Updating Inventory Quantity Without Creating Inventory Level and Location

[kirthick]

Hello Signifly Support,

I trust this message finds you well. I've recently integrated the Signifly/Shopify app, and while most functionalities are working smoothly, I'm facing a challenge regarding inventory management.

Specifically, I need guidance on updating inventory quantities without the need to create a new inventory level and location. It seems that the current process involves these steps, but I'm wondering if there's a more direct method or if this feature will be considered in future updates.

[BrandonKerr]

I'm not part of the Signifly support, but I've worked on inventory changes recently. This can be done using the adjustInventoryLevel function. You'll need

• some specific information about the product variant that you're updating
• the Shopify id of the location where you're updating the inventory
• the stock adjustment

Note that you can't just set the inventory level, Shopify simply doesn't allow it. You have to adjust it.
So for example

// the Shopify ID for the location
$locationId = 1321312312;
// whatever you want the stock level to be
$desiredStock = 100;
// get the variant resource data, using the variant's Shopify ID
$variantResource = $this->shopify->getVariant(12313232);
$variantAttributes = $variantResource->getAttributes();
// get the current inventory level in Shopify
$inventoryQuantity = $variantAttributes["inventory_quantity"];
// calculate the adjustment required
$stockAdjustment = $desiredStock - $inventoryQuantity;

$this->shopify->adjustInventoryLevel($variantAttributes["inventory_item_id"], $locationId, $stockAdjustment);

If you're just adjusting it (e.g. adding 20), you can simplify that a bit and just set the (e.g. 20) to the last parameter. If you're reducing stock, just pass the negative value to adjust by.

Hope that helps.

[kirthick]

@BrandonKerr Thanks