Say how a channel's orders are coming in

PUT /channels/{channelId}/intake

Say how a channel's orders are coming in — the call the app providing the channel makes as that changes: whether it is still bringing the channel's existing orders across (importing), and how many orders the channel sent that it could not create in Manifold (notBroughtIn, each listed with its reason and a retry on the app's own page at the channel's settingsPath).

The channel answers it as intake, which the Orders screen shows. Only the app providing the channel reports, under its own token: 403 ChannelNotYours for a person's token or another app's; 404 ChannelNotFound. Appends inventory.channel-intake-reported. Idempotent by content: a report that changes nothing is acknowledged and appends nothing.

Access

Requires integrations:write.

How scopes come from roles: Scopes and roles. Getting a token: Authentication and app tokens.

Retries

Idempotent by content: a report that changes nothing is acknowledged and appends nothing.

Why every write carries a key: Idempotency and retries.

Facts appended

inventory.channel-intake-reported

What a fact is: Facts and the journal.

AI agent tool

No agent tool. Called by the app that provides the channel as its orders come in or are refused; an agent reads the channel's intake with inventory_list_channels and a store's refused orders with the app's own tools.

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

The web store's app says two of its orders could not be brought in.

curl

curl -X PUT 'https://inventory.getmanifold.io/channels/chn_019ce0d8-5d50-7597-8115-9ea4c1b646da/intake' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "importing": false,
  "notBroughtIn": 2
}'

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://inventory.getmanifold.io/channels/chn_019ce0d8-5d50-7597-8115-9ea4c1b646da/intake", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "importing": false,
    "notBroughtIn": 2
  }),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();

Request body · application/json

{
  "importing": false,
  "notBroughtIn": 2
}

Response · 200 · application/json

{
  "id": "chn_019ce0d8-5d50-7597-8115-9ea4c1b646da",
  "appId": "app_019b8b74-1800-79fd-be5b-3df405745c4d",
  "type": "webstore",
  "externalId": "tidewater-supply.example",
  "name": "Tidewater online store",
  "status": "connected",
  "catalogs": [
    {
      "catalogId": "cat_019cadd3-8524-7934-9ee3-29b896f71f80",
      "externalId": "online-store",
      "externalName": "Online Store"
    }
  ],
  "orderUrl": "https://tidewater-supply.example/admin/orders/{externalId}",
  "settingsPath": "/settings/channels/webstore",
  "currency": "AUD",
  "connectedAt": "2026-03-12T07:00:02.000Z",
  "createdAt": "2026-03-12T07:00:02.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-22T09:00:00.000Z",
  "intake": {
    "importing": false,
    "notBroughtIn": 2,
    "reportedAt": "2026-10-22T09:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

The panel writes this call in other languages. It does not send it: Manifold's APIs do not take calls from a web page on another site, so run the call from your own code or terminal. The whole API as OpenAPI: inventory-manager.openapi.json. Base URL https://inventory.getmanifold.io.

Errors

Every refusal is a status and a JSON body whose _tag names it. A refused call changes nothing.

`401`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`Unauthorized` reason	The token is missing, expired or not one Manifold issued.	Get a fresh token and send the call again.
`TokenAlreadyUsed` tokenId	A single-use app token was already spent.	Mint a new token for this call.

`402`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`SubscriptionRequired` status	The organization's subscription has lapsed, so writes are refused.	An owner settles billing. Reads still work meanwhile.

`403`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`ChannelNotYours` channelId, reason	This channel belongs to another app.	Call it with the app that provides the channel.
`TenantRequired` userId	The token names no organization.	Choose the organization, then get a new token.
`ScopeRequired` required	The token's roles do not grant the scope this call needs.	Ask an owner or admin for a role that grants it.

`404`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`ChannelNotFound` channelId	No such record in this organization.	Check the id in the path or the body.

`409`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`MirroredFromSource` source	This area is fed by your source system until the organization goes live.	Make the change in the source system, or go live first.

`503`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`RequestLogUnavailable` tokenId, reason	The service could not record the request, so it did nothing.	Send the same request again shortly.

How refusals work everywhere: Errors.