[johngwms]

Hi

I am in the process of evaluating the implications of moving from XC 4.7.5 to XC 5.3.

I plan to use the REST API of XC5 for synchronisation of stock information and the export of new Sales Orders. Order processing will be carried out externally with Zoho Inventory (ZI), and the transfer of data to and from Zoho Inventory will be done using Zapier.

I need to know what is possible and if a Custom Module needs to be written.

Products
Many products will need attributes defined in XC5 and I would like to keep the master versions of these in ZI. The documentation for the REST API does not mention attributes. Does this mean that product attribute data cannot be transferred via the REST API?

Sales Orders
When a customer order is placed on XC5, how can the REST API be used to push the order to ZI? Will it be necessary for ZI to poll the REST API to check for a new order instead?

Access to Custom Module
Can the REST API be used to communicate with a Custom Module?

Any help or suggestions will be warmly received.