Question

Is it possible to update inventory by SKU and other custom fields with magento API ?

I am using cataloginventory_stock_item method of magento API for update inventory which gives only facility for update inventory by SKU where i have two another custom field in magento which define as ISBN and Store ID. So i want to update inventory stock level by ISBN and Store ID. I am using magento API and SOAP V1 method.

Answer 1

You can use the SOAP API of Magento to do that. Below is the link that shows how to connect to Magento and update a product:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/api/soap/catalog/catalogProduct/catalog_product.update.html

abnab

Hi Neel,

It does makes sense what you want to do. If I were you I would do this

Just find you attribute_id from catalog_product_entity_varchar (easy way to search you custom value in this table

e.g : if one of ur ISBN is S123 I would do Select attribute_id from catalog_product_entity_varchar where value=’S123′; which gives
you your customer attribute_id)

then join that table with catalog_product_entity where you can find the product SKU (add where condition for attribute_id)

then you can use catalog_product.update to update your product

Hope this helps

Abnab