Error on Update inventory REST API? when SKU has a "#" in it

Question

I'm trying to update the inventory of our products from our ERP using the rest api. I have run into an issue when the SKU has a pound "#" in it.

A URL like:

https://magento.xyx.com/rest/V1/products/3736924F5/stockItems/1

works fine but a URL of:

https://magento.xyx.com/rest/V1/products/3736924F5#M/stockItems/1

Returns the error:

( [message] => "%fieldName" is required. Enter and try again. [parameters] => stdClass Object ( [fieldName] => product )

)

I tried to URL encode the SKU but that didn't work. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Good day,

as usual sku's dont contain special charactes like "#". A SKU is build by the following parameters:

• Can be any length
• Alphanumeric
• Created by retailers

SKU Number Example for a Convenience Store In the sample above, notice that the first two numbers represent each category of goods in the convenience store. The next four numbers are a sequential numbering system. As long as you don’t have more than 99 departments, or over 9999 products in a given department, this system works and is simple to enter and maintain in any POS system. However, if you want a SKU number to convey more information about each item, a different system with more identifiers is needed.

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Heres a good article about SKU's and how they work:

https://fitsmallbusiness.com/sku-numbers/