Inventory Manager API · products
What can be promised of each variant right now
GET /products/{productId}/availability
What can be promised of each variant right now, derived from the stock projection at query time — never stored.
A stocked variant reports its SKU's available (fulfillable sites only), onHand and projected. A composite reports the divisible sum of its parts: each figure is the minimum over components of floor(part / quantity), with the per-component breakdown and limitedBy naming the binding SKUs.
Access
Requires products:read or orders:read or catalogs:read.
Any one of these scopes is enough.
How scopes come from roles: Scopes and roles. Getting a token: Authentication and app tokens.
AI agent tool
Agents call this as catalog_product_availability (Catalog: Product availability), in the catalog toolset. It only reads.
Connecting an agent: AI agents.
Example
curl -X GET 'https://inventory.getmanifold.io/products/prd_019cd54b-2e40-7921-ac50-698c7db3cbeb/availability' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN"const response = await fetch("https://inventory.getmanifold.io/products/prd_019cd54b-2e40-7921-ac50-698c7db3cbeb/availability", {
method: "GET",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}` },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();{
"productId": "prd_019cd54b-2e40-7921-ac50-698c7db3cbeb",
"variants": [
{
"variantId": "var_019cd54b-2e4a-7ee1-b04a-3bb14b60736f",
"sku": "WIDGET-BLUE",
"kind": "stocked",
"onHand": 158,
"available": 148,
"projected": 178
},
{
"variantId": "var_019cd54b-2e54-72b7-ae20-2d04347601b0",
"sku": "WIDGET-RED",
"kind": "stocked",
"onHand": 0,
"available": 0,
"projected": -4
}
],
"asOf": "2026-10-22T05:30:01.000Z"
}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 |
|---|---|---|
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 |
|---|---|---|
ProductNotFound productId | 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. | Try again shortly. |
How refusals work everywhere: Errors.