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Katana Cloud Inventory Integration Guide

Connect Katana Cloud Inventory with enterprise applications through its REST API, selected webhook notifications, and Martini workflows for synchronized inventory, orders, purchasing, and manufacturing data.

Katana Cloud Inventory integration options at a glance

Katana Cloud Inventory, also known as Katana Manufacturing ERP, provides a documented REST API for reading and managing Products, Customers, Suppliers, Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Manufacturing Orders, and inventory-related data. Katana also supports webhook-style notifications for selected events, although coverage and delivery behavior should be verified for each object and event. Martini can consume the REST API, receive supported webhook requests, paginate through collection endpoints, maintain synchronization checkpoints, and map Katana payloads into commerce, accounting, fulfillment, or operational systems. Katana uses API-key authentication, which Martini can keep in Secrets Management and inject into requests at runtime. No general bulk API, file API, GraphQL API, SOAP API, or direct database access was confirmed.

Integration pointSupported by Katana Cloud Inventory?Common use casesHow Martini supports it
REST APIsYesKatana's primary documented integration interface supports reading and managing Products, Customers, Suppliers, Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Manufacturing Orders, and inventory-related data.Martini can consume Katana REST endpoints from workflows, map request and response payloads, apply validation and business rules, and expose a controlled API that abstracts Katana-specific details.
Webhooks / outbound callbacksLimitedKatana provides webhook-style notifications for selected API events. Coverage should be verified for each object, event, account, and delivery behavior.Martini can expose an API or receive webhook requests through a workflow, validate the notification, dispatch asynchronous processing, and combine events with scheduled reconciliation.
AuthenticationYesKatana's public API uses API-key authentication, typically supplied in an authorization header using a bearer-token pattern.Martini can store the API key in Secrets Management and inject it into runtime requests, with separate environment secrets for development, testing, and production.
Pagination and incremental synchronizationYesKatana collection endpoints should be treated as paginated unless endpoint documentation states otherwise. Filtering by modification time may support incremental synchronization where available.Martini workflows can loop through pages, persist watermarks or last processed identifiers, resume from checkpoints, and map only changed data when supported by the endpoint.
Bulk / async / batch APIsNot confirmedA generally available bulk or asynchronous import API was not confirmed. Large data movements should use paginated REST requests unless Katana documents a specific bulk facility.Martini can orchestrate controlled paginated batches, bounded concurrency, checkpointing, throttling, and retries without assuming a bulk endpoint.
File / attachment APIsNot confirmedA general-purpose file or attachment API was not confirmed. URL-based product image fields should not be treated as evidence of attachment management.Martini can process files through supported external endpoints when available, but should use Katana's REST API for confirmed Katana data operations.
GraphQL APIsNot confirmedNo official Katana GraphQL API documentation was confirmed in the reviewed materials.Martini can consume Katana's documented REST API instead and can expose its own APIs when an abstraction or normalized interface is required.
SOAP APIsNot confirmedNo official Katana SOAP API documentation was confirmed in the reviewed materials.Martini should use Katana REST endpoints for confirmed integration work rather than assuming a SOAP interface.
Database / analytics accessNot confirmedDirect access to Katana's hosted application database was not confirmed and should not be used as an integration assumption.Martini can connect to external databases when required for staging or audit state, while Katana data access should use its supported public API.

How Katana Cloud Inventory exposes data and business events

Katana REST APIs

Katana's public REST API is the primary documented integration mechanism for accessing and managing Products, Customers, Suppliers, Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Manufacturing Orders, and inventory-related information. Collection responses should be treated as paginated unless the specific endpoint states otherwise.

Martini implementation pattern

Martini implementation pattern: a workflow authenticates with a Katana API key stored in Secrets Management, calls the required endpoint, follows pagination, validates the response, maps it to a canonical model, and writes to the target system. For changes, the workflow can use documented modification filters and persist a synchronization watermark where the endpoint supports them.

Implementation sequence

Authenticate the request with a Katana API key from Martini Secrets Management
Request the required Katana resource or page of resources
Continue through documented pagination metadata
Validate dependencies and required business fields
Map Katana payloads to the target data model
Write the result and persist the synchronization checkpoint

Katana Webhook Notifications

Katana supports webhook-style notifications for selected API events. Notifications should not be assumed for every object or operation, and the exact event types, payloads, retry behavior, signing mechanism, and subscription lifecycle require verification against current Katana documentation and account configuration.

Martini implementation pattern

Martini implementation pattern: expose a controlled Martini API or webhook-consuming workflow, validate the incoming request quickly, record an event or source-object identifier, and dispatch longer processing to a workflow. Scheduled reconciliation remains important when webhook coverage is limited or delivery behavior is uncertain.

Implementation sequence

Receive the supported Katana webhook notification
Validate the request and record its event or source-object identifier
Return an appropriate response without waiting for long processing
Retrieve the current Katana resource when the notification is incomplete
Map the event to downstream business actions
Reconcile missed or duplicate events with scheduled synchronization

Katana Scheduled Synchronization

Scheduled synchronization is appropriate for inventory, master data, and reconciliation because Katana webhook coverage is limited to selected events and a general bulk API was not confirmed. Workflows can process paginated REST results in controlled batches.

Martini implementation pattern

Martini implementation pattern: a scheduler starts a workflow, the workflow loads the prior watermark, retrieves pages from Katana, maps and writes each item, and stores progress after successful processing. Rate-limit handling, bounded concurrency, and checkpointing allow large synchronizations to resume without restarting unnecessarily.

Implementation sequence

Start the synchronization from a Martini scheduler
Load the last successful watermark or checkpoint
Retrieve Katana pages using documented filters and ordering
Transform and write each page to the target system
Persist progress after successful page processing
Retry transient failures and route permanent errors for review

Common Katana Cloud Inventory integration patterns

Pattern 1: Sync commerce orders to Katana Sales Orders

When to use this pattern

Use this pattern when an online store such as Shopify, WooCommerce, or BigCommerce is the order capture system and Katana is the operational inventory and manufacturing system. It is suitable for scheduled retrieval or supported event-driven intake.

Integration direction
Shopify
Martini
Katana Cloud Inventory
Example Mapping
Katana Cloud Inventory FieldCanonical FieldTarget Field
source order IDexternalOrderIdSales Order source identifier
customer emailcustomer.emailCustomer contact
line item SKUitems[].skuSales Order row product or variant
line item quantityitems[].quantitySales Order row quantity
Martini implementation pattern

Martini retrieves or receives the source order, resolves the Katana Customer and Product or variant, validates quantities and required fields, then creates or updates the Katana Sales Order. The workflow stores the source order identifier before or with the write, applies deterministic correlation IDs, and routes unresolved dependencies or permanent validation failures to an exception process while retrying transient API errors.

Martini capabilities used
  • workflows
  • API consumption
  • data mapping
  • business rules
  • idempotency
  • error handling

Pattern 2: Publish Katana inventory to a commerce application

When to use this pattern

Use this pattern when Katana is the inventory source and an online store or fulfillment application needs current stock by SKU and location. A scheduled workflow is appropriate because inventory changes may not all produce webhook notifications.

Integration direction
Katana Cloud Inventory
Martini
Shopify
Example Mapping
Katana Cloud Inventory FieldCanonical FieldTarget Field
Product SKUproduct.skuShopify inventory item SKU
Katana locationinventory.locationCodeShopify location
available or sellable quantityinventory.quantityShopify available quantity
Katana product identifiersourceProductIdShopify inventory item reference
Martini implementation pattern

A scheduled Martini workflow retrieves Katana Products and inventory-related quantities, maps SKUs and locations, determines the agreed quantity meaning, and updates the target application. It uses a watermark, bounded concurrency, stale-update protection, and retry handling so rapid changes, rate limits, and partial failures do not overwrite newer values or duplicate updates.

Martini capabilities used
  • scheduled workflows
  • API consumption
  • data mapping
  • business rules
  • checkpointing
  • retry handling

Pattern 3: Synchronize purchasing and suppliers

When to use this pattern

Use this pattern when Katana Purchase Orders and Suppliers must be shared with Xero, QuickBooks Online, procurement software, or a supplier-facing application. The workflow should validate supplier and product dependencies before creating downstream transactions.

Integration direction
Katana Cloud Inventory
Martini
Xero
Example Mapping
Katana Cloud Inventory FieldCanonical FieldTarget Field
Supplier IDsupplier.externalIdXero contact identifier
Purchase Order IDpurchaseOrder.numberXero reference
purchase order row quantitylines[].quantityXero line quantity
expected datepurchaseOrder.expectedDateXero transaction date or delivery field
Martini implementation pattern

Martini reads Katana Suppliers and Purchase Orders, validates that supplier and line-item mappings exist, transforms dates and monetary values, and writes the downstream transaction. Correlation IDs and an integration-state store prevent duplicate creation after timeouts; rejected records are separated from transient failures for targeted retry and review.

Martini capabilities used
  • workflows
  • API consumption
  • data mapping
  • validation
  • business rules
  • error handling

Pattern 4: Publish manufacturing status through a normalized API

When to use this pattern

Use this pattern when customer portals, service platforms, or reporting applications need production information without depending directly on Katana-specific response structures. It is appropriate for read-oriented operational visibility.

Integration direction
Katana Cloud Inventory
Martini
Operational portal
Example Mapping
Katana Cloud Inventory FieldCanonical FieldTarget Field
Manufacturing Order IDmanufacturingOrder.idproductionOrderId
Manufacturing Order statusmanufacturingOrder.statusproductionStatus
Product or variantmanufacturingOrder.productproductReference
related inventory informationmanufacturingOrder.inventoryContextmaterialAvailability
Martini implementation pattern

Martini retrieves Manufacturing Orders and related Product or inventory information, maps Katana-specific fields into a stable canonical response, and exposes the result through a controlled Martini API or publishes it to an operational application. The workflow validates response completeness, applies access controls at the exposed API, logs correlation IDs, and retries upstream reads without exposing partial data as final status.

Martini capabilities used
  • API consumption
  • API exposure
  • data mapping
  • business rules
  • authentication and authorization
  • error handling

Applications commonly integrated with Katana Cloud Inventory

Katana Cloud Inventory can be integrated with commerce, accounting, fulfillment, and operational applications through its REST API and selected webhook-style notifications. The applications below are integration candidates; exact object coverage and supported directions should be confirmed for the relevant Katana account and application APIs.

Application Scenario Direction Martini Pattern
Shopify Synchronize online orders into Katana and publish product or location-aware inventory back to the store. Shopify → Martini → Katana Cloud Inventory Martini receives or retrieves Shopify orders, resolves Katana Customers and Products, creates or updates Sales Orders, and stores the source order identifier for idempotency. A separate scheduled workflow retrieves Katana inventory and updates Shopify while handling pagination, stale quantities, and transient failures.
WooCommerce Bring online orders into Katana while returning product availability and inventory quantities to the storefront. WooCommerce → Martini → Katana Cloud Inventory A Martini workflow consumes the WooCommerce API, maps customers, SKUs, quantities, prices, and shipping information to Katana Sales Orders, then uses a checkpointed Katana inventory workflow to update WooCommerce. Unresolved products or customers are routed for review.
BigCommerce Coordinate storefront orders, product data, and inventory between BigCommerce and Katana. BigCommerce → Martini → Katana Cloud Inventory Martini orchestrates order ingestion from BigCommerce to Katana and inventory publication in the reverse direction. The workflows apply SKU and location mappings, validate dependencies, throttle API calls, and retry transient errors without duplicating transactions.
Xero Transfer operational sales, purchasing, customer, supplier, and accounting-related information between Katana and Xero. Katana Cloud Inventory → Martini → Xero Martini retrieves relevant Katana Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Customers, and Suppliers, transforms them into Xero-compatible payloads, and applies accounting business rules before writing to Xero. Correlation identifiers and exception routing support reconciliation and retry processing.
QuickBooks Online Connect Katana sales and purchasing activity with accounting records in QuickBooks Online. Katana Cloud Inventory → Martini → QuickBooks Online A scheduled Martini workflow reads changed Katana objects, maps customers, suppliers, order lines, and transaction values to QuickBooks Online, and records processing state. API failures and validation errors are separated so safe retries do not create duplicate accounting transactions.
ShipStation Send fulfillment-relevant orders to ShipStation and bring shipping or fulfillment status back into operational workflows. Katana Cloud Inventory → Martini → ShipStation Martini retrieves eligible Katana Sales Orders or receives upstream commerce events, maps shipping and line-item data to ShipStation, and processes returned status updates through a controlled workflow. The desired Katana-specific direction should be validated against the available ShipStation and Katana APIs.
Shopify POS Align in-store sales with Katana product and inventory information where Shopify POS is part of the commerce architecture. Shopify POS → Martini → Katana Cloud Inventory Martini consumes Shopify POS sales data, resolves Katana Customers and Products, and creates or updates Sales Orders. A separate workflow publishes Katana inventory by SKU and location to Shopify, using watermarks and idempotent updates to reduce stale quantity overwrites.

How to build a Katana Cloud Inventory integration in Martini

Objective

Establish Katana API access without embedding credentials in integration logic. Use environment-specific configuration so development, testing, and production can be managed independently.

Instructions in Martini

  • Create a Martini secret containing the Katana API key
  • Configure the Katana authorization header through runtime configuration
  • Use separate keys and access scopes for each environment where possible
  • Restrict workflow and environment access to required operators and services

Objective

Select an event-driven or scheduled start based on the Katana object and the reliability of its available notifications.

Instructions in Martini

  • Use a Martini API or webhook-consuming workflow for supported Katana events
  • Use a scheduler for inventory, master data, and reconciliation flows
  • Treat webhook coverage as selected rather than universal
  • Define a reconciliation interval for missed or delayed notifications

Objective

Read the current Katana resource or collection rather than relying only on a notification payload, especially when the event contains limited information.

Instructions in Martini

  • Call the relevant Katana REST endpoint
  • Follow documented pagination parameters and response metadata
  • Use modification filters and ordering only where the endpoint confirms them
  • Persist a watermark or checkpoint for incremental processing

Objective

Coordinate dependency lookups, transformations, target writes, and exception paths in a maintainable Martini workflow.

Instructions in Martini

  • Resolve Customers before dependent Sales Orders
  • Resolve Suppliers before dependent Purchase Orders
  • Resolve Products or variants before order rows
  • Separate transient API failures from permanent validation failures

Objective

Create an explicit canonical mapping between Katana payloads and the target application while preserving business meaning such as location-specific inventory.

Instructions in Martini

  • Map actual Katana object and field names to the target model
  • Validate required identifiers, quantities, dates, and relationships
  • Define whether inventory means on-hand, available, allocated, or calculated sellable quantity
  • Preserve source identifiers and unknown fields where practical

Objective

Control duplicates, stale updates, and object dependencies before committing downstream changes.

Instructions in Martini

  • Check source order or transaction identifiers before creating writes
  • Use deterministic correlation IDs for traceability
  • Reject or queue records with unresolved dependencies
  • Prevent stale inventory responses from overwriting newer target values

Common Katana Cloud Inventory data objects used in integrations

ObjectTypical UseCommon target systemsMartini handling
ProductsSynchronize product definitions, variants, SKUs, pricing, and product-related configuration.Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Xero, QuickBooks Online, reporting applicationsMartini retrieves or receives product data, maps SKU and variant identifiers to a canonical model, validates required fields, and routes unresolved mappings for review.
Sales OrdersRepresent customer orders originating in Katana or connected commerce applications.Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, ShipStation, Xero, QuickBooks OnlineMartini resolves Customers and Products before creating or updating order rows, stores source identifiers for idempotency, and applies retry and exception rules around writes.
Purchase OrdersRepresent orders placed with suppliers for materials or products.Xero, QuickBooks Online, procurement applications, supplier-facing systemsMartini validates Suppliers and line-item dependencies, maps expected dates and quantities, and sends rejected or incomplete orders to an exception workflow.
CustomersStore customer and buyer information associated with Sales Orders.Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Xero, QuickBooks OnlineMartini matches customers using stable external identifiers or controlled lookup rules, normalizes contact fields, and creates or updates dependent data before order processing.
SuppliersIdentify suppliers associated with purchasing and procurement processes.Xero, QuickBooks Online, procurement applications, supplier portalsMartini synchronizes supplier identifiers and master data, validates supplier dependencies for Purchase Orders, and records mapping failures for operational review.
Manufacturing OrdersPlan and track manufacturing and production activities.Operational portals, service platforms, reporting applications, internal planning systemsMartini reads Manufacturing Orders and related product or inventory information, maps Katana-specific status fields to a canonical model, and exposes or publishes normalized updates.

Authentication and security considerations

API-key authentication

Katana's public API uses an API key supplied in the authorization header, typically using a bearer-token pattern. OAuth 2.0 for general Katana API consumption was not confirmed.

Secret management

Store the Katana API key in Martini Secrets Management rather than embedding it in workflows or payloads. Use separate keys for development, testing, and production where possible.

Access controls

  • Limit access to Martini environments and workflows that require Katana access.
  • Confirm Katana account permissions, API-key lifecycle rules, and tenant or workspace restrictions.
  • Validate supported webhook requests and implement signing verification if Katana provides it for the configured event.

Operational considerations for Katana Cloud Inventory integrations

Rate limits and retries

Use bounded concurrency and exponential backoff for HTTP 429 and transient 5xx responses. Avoid large parallel synchronization bursts until Katana's current limits are confirmed.

Pagination and checkpoints

Assume collection endpoints may return partial results. Follow documented pagination parameters and persist checkpoints so failed runs can resume without unnecessary reprocessing.

Idempotency and dependencies

Store external identifiers, Katana IDs, and synchronization state. Resolve Customers, Suppliers, Products, variants, and Locations before creating dependent transactions, and design timeout recovery so successful writes are not duplicated.

Webhooks and reconciliation

Return quickly after validating supported notifications and move longer processing into workflows. Because event coverage is selective, use scheduled reconciliation to detect missed changes.

Schema and inventory meaning

Treat Katana response fields as versioned contracts and test mappings when fields change. Define whether synchronized inventory represents on-hand, available, allocated, location-specific, or calculated sellable quantity.

Why use Martini instead of scripts or point-to-point integrations?

Reusable orchestration

Martini centralizes Katana API calls, selected webhook intake, scheduled synchronization, dependency resolution, target writes, and exception handling in maintainable workflows rather than scattering logic across scripts.

Controlled data transformation

Explicit mappings and business rules make SKU, location, customer, supplier, order, and manufacturing status transformations visible and testable. Martini can also expose a normalized API that shields consumers from Katana-specific structures.

Operational resilience

Checkpointing, idempotency, bounded concurrency, retries, validation, and correlation IDs support reliable processing when API requests time out, rate limits are reached, or webhook coverage is incomplete.

Environment and security management

Martini keeps API keys in Secrets Management and separates environment configuration from workflow logic, improving deployment consistency and reducing credential exposure compared with embedded scripts or point-to-point code.

Frequently asked questions

How can Katana Cloud Inventory be integrated with enterprise systems?

Katana Cloud Inventory provides a REST API for accessing and managing Products, Customers, Suppliers, Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Manufacturing Orders, and inventory-related data. It also supports webhook-style notifications for selected events. Enterprise integrations can combine API calls, scheduled paginated synchronization, and supported webhook delivery, using API-key authentication.

Can Martini integrate with Katana Cloud Inventory?

Yes. Martini can consume the Katana REST API, receive supported Katana webhook requests, orchestrate scheduled synchronization, map and transform Katana objects, and expose normalized APIs for downstream systems. No native Martini Katana connector is documented in the supplied context.

Do I need a connector to integrate Katana Cloud Inventory with Martini?

No. A dedicated Katana connector is not required. Martini can integrate using Katana's confirmed REST API, API-key authentication, selected webhook-style notifications, pagination, and scheduled workflow mechanisms.

Is there any extra Lonti cost to integrate Katana Cloud Inventory with Martini?

Lonti does not charge an additional per-connector or per-vendor fee to integrate Katana Cloud Inventory. The integration is subject to the provisioned capacity of the Martini environment. Separate costs may apply from Katana, cloud infrastructure, or other third-party systems based on subscription, usage, and deployment model.

Which Katana integration methods should new implementations use?

The documented REST API is Katana's primary integration method and should be the foundation for new implementations. Selected webhook-style notifications can support event-driven processing, while scheduled paginated REST synchronization is appropriate for inventory, master data, and reconciliation. A general bulk API, GraphQL API, SOAP API, file API, and direct database access were not confirmed.

Can Martini receive Katana webhook events?

Martini can receive webhook requests through an API or workflow, and Katana supports webhook-style notifications for selected events. Coverage, payloads, retry behavior, signing, and subscription lifecycle should be verified for the required object and event. Scheduled reconciliation should complement webhook processing.

How should Katana data synchronization handle pagination, mapping, and duplicates?

Treat collection endpoints as paginated, follow the documented response metadata, and store a watermark or checkpoint for incremental processing where supported. Martini can map Katana objects to canonical and target models, validate dependencies, and use source identifiers and correlation IDs to make retries idempotent and prevent duplicate Sales Orders or Purchase Orders.

Can Martini expose an API façade over Katana Cloud Inventory?

Yes. Martini can expose a controlled API that retrieves Katana data, normalizes Katana-specific response structures, applies authorization and business rules, and presents a stable contract to portals or other applications. This façade should use Katana's REST API as its upstream data source and include appropriate error handling and monitoring.

Related Martini documentation

Katana APIs

Workflows

Data Mapping

Security

Operations

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