zohoinventory

name	zohoinventory
description	Zoho Inventory API integration with managed OAuth. Manage items, sales orders, invoices, purchase orders, bills, contacts, and shipments. Use this skill when users want to read, create, update, or delete inventory items, sales orders, invoices, purchase orders, bills, or other inventory records in Zoho Inventory. For other third party apps, use the api-gateway skill (https://clawhub.ai/byungkyu/api-gateway). Requires network access and valid Maton API key.
metadata	{"author":"maton","version":"1.0"}

Zoho Inventory

Access the Zoho Inventory API with managed OAuth authentication. Manage items, sales orders, invoices, purchase orders, bills, contacts, shipment orders, and item groups with full CRUD operations.

Quick Start

# List items
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/items')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Base URL

https://gateway.maton.ai/zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/{endpoint}

The gateway proxies requests to www.zohoapis.com/inventory/v1 and automatically injects your OAuth token.

Authentication

All requests require the Maton API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY

Environment Variable: Set your API key as MATON_API_KEY:

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Getting Your API Key

1. Sign in or create an account at maton.ai
2. Go to maton.ai/settings
3. Copy your API key

Connection Management

Manage your Zoho Inventory OAuth connections at https://ctrl.maton.ai.

List Connections

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections?app=zoho-inventory&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'zoho-inventory'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Get Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

{
  "connection": {
    "connection_id": "21fd90f9-5935-43cd-b6c8-bde9d915ca80",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "creation_time": "2025-12-08T07:20:53.488460Z",
    "last_updated_time": "2026-01-31T20:03:32.593153Z",
    "url": "https://connect.maton.ai/?session_token=...",
    "app": "zoho-inventory",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Open the returned url in a browser to complete OAuth authorization.

Delete Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Specifying Connection

If you have multiple Zoho Inventory connections, specify which one to use with the Maton-Connection header:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/items')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Maton-Connection', '21fd90f9-5935-43cd-b6c8-bde9d915ca80')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

If omitted, the gateway uses the default (oldest) active connection.

API Reference

Available Modules

Module	Endpoint	Description
Items	/items	Products and services
Item Groups	/itemgroups	Grouped product variants
Contacts	/contacts	Customers and vendors
Sales Orders	/salesorders	Sales orders
Invoices	/invoices	Sales invoices
Purchase Orders	/purchaseorders	Purchase orders
Bills	/bills	Vendor bills
Shipment Orders	/shipmentorders	Shipment tracking

Items

List Items

GET /zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/items

Example:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/items')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

{
  "code": 0,
  "message": "success",
  "items": [
    {
      "item_id": "1234567890000",
      "name": "Widget",
      "status": "active",
      "sku": "WDG-001",
      "rate": 25.00,
      "purchase_rate": 10.00,
      "is_taxable": true
    }
  ],
  "page_context": {
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 200,
    "has_more_page": false
  }
}

Get Item

GET /zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/items/{item_id}

Create Item

POST /zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/items
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "Widget",
  "rate": 25.00,
  "purchase_rate": 10.00,
  "sku": "WDG-001",
  "item_type": "inventory",
  "product_type": "goods",
  "unit": "pcs",
  "is_taxable": true
}

Required Fields:

• name - Item name

Optional Fields:

• rate - Sales price
• purchase_rate - Purchase cost
• sku - Stock keeping unit (unique)
• item_type - inventory, sales, purchases, or sales_and_purchases
• product_type - goods or service
• unit - Unit of measurement
• is_taxable - Tax applicability
• tax_id - Tax identifier
• description - Item description
• reorder_level - Reorder point
• vendor_id - Preferred vendor

Example:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({
    "name": "Widget",
    "rate": 25.00,
    "purchase_rate": 10.00,
    "sku": "WDG-001",
    "item_type": "inventory",
    "product_type": "goods",
    "unit": "pcs"
}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/items', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

{
  "code": 0,
  "message": "The item has been added.",
  "item": {
    "item_id": "1234567890000",
    "name": "Widget",
    "status": "active",
    "rate": 25.00,
    "purchase_rate": 10.00,
    "sku": "WDG-001"
  }
}

Update Item

PUT /zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/items/{item_id}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "Updated Widget",
  "rate": 30.00
}

Delete Item

DELETE /zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/items/{item_id}

Item Status Actions

# Mark as active
POST /zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/items/{item_id}/active

# Mark as inactive
POST /zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/items/{item_id}/inactive

Contacts

List Contacts

GET /zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/contacts

Query Parameters:

• filter_by - Status.All, Status.Active, Status.Inactive, Status.Duplicate, Status.Crm
• search_text - Search across contact fields
• sort_column - contact_name, first_name, last_name, email, created_time, last_modified_time
• contact_name, company_name, email, phone - Field-specific filters

Example:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/contacts')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Get Contact

GET /zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/contacts/{contact_id}

Create Contact

POST /zoho-inventory/inventory/v1/contacts
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "contact_name": "Acme Corporation",
  "contact_type": "customer",
  "company_name": "Acme Corp",
  "email": "[e-mail]",
  "phone": "[phone]"
}

Required Fields:

• contact_name - Display name

Optional Fields:

• contact_type - customer or vendor
• company_name - Legal entity name
• email - Email address