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Importing Inventories

Elevate, May 20-22-2025, Miami Beach, Florida
Create and update InventoryEntries in your Project.
The Inventory data to import is represented by InventoryImport and included in an InventoryImportRequest, which is imported using Import Inventory.

Representations

InventoryImportRequest

The request body to import Inventories. Contains data for InventoryEntries to be created or updated in a commercetools Project.
type​
ImportResourceType​
inventory

The resource types that can be imported.

resources​
Array of InventoryImport​

The inventory import resources of this request.

MaxItems: 20​
Example: json
{
  "type": "inventory",
  "resources": [
    {
      "key": "inventory-import-key",
      "sku": "product-variant-sku",
      "quantityOnStock": 15,
      "restockableInDays": 2,
      "expectedDelivery": "2022-06-30T14:00:00.000Z",
      "supplyChannel": {
        "typeId": "channel",
        "key": "channel-key"
      },
      "custom": {
        "type": {
          "typeId": "type",
          "key": "custom-field-key"
        },
        "fields": {
          "theNameofTheInventoryCustomField": {
            "type": "LocalizedString",
            "value": {
              "en": "English text",
              "de": "German text"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

InventoryImport

The data representation for an Inventory to be imported that is persisted as a Inventory in the Project.
key​
String​
User-defined unique identifier. If an InventoryEntry with this key exists, it will be updated with the imported data.
MinLength: 2​MaxLength: 256​Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$​
sku​
String​
Maps to Inventory.sku
quantityOnStock​
Int​
Maps to Inventory.quantityOnStock
restockableInDays​
Int​
Maps to Inventory.restockableInDays
expectedDelivery​
DateTime​
Maps to Inventory.expectedDelivery
supplyChannel​
ChannelKeyReference​
Maps to Inventory.supplyChannel
custom​
Custom​
Maps to Inventory.custom.

Import Inventory

POST
https://import.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/inventories/import-containers/{importContainerKey}

Creates a request for creating new Inventories or updating existing ones.

OAuth 2.0 Scopes:
manage_products:{projectKey}
Path parameters:
region
​
String
​
The Region in which the Project is hosted.
projectKey
​
String
​

The Project key.

importContainerKey
​
String
​

The ImportContainer used to create the new resource

Request Body:InventoryImportRequestasapplication/json
Response:
201

ImportResponse

asapplication/json
Request Example:cURL
curl https://import.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/inventories/import-containers/{importContainerKey} -i \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-binary @- << DATA 
{
  "type" : "inventory",
  "resources" : [ {
    "key" : "inventory-import-key",
    "sku" : "product-variant-sku",
    "quantityOnStock" : 15,
    "restockableInDays" : 2,
    "expectedDelivery" : "2022-06-30T14:00:00.000Z",
    "supplyChannel" : {
      "typeId" : "channel",
      "key" : "channel-key"
    },
    "custom" : {
      "type" : {
        "typeId" : "type",
        "key" : "custom-field-key"
      },
      "fields" : {
        "theNameofTheInventoryCustomField" : {
          "type" : "LocalizedString",
          "value" : {
            "en" : "English text",
            "de" : "German text"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  } ]
}
DATA
201 Response Example: ImportResponsejson
{
  "operationStatus": [
    {
      "state": "processing",
      "operationId": "252c6ed3-c668-4610-afe9-87b9255e62e0"
    }
  ]
}