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Search catalog items

POST /v2/catalog/search-catalog-items

Searches for catalog items or item variations by matching supported search attribute values, including custom attribute values, against one or more of the specified query filters.

This (SearchCatalogItems) endpoint differs from the SearchCatalogObjects endpoint in the following aspects:

  • SearchCatalogItems can only search for items or item variations, whereas SearchCatalogObjects can search for any type of catalog objects.
  • SearchCatalogItems supports the custom attribute query filters to return items or item variations that contain custom attribute values, where SearchCatalogObjects does not.
  • SearchCatalogItems does not support the include_deleted_objects filter to search for deleted items or item variations, whereas SearchCatalogObjects does.
  • The both endpoints use different call conventions, including the query filter formats.
Permissions
ITEMS_READ
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Request Body

Example code
Name Description
text_filter
string

The text filter expression to return items or item variations containing specified text in the name, description, or abbreviation attribute value of an item, or in the name, sku, or upc attribute value of an item variation.
category_ids
string [ ]

The category id query expression to return items containing the specified category IDs.
stock_levels
string [ ]

The stock-level query expression to return item variations with the specified stock levels.
enabled_location_ids
string [ ]

The enabled-location query expression to return items and item variations having specified enabled locations.
cursor
string

The pagination token, returned in the previous response, used to fetch the next batch of pending results.
limit
integer (32-bit)

The maximum number of results to return per page. The default value is 100.

Max 100
sort_order
string

The order to sort the results by item names. The default sort order is ascending (ASC).
product_types
string [ ]

The product types query expression to return items or item variations having the specified product types.
custom_attribute_filters
CustomAttributeFilter [ ]

The customer-attribute filter to return items or item variations matching the specified custom attribute expressions. A maximum number of 10 custom attribute expressions are supported in a single call to the SearchCatalogItems endpoint.

Response Fields
Name Description
errors
Error [ ]

Any errors that occurred during the request.
items
CatalogObject [ ]

Returned items matching the specified query expressions.
cursor
string

Pagination token used in the next request to return more of the search result.
matched_variation_ids
string [ ]

Ids of returned item variations matching the specified query expression.

Examples

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POST /v2/catalog/search-catalog-items
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curl https://connect.squareup.com/v2/catalog/search-catalog-items \
  -X POST \
  -H 'Square-Version: 2022-09-21' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "sort_order": "ASC",
    "product_types": [
      "REGULAR"
    ],
    "category_ids": [
      "WINE_CATEGORY_ID"
    ],
    "enabled_location_ids": [
      "ATL_LOCATION_ID"
    ],
    "text_filter": "red",
    "custom_attribute_filters": [
      {
        "custom_attribute_definition_id": "VEGAN_DEFINITION_ID",
        "bool_filter": true
      },
      {
        "custom_attribute_definition_id": "BRAND_DEFINITION_ID",
        "string_filter": "Dark Horse"
      },
      {
        "key": "VINTAGE",
        "number_filter": {
          "min": 2017,
          "max": 2018
        }
      },
      {
        "custom_attribute_definition_id": "VARIETAL_DEFINITION_ID",
        "selection_ids_filter": "MERLOT_SELECTION_ID"
      }
    ],
    "stock_levels": [
      "OUT",
      "LOW"
    ],
    "limit": 100
  }'
Response JSON 
{
  "items": [
    {
      "type": "ITEM",
      "id": "GPOKJPTV2KDLVKCADJ7I77EZ",
      "updated_at": "2020-06-18T17:55:56.646Z",
      "version": 1592502956646,
      "is_deleted": false,
      "present_at_all_locations": true,
      "custom_attribute_values": {
        "VINTAGE": {
          "name": "Vintage",
          "custom_attribute_definition_id": "EI7IJQDUKYSHULREPIPH6HNU",
          "type": "NUMBER",
          "number_value": 2018,
          "key": "VINTAGE"
        },
        "VARIETAL": {
          "name": "Varietal",
          "custom_attribute_definition_id": "VARIETAL_DEFINITION_ID",
          "type": "SELECTION",
          "selection_uid_values": [
            "MERLOT_SELECTION_ID",
            null
          ],
          "key": "VARIETAL"
        },
        "BRAND": {
          "name": "Brand",
          "custom_attribute_definition_id": "BRAND_DEFINITION_ID",
          "type": "STRING",
          "string_value": "Dark Horse",
          "key": "BRAND"
        }
      },
      "item_data": {
        "name": "Dark Horse Merlot 2018",
        "product_type": "REGULAR",
        "description": "A nice red wine",
        "variations": [
          {
            "type": "ITEM_VARIATION",
            "id": "VBJNPHCOKDFECR6VU25WRJUD",
            "updated_at": "2020-06-18T17:55:56.646Z",
            "version": 1592502956646,
            "is_deleted": false,
            "present_at_all_locations": true,
            "item_variation_data": {
              "item_id": "GPOKJPTV2KDLVKCADJ7I77EZ",
              "name": "750 mL",
              "ordinal": 0,
              "pricing_type": "FIXED_PRICING",
              "price_money": {
                "amount": 1000,
                "currency": "USD"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "matched_variation_ids": [
    "VBJNPHCOKDFECR6VU25WRJUD"
  ]
}