Find product

Find a Product

Use this skill to turn "the blue widget" or a scanned barcode into a concrete SKU.io product — its id, sku, name, and details — so downstream skills have an unambiguous reference.

Pick the right lookup

You have…	Call	Why
An exact SKU	GET /api/products/by-sku?sku=WIDGET-BLUE-01	Direct, single result
A scanned barcode (UPC/EAN/GTIN)	GET /api/products/barcode-lookup?code=0123456789012	Resolves the barcode to its product (param is code)
A partial name or SKU	GET /api/products/search?query=blue widget	Fuzzy, may return several matches
A numeric product id	GET /api/products/{id}	Full record when you already have the id

Always prefer the most specific lookup you can. Use search only when you don't have an exact SKU or barcode — it can return multiple candidates that you must disambiguate.

Steps

1. Choose the lookup above based on what you were given.

2. Send the request with your Bearer token (scope products:read):

   curl -sS "https://$SKU_TENANT.sku.io/api/products/by-sku?sku=WIDGET-BLUE-01" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $SKU_PAT" -H "Accept: application/json"
   

3. Handle the result:

   • Exactly one match → capture its id and sku; you're done.
   • Search returned several → narrow by matching the exact sku, or surface the top candidates (name + sku) to the user and ask which one. Do not silently pick the first.
   • No match → the product may not exist or may be archived. Report that rather than inventing an id. Consider a broader search query before giving up.

Notes

• search is paginated — see shared/pagination.md. The best matches are on the first page; you rarely need to page for a lookup.
• Product id is the stable key other skills expect (e.g. product_id on a sales-order line). Prefer passing id downstream over re-resolving by SKU each time.

API operations

Method	Path	What it does
GET	/api/products/search	Fuzzy search products by name or SKU fragment.
GET	/api/products/by-sku	Fetch a single product by its exact SKU.
GET	/api/products/barcode-lookup	Resolve a scanned barcode (UPC/EAN/GTIN) to a product.
GET	/api/products/{id}	Fetch the full product record by its numeric id.

Authentication

Every request authenticates with a SKU.io Personal Access Token sent as a Bearer token:

Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_SKU_PAT>

• Base URL: https://{tenant}.sku.io (replace {tenant} with your account subdomain)
• Required scopes: products:read

Mint a token under Settings → Developer → Personal Access Tokens in the SKU.io web app. See shared/authentication.md for the full flow.

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