canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/sosinventory.com/sosinventory

# SOS Inventory API

SOS Inventory is a cloud-based inventory management system that provides APIs for managing inventory, orders, customers, vendors, and more. The API exposes 161 endpoints secured with oauth2 authentication.

## For AI agents

Programmatically create item, list items. Covers 161 operations with oauth2 authentication.

## Scope

Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for e-commerce only.

## Capabilities

- Create item
- List items
- Get item
- Update item
- Delete item

## Use cases

### E-Commerce Operations

Use the SOS Inventory API to perform e commerce operations programmatically. The API provides 161 endpoints covering core functionality including create item, list items, get item.

Example prompt: Call POST `/api/v2/item` to create item

### Automated API Management

Automate API operations by combining multiple SOS Inventory API endpoints. Agents can list items and then get item in a single workflow.

Example prompt: Call GET `/api/v2/item` to list items, then verify the result

### AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call SOS Inventory API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle oauth2 tokens manually.

Example prompt: Search Jentic for 'create item', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

## Key endpoints

| Method | Path | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| POST | `/api/v2/item` | Create item |
| GET | `/api/v2/item` | List items |
| GET | `/api/v2/item/{id}` | Get item |
| PUT | `/api/v2/item/{id}` | Update item |
| DELETE | `/api/v2/item/{id}` | Delete item |
| GET | `/api/v2/item/{id}/bom` | Get item bill of materials |
| POST | `/api/v2/customer` | Create customer |
| GET | `/api/v2/customer` | List customers |

## Key resources

- **api** — Operations related to api

## Why Jentic

- **Setup:** Wiring the SOS Inventory API by hand means running its OAuth2 flow, pointing at the api.sosinventory.com host, and managing token refresh across more than a hundred and fifty item and customer operations yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the SOS Inventory API from the API Directory, store the credential once, and your agent calls it.
- **Permission scoping:** The SOS Inventory API puts resource ids in the URL path (`/api/v2/item/{id}`, `/api/v2/item/{id}/bom`), so a rule can pin your agent to one item: it can read and update that item and nothing else. You choose the operations it may call, so destructive ones like deleting an item are not included unless you add them.
- **Credential handling:** Your SOS Inventory credential is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
- **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'create an item' or 'look up a customer', and Jentic returns the matching SOS Inventory API operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

## Related APIs

- **Shopify** — Alternative e commerce API
- **Stripe** — Alternative e commerce API

## FAQ

### What authentication does the SOS Inventory API use?

The SOS Inventory API uses OAuth 2.0 for authorization. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

### Can I create item with the SOS Inventory API?

Yes. Use the POST `/api/v2/item` endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

### What are the rate limits for the SOS Inventory API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

### How do I create item through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'create item'. Jentic returns the matching SOS Inventory API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

### How many endpoints does the SOS Inventory API have?

The SOS Inventory API exposes 161 endpoints covering API operations.

### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the SOS Inventory API?

Yes. Jentic One is self-hosted by you, so your own rules decide which SOS Inventory operations and credentials the agent may use. Because the API puts resource ids in the URL path, such as `/api/v2/item/{id}` and `/api/v2/item/{id}/bom`, a rule can pin the agent to a single item so it can read and update that item and nothing else. You also choose which operations are exposed, so destructive calls like DELETE `/api/v2/item/{id}` stay off limits unless you explicitly add them.