canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/zoho.com/zoho-inventory-api

# Zoho Inventory API

Inventory management API for managing items, orders, invoices and more. The API exposes 40 endpoints secured with oauth2 authentication.

## For AI agents

Programmatically create item, list items. Covers 40 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 Zoho Inventory API to perform e commerce operations programmatically. The API provides 40 endpoints covering core functionality including create item, list items, get item.

Example prompt: Call POST /items to create item

### Automated Bills Management

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

Example prompt: Call GET /items to list items, then verify the result

### AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call Zoho 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 | /items | Create item |
| GET | /items | List items |
| GET | /items/{id} | Get item |
| PUT | /items/{id} | Update item |
| DELETE | /items/{id} | Delete item |
| POST | /contacts | Create contact |
| GET | /contacts | List contacts |
| GET | /contacts/{id} | Get contact |

## Key resources

- **Bills** — Operations related to Bills
- **Contacts** — Operations related to Contacts
- **Credit Notes** — Operations related to Credit Notes
- **Invoices** — Operations related to Invoices
- **Items** — Operations related to Items

## Why Jentic

- **Setup:** Wiring Zoho Inventory by hand means running its OAuth 2.0 flow, refreshing tokens, and mapping item and contact record shapes against the zohoapis.com host yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import Zoho Inventory from the API Directory, store the OAuth credential once, and your agent calls it.
- **Permission scoping:** Zoho Inventory puts the id in the URL path (/items/{id}, /contacts/{id}), so a rule can pin your agent to one item or contact: it can read and update that record and nothing else. You choose the operations it may call, so destructive ones like item or contact deletion are not included unless you add them.
- **Credential handling:** Your Zoho Inventory OAuth 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 'list contacts', and Jentic returns the matching Zoho Inventory 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 Zoho Inventory API use?

The Zoho 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 Zoho Inventory API?

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

### What are the rate limits for the Zoho 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 Zoho Inventory API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

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

The Zoho Inventory API exposes 40 endpoints covering bills, contacts, credit notes operations.

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

Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which Zoho Inventory operations and which stored OAuth credential the agent may use. Since the API puts the record id in the URL path, such as /items/{id} and /contacts/{id}, you can pin the agent to a single item or contact so it reads and updates that record and nothing else. Destructive calls like item or contact deletion are excluded unless you explicitly grant them.