Create transfer

POST/api/v1/inventory/transfers

Create a new inventory transfer between locations.

Operation ID: create_transfer·View as markdown·OpenAPI slice

Authentication

Bearer token authentication. Pass your DayZero API token in the Authorization header and the target business UUID in x-business-id.

Request body

Schema: TransferCreate

transfer_numberstring

Human-readable transfer number

from_location_idstringrequired

Source location ID

to_location_idstringrequired

Destination location ID

transfer_datestring · date

Date transfer ships

expected_arrival_datestring · date

Expected arrival

tracking_numberstring

carrierstring

shipping_costinteger

Confirmed shipping cost in cents (carrier invoice).

expected_freight_costinteger

Operator's freight estimate in cents at ship time.

notesstring

itemsarray · TransferItemCreaterequiredTransferItemCreate

Items to transfer

3 fields

variant_idstringrequired: Variant being transferred
quantityintegerrequired: Quantity to transfer
notesstring

Responses

201Successful Response

Schema: SuccessEnvelope_TransferResponse_

successboolean
messagestring
codestring
dataTransferResponse

400Bad Request - Invalid input

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

401Unauthorized - Missing or expired token, an MCP OAuth token used against the REST API, or no access to this business

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

403Forbidden - Insufficient permissions

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

404Not Found - Resource does not exist

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

422Validation Error

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

Code samples

POST/api/v1/inventory/transfers

bash

curl -X POST 'https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/inventory/transfers' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer dz_your_token' \
  -H 'x-business-id: YOUR_BUSINESS_ID' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "expected_arrival_date": "2026-01-15",
  "from_location_id": "loc-uuid-1",
  "items": [
    {
      "quantity": 50,
      "variant_id": "var-uuid-1"
    },
    {
      "quantity": 25,
      "variant_id": "var-uuid-2"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Monthly stock replenishment",
  "to_location_id": "loc-uuid-2",
  "transfer_number": "TRF-0001"
}'