Catalog Machine API

Name: Catalog Machine API API
Brand: Catalog Machine API
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★ Only Publicly Available OpenAPI DocumentE CommerceStorefrontapiKey,bearer14 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Manage products, categories, orders, and PDF catalogs on Catalog Machine, and trigger Shopify or CSV import jobs with progress tracking.

Quickstart

Get started with Catalog Machine API in minutes using your preferred integration method.

# Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf)
{
  "jentic": {
    "url": "https://api.jentic.com/mcp",
    "auth": "oauth"
  }
}

# Then ask your agent:
"bulk update Catalog Machine products"

# → Jentic returns the GET /events tool with parameter schema, agent executes.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with Catalog Machine API API.

Bulk update or delete products in a Catalog Machine account in one call

Read or modify a single product by its code, including price and metadata

List categories and orders captured through a Catalog Machine catalog

Trigger a rebuild of a catalog's PDF and shareable online version

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Start building with Catalog Machine API API

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Use for: Bulk update prices on 200 Catalog Machine products, I need to import a CSV of new products into Catalog Machine, Sync the latest Shopify products into Catalog Machine, Rebuild the PDF for a Catalog Machine catalog

Not supported: Does not handle payment processing, shipping label generation, or storefront hosting beyond Catalog Machine's own custom store — use for product, catalog, order, and import job operations only.

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI document for Catalog Machine API, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for Catalog Machine API, keeping it validated and agent-ready. Catalog Machine builds online and PDF product catalogs, price lists, line sheets, and custom stores from a managed product database. The REST API supports bulk product create-update-delete, category and order listing, catalog PDF rebuilds, and import jobs from Shopify or CSV with status tracking. It is targeted at wholesalers, B2B sellers, and trade brands that distribute branded catalogs without a full e-commerce stack.

Use Cases

Patterns agents use Catalog Machine API API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Wholesale price list refresh

Wholesalers can push updated prices and stock to Catalog Machine in batches with POST /products, then trigger a PDF rebuild via GET /catalogs/{permalink}/rebuild so reps download an up-to-date price sheet. The job status endpoint lets the integration confirm the new PDF is ready before notifying the sales team.

POST a list of {code, price, stock} updates to /products, then GET /catalogs/{permalink}/rebuild and poll /jobs/catalogs/{jobId} until the rebuild completes.

Shopify-to-line-sheet sync

Brands using Shopify as their source of truth can call GET /import/shopify/sync to pull current product data into Catalog Machine on demand, regenerating line sheets and PDF catalogs from the same data set. This keeps wholesale catalogs aligned with the live storefront without manual exports.

GET /import/shopify/sync to start the sync, then poll /jobs/import/{jobId} every 30 seconds until status is complete.

CSV-driven catalog onboarding

Brands launching with Catalog Machine can POST a CSV of their full product list to /import/csv to seed the account, including codes, descriptions, prices, and category assignments. The import job id returned can be polled until processing finishes.

POST /import/csv with the multipart CSV file, then poll /jobs/import/{jobId} until the response shows status=completed.

AI agent catalog operations via Jentic

An AI catalog agent can update prices, sync Shopify, rebuild PDFs, and confirm completion through Jentic without writing direct HTTP calls. The Catalog Machine API key lives in the Jentic vault and is injected at execution time.

Search Jentic for 'bulk update Catalog Machine products', load POST /products, and execute it with the agent's price and stock updates.

Key Endpoints

14 endpoints — jentic publishes the only available openapi specification for catalog machine api, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/products

List products in the account

POST

/products

Bulk update products

DELETE

/products

Bulk delete products

GET

/catalogs

List catalogs

GET

/catalogs/{permalink}/rebuild

Trigger a catalog PDF rebuild

GET

/import/shopify/sync

Sync Shopify products into Catalog Machine

POST

/import/csv

Import products from a CSV file

GET

/jobs/import/{jobId}

Check the status of an import job

GET

/products

List products in the account

POST

/products

Bulk update products

DELETE

/products

Bulk delete products

GET

/catalogs

List catalogs

GET

/catalogs/{permalink}/rebuild

Trigger a catalog PDF rebuild

GET

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

Catalog Machine credentials (api_key or bearer token) are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault (MAXsystem). Agents receive scoped access at execution time and the credential never enters prompts, logs, or response bodies.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search by intent (e.g., 'rebuild a catalog' or 'bulk update products') and Jentic returns the matching Catalog Machine operation with its input schema, including the Shopify and CSV import jobs.

Time to first call

Direct Catalog Machine integration including bulk update batching, job polling, and dual-auth handling: 1-2 days. Through Jentic: under 1 hour — search, load, execute.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Complementary

Shopify Admin API

Shopify is the source-of-truth product catalog that Catalog Machine syncs from for line sheets.

Read product, price, and inventory data from Shopify, then trigger Catalog Machine to regenerate the PDF or B2B catalog.

Alternative

Squarespace Commerce API

Squarespace Commerce is an alternative storefront where catalog and order management live in one platform.

Use Squarespace Commerce when the customer wants a single online storefront; use Catalog Machine when they need PDF and B2B catalogs alongside any storefront.

Complementary

Stripe API

Stripe handles payment for orders that originate in Catalog Machine custom stores.

Pair Catalog Machine for catalog and order capture with Stripe for payment processing on the resulting orders.

FAQs

Specific to using Catalog Machine API API through Jentic.

Why is there no official OpenAPI spec for Catalog Machine API?

Catalog Machine publishes a help article describing its REST API but no machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Jentic generates and maintains this spec so that AI agents and developers can call Catalog Machine API via structured tooling. It is validated against the live API and kept up to date. Get started at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up.

What authentication does the Catalog Machine API use?

The Catalog Machine API supports either an api_key passed as a query parameter or an Authorization: Bearer token. Through Jentic the credential is stored encrypted in the MAXsystem vault and attached to requests at execution time, so the key is never exposed in agent prompts or logs.

Can I sync Shopify products into Catalog Machine through the API?

Yes. GET /import/shopify/sync starts a sync that pulls products from a connected Shopify store. The endpoint returns a job id you can poll via GET /jobs/import/{jobId} to track progress until completion.

What are the rate limits for the Catalog Machine API?

Catalog Machine does not document explicit rate limits in this OpenAPI spec. Use the bulk endpoints for products and CSV import rather than per-record loops, and avoid tight polling on /jobs/import/{jobId} — a 15-30 second interval is usually sufficient.

How do I rebuild a Catalog Machine PDF through Jentic?

Run pip install jentic, search Jentic with the query 'rebuild a Catalog Machine catalog', load the GET /catalogs/{permalink}/rebuild operation, and execute it with the catalog permalink. Then poll /jobs/catalogs/{jobId} until status is complete.

Can I import products from a CSV file?

Yes. POST /import/csv accepts a CSV file upload and returns a job id. Poll GET /jobs/import/{jobId} to track progress and detect any row-level errors.