1 required
AdminBatchInventoryItemLocationLevels
object
The inventory levels to create, update, or delete.
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

medusa-inventory-items-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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