JSON data feed format is now supported in EZ Inventory!

This allows you to upload a JSON file or use a web feed/REST API endpoint that returns JSON data as a data source when updating the inventory quantity of products/variants in your Shopify store.

The JSON data just needs to have a list of products and you can specify the specific key that contains this data in the app.  If the data structure has a variants subfield, our app can support this as well.

Below are a couple of examples of supported data structures.

Example 1: List of Products

{
  "status": "success",
  "timestamp": "2023-05-24T10:15:30Z",
  "data": [
    {
      "product_id": "12345",
      "name": "Example Product 1",
      "stock_quantity": 50,
      "price": 19.99,
      "category": "Electronics"
    },
    {
      "product_id": "67890",
      "name": "Example Product 2",
      "stock_quantity": 100,
      "price": 9.99,
      "category": "Home & Kitchen"
    },
    {
      "product_id": "54321",
      "name": "Example Product 3",
      "stock_quantity": 0,
      "price": 29.99,
      "category": "Clothing"
    }
  ]
}

Example 2: List of Products with Variants

{
  "status": "success",
  "timestamp": "2023-05-24T10:15:30Z",
  "products": [
    {
      "product_id": "12345",
      "name": "Example Product 1",
      "variants": [
        {
          "variant_id": "3392401",
          "color": "Blue",
          "size": "Small",
          "stock_quantity": 10,
          "price": 19.99
        },
        {
          "variant_id": "67890",
          "color": "Red",
          "size": "Medium",
          "stock_quantity": 20,
          "price": 24.99
        },
      ],
      "category": "Clothing"
    },
    {
      "product_id": "67890",
      "name": "Example Product 2",
      "variants": [
        {
          "variant_id": "00123456",
          "color": "Silver",
          "size": "One Size",
          "stock_quantity": 15,
          "price": 14.99
        }
      ],
      "category": "Accessories"
    }
  ]
}

Our app also supports using formulas for pulling the quantity. So if your feed has a more complex structure for the quantity field, such as a list/array of quantities/stock levels for different warehouse locations, we could also parse this.

For example, the field containing the quantities in your feed may look something like this:

{
  "status": "success",
  "timestamp": "2023-05-24T10:15:30Z",
  "data": [
    {
      "product_id": "12345",
      "name": "Example Product 1",
      "stock_levels": [
        {
          "location": "Warehouse A",
          "quantity": 30
        },
        {
          "location": "Warehouse B",
          "quantity": 20
        }
      ],
      "price": 19.99,
      "category": "Electronics"
    },
    ...
}

If you want to use the quantity from the Warehouse B location, you could use a formula like this:

[i.quantity for i in load_json_data({{ stock_levels }}) if i.location == "Warehouse B"][0]

We can help you come up with the formulas as well if you need any assistance with this.

At the time of writing, below are all supported feed/file formats:

• Character-delimited text files such as CSV, TSV, and TXT.
• Excel XLS or XLSX files.
• XML
• JSON

We hope you find this useful!