> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.arcuserp.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# List inventory balances

> Per-product per-location on_hand balances. Drives from active+tracked
products with LEFT JOIN to inventory_balances (all SKUs visible even at 0).
The `available` field is GENERATED (on_hand - allocated) and is readOnly.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.yaml get /inventory/balances
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Arcus ERP Public API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >
    Arcus ERP public REST API. Designed for external integrations and data
    migration.


    **Authentication.** Bearer token (API key) via the `Authorization` header.

    Format: `Authorization: Bearer ark_live_ent_<code>_<random>` (or
    `ark_test_*` for sandbox).

    API keys are issued per-entity in **Settings > Developers > API Keys**.


    **Entity scoping.** The entity is encoded in the API key prefix; routes are
    flat

    (e.g. `/v1/accounts`, `/v1/orders`, `/v1/products`). A small set of platform
    endpoints

    (migration, reconciliation, events, webhook endpoints, API keys) use the

    `/v1/entities/{entity_id}/...` form -- those are noted in their tags.


    **Key capabilities.**
      - Related-resource hydration via `?expand[]=` (see `x-arcus-expand` on each resource).
      - Cursor-based pagination (`starting_after` / `ending_before` / `limit`).
      - Idempotency via the `Idempotency-Key` header.
      - Webhook events for asynchronous notification.
      - Conditional requests / ETag for cache validation.
servers:
  - url: https://api.arcuserp.com/v1
    description: Arcus ERP API (accepts both live `ark_live_*` and test `ark_test_*` keys)
  - url: https://dev-api.arcuserp.com/v1
    description: >-
      Dev sandbox API (test-only data, accepts `ark_test_*` keys against dev
      RDS)
security: []
paths:
  /inventory/balances:
    get:
      tags:
        - Inventory
      summary: List inventory balances
      description: >
        Per-product per-location on_hand balances. Drives from active+tracked

        products with LEFT JOIN to inventory_balances (all SKUs visible even at
        0).

        The `available` field is GENERATED (on_hand - allocated) and is
        readOnly.
      operationId: listInventoryBalances
      parameters:
        - name: product_id
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
        - name: location_id
          in: query
          description: Layer 4 location filter
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
        - name: variant_id
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
        - name: low_stock_only
          in: query
          schema:
            type: boolean
        - name: page
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
            default: 1
        - name: per_page
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
            maximum: 100
            default: 25
        - name: expand[]
          in: query
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
              enum:
                - data.product
                - data.location
                - data.lot
          style: form
          explode: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of inventory balances
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  object:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - list
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/InventoryBalance'
                  total:
                    type: integer
                  page:
                    type: integer
                  per_page:
                    type: integer
                  total_pages:
                    type: integer
              example:
                object: list
                data:
                  - id: inv-bal-uuid-0001
                    entity_id: ent-uuid-here
                    product_id: prod-uuid-0001
                    location_id: loc-uuid-0001
                    variant_id: null
                    on_hand: 150
                    allocated: 20
                    available: 130
                    on_purchase_order: 50
                    total_value: 2775
                    avg_unit_value: 18.5
                    product_title: Widget Pro XL
                    location_name: Main Warehouse
                    created_at: '2025-06-01T12:00:00Z'
                    updated_at: '2026-05-01T08:00:00Z'
                total: 1
                page: 1
                per_page: 25
                total_pages: 1
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      security:
        - ApiKeyAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    InventoryBalance:
      type: object
      description: Per-product per-location inventory balance. available is readOnly.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        entity_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        product_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        location_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        variant_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          nullable: true
        on_hand:
          type: integer
          description: 'SSOT writer: utils/inventory-helpers.mjs::recordMovement'
        allocated:
          type: integer
          description: 'SSOT writer: recordMovement via reserveInventory'
        available:
          type: integer
          readOnly: true
          description: 'GENERATED (on_hand - allocated). readOnly: DO NOT WRITE.'
        on_purchase_order:
          type: integer
        total_value:
          type: number
        avg_unit_value:
          type: number
        product_title:
          type: string
        location_name:
          type: string
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: |
        Canonical error response envelope. All API errors use this shape.
      required:
        - error
        - code
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error key
          example: not_found
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code (often same as error)
          example: not_found
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - validation_error
            - permission_error
            - not_found
            - conflict
            - rate_limit
            - internal
            - expand_error
            - not_implemented
          example: not_found
        hint:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable one-sentence explanation (English)
          example: >-
            The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this
            entity.
        param:
          type: string
          description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable
          example: expand[0]
        required:
          type: string
          description: The scope required (only on insufficient_scope errors)
          example: accounts:read
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Unique request ID for support tracing (maps to CloudWatch log
            stream)
          example: req_abc123
  responses:
    Error:
      description: Error response (400/401/403/404/409/422/429/500)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: |
        API key issued per entity via Settings > Developers > API Keys.
        Each key carries scopes (e.g. orders:read, products:write).
        Bearer token format: Authorization: Bearer ark_live_ent_<code>_<random>
        Test keys use ark_test_ent_<code>_<random>. Both are issued per entity
        via Settings > Developers > API Keys.

````