Migrate an Inventory

Overview

IQM and Beeswax use similar terms and approaches for Inventory, with the following exceptions:

• IQM's Programmatic Guaranteed (PG) is equivalent to Beeswax's guaranteed.
• IQM uses the Private Marketplace (PMP), while Beeswax uses private_auction.

The API Comparison table highlights the shared actions and API methods between IQM and Beeswax for creating and managing Inventories. Select an endpoint to review each platform's relevant API documentation. By comparing APIs, you can migrate your workflow from Beeswax to IQM.

For a comprehensive overview of IQM's finance services, see the Inventory API.

API Comparisons

Base URLs

  IQM: https://app.iqm.com
  
  Beeswax: https://{buzz_key}.api.beeswax.com

Action	IQM Endpoint	Beeswax Endpoint	Notes
Get List of Deals	POST/api/v3/pmp/deals/list POST/api/v3/inv/pg/deals/list	GET/rest/v2/deals	IQM endpoints return lists of deals available to Customers (owIds) or to the user (owId).
Get Deal Details by ID	GET/api/v3/inv/pmp/deals/{id} GET/api/v3/inv/pg/deals/{id}	GET/rest/v2/deals/{id}	Beeswax endpoint specifies deal type with the deal_type parameter.
Create Deal	POST/api/v3/inv/pmp/deals/add POST/api/v3/inv/pg/deals/add	POST/rest/v2/deals POST/rest/v2/deals/bulk
Update Deal	PATCH/api/v3/inv/pmp/deals/{id} PATCH/api/v3/inv/pg/deals/{id}	PUT/rest/v2/deals/{id} PATCH/rest/v2/deals/{id}
Get Inventory Group Details	GET/api/v3/inv/groups/list	GET/rest/v2/custom-list-items GET/rest/v2/custom-list-items/{id}	IQM endpoint can return group by id or, if unspecified, all groups.
Create Inventory Group	POST/api/v3/inv/groups	POST/rest/v2/custom-list-items
Update Inventory Group	POST/api/v3/inv/group/addMappings POST/api/v3/inv/group/removeMappings	PUT/rest/v2/custom-list-items/{id} PATCH/rest/v2/custom-list-items/{id}	IQM endpoints support adding/removing Inventories to a group by specifying filters, deal IDs, contextual Inventory keywords or URLs, or by Inventory ID.

More Inventory Resources

IQM:

• Inventory API
• Select Inventory

Beeswax:

• List Items

warning

The List Items page for the Beeswax API corresponds to their legacy 0.5 versioning. Information may not accurately reflect the endpoints linked here for the 2.0 versioning.

See the Migrating from 0.5 to 2.0 REST API page for more information.