Inventory Allocation Service

The allocation create operation reserves inventory for one or more line items. The prescribed usage of this API is immediately after the shopper clicks "submit order". This action holds the inventory for an order between the time the shopper starts the submit order process and when the webstore calls order create. This serves two purposes:

• Prevents another shopping session from nabbing the inventory while the current submit order is being processed.
• Prevents overselling of items.

Inventory Allocation Request Message

Inventory Allocation Request Message

Level	Field Name	Type	Length	Req	Comments
1	AllocationRequestMessage
2	requestId	String	50	Y	Unique Request Id
2	storeCode	String	10	N	Radial Store Code
2	OrderItem
3	lineId	Integer	4	Y	Sequential Line ID
3	itemId	String	15	Y	Client Item Id
3	Quantity	Integer	7	Y

Inventory Allocation Request XSD

Sample Request Message XML

Sample Inventory Allocation Request XML

Inventory Allocation Response Message

Inventory Allocation Response

Level	Field Name			Type	Length	Required	Comments
1	AllocationResponseMessage
2	reservationId			Integer	11	Y
2	AllocationResponse
3	lineId			Integer	4	Y	Sequential Line ID
3	itemId			String	15	Y	Client Item Id
3	AmountAllocated			Integer	7	Y	Allocated Quantity

Inventory Allocation Response XSD

Sample Response Message XML

Sample Inventory Allocation Response XML

Error Message

Inventory Allocation Error Messages

Reply	XML Response
500	500: Error Response Elapsed time of 90.107000 seconds exceeded Wait Time of 90 seconds
500	500: Radial, Inc. Web Services API "CreateReservation=Inventory Reservation/Allocation" is NOT AVAILABLE at this time.