I need to retrieve itemStock updates, but I also need the price.
I want to retrieve all updated items during a period of time, and filter by modifiedTime of itemStock, but in order to have that working, I need to know if item's modifiedTime updated when stock is updated ?
To accomplish what you are requesting I believe you would have to obtain all the item stocks (after or within a period of time):
/item_stocks?filter=modifiedTime>someTimeStamp
And then rip through the response, grab all the item ids and obtain the items:
/items?filter=id in ('itemId1','itemId2', etc.)
I ran a simple test where I updated the stock count of a single item and then checked the modifiedTime of the item, it was not updated. Only the modifiedTime of itemStock is updated. Here is the retrieval call of the item immediately following the stock update.
/items/redacted?expand=itemStock:
{
"id": "redacted",
"hidden": false,
"available": true,
"autoManage": false,
"name": "T-bone",
"price": 0,
"priceType": "FIXED",
"defaultTaxRates": true,
"cost": 0,
"isRevenue": true,
"stockCount": 0,
"itemStock": {
"item": {
"id": "redacted"
},
"stockCount": 50,
"quantity": 50.0,
"modifiedTime": 1636035184000
},
"modifiedTime": 1625230938000
}
This scenario is similar to monitoring stock market 5starsstocks .com activity, where price and volume (akin to stock count) are separate but interrelated metrics. In finance, a trader might analyze price movements alongside trading volume to make decisions, requiring synchronization between data streams.
In your case, modifiedTime is like a stock ticker showing the latest price update, while stock-level updates are akin to changes in trading volume data. Just as traders use integrated tools to track both simultaneously, you may need to design a robust system that synchronizes item metadata (modifiedTime) and stock (itemStock) updates for comprehensive insight.
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