Zoho Inventory purchasereceives API is one of 37 APIs that Zoho Inventory publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.
Tagged areas include purchasereceives. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.
This API exposes
8 operations
across 6 paths,
and defines 49 schemas.
It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.zohoapis.com/inventory/v1.
8 operations6 paths49 schemas1 DELETE1 GET5 POST1 PUT
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://www.zohoapis.com/inventory/v1
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1
Authentication & Security 1
Zoho Inventory purchasereceives API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (Zoho_Auth) using the implicit flow, exposing 4 scopes.
Paths & Operations 8
Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 5 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The contract defines 49 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are purchase_receive-response (15 properties), create-a-purchase-receive-request (5 properties), update-a-purchase-receive-request (5 properties), create-a-purchase-receive-response (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
contact_person_id
string
Unique ID generated by the server for the contact person
delete-a-purchase-receive-response
object
2 properties
vendor_id
string
Unique ID generated by the server for the vendor.
fax
string
Fax number of the customer's billing address.
city
string
Name of the city of the customer's billing address.
label
string
Label of the Custom Field
country
string
Name of the country of the customer's billing address.
purchaseorder_number
string
Purchase Order number.
value
string
Value of the Custom Field
last_modified_time
string
Time at which the Purchase Order details were last modified.
created_time
string
Time at which the Purchase Receive was created.
purchase_receive-response
object
15 properties
description
string
Description of the line item.
state
string
Name of the state of the customer's billing address.
receive_id
string
Unique ID generated by the server for the Purchase Receive. This is used as identifier.
shipping_address
array
Customer's shipping address. It contains - address , city , state , zip , country and fax .
create-a-purchase-receive-request
object
5 properties2 required
billing_address
array
Customer's billing address. It contains - address , city , state , zip , country and fax .
item_id
string
Unique ID generated by the server for the item. This is used as an identifier.
custom_fields
array
Custom fields for a purchasereceive.
reject-request
object
1 property
item_order
integer
The order of the line items, starts from 0 by default.
address
string
Name of the street of the customer's billing address.
receive_number
string
Number of the Purchase Receive.
quantity
number
Quantity of the line item.
name
string
Name of the line item.
vendor_name
string
Name of the vendor.
unit
string
Unit of line item.
date
string
Date of Purchase Receive
customfield_id
string
Unique identifier of the custom field
retrieve-a-purchase-receive-response
object
3 properties
batches-update
array
Batches for the line item. Create a new batch using batchnumber or reference an existing batch using batchid . Applicable only for items with batch tracking en…
create-a-purchase-receive-response
object
3 properties
line_items
array
Number of line items for purchase receive. Each line item contains lineitemid , itemid , name , description , itemorder , quantity and unit .
zip
string
Zip code of the customer's billing address.
storages
array
Bin/storage locations allocated for the line item. Applicable only for items with bin tracking enabled.
storages-update
array
Bin/storage locations allocated for the line item. Applicable only for items with bin tracking enabled.
batches
array
Batches for the line item. Create a new batch using batchnumber or reference an existing batch using batchid . Applicable only for items with batch tracking en…
approval-action-response
object
2 properties
update-a-purchase-receive-response
object
3 properties
contact_persons
array
Array of contact person IDs.
serial_numbers
array
Serial numbers for the line item. Applicable only for items with serial tracking enabled.
update-a-purchase-receive-request
object
5 properties2 required
notes
string
Purchase Receive notes.
purchaseorder_id
string
Unique ID generated by the server for the Purchase Order.
line_item_id
string
Unique ID generated by the server for each line item. This is used as an identifier.
batches-response
array
Batches tracked for the line item. Returned for items with batch tracking enabled.
item_custom_fields
array
List of custom fields associated with the line item
storages-response
array
Bin/storage locations tracked for the line item. Returned for items with bin tracking enabled.
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