Overview

The Inventory Service is a critical component of the system responsible for managing product stock levels, tracking inventory movements, and ensuring product availability. It interacts with other services to maintain accurate inventory records and supports operations such as order fulfillment, restocking, and inventory audits.

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Sends 3 messages

This service sends messages to downstream consumers

Receives 7 messages

This service receives messages from other services

Core features

Feature	Description
Real-time Stock Tracking	Monitors inventory levels across all warehouses in real-time
Automated Reordering	Triggers purchase orders when stock levels fall below defined thresholds
Multi-warehouse Support	Manages inventory across multiple warehouse locations
Batch Processing	Handles bulk inventory updates and adjustments efficiently

Architecture diagram

Messages for this service

Sends messages (3)

Quickly find the message you need by searching for the name, type, or summary.

Name	Version	Type	Summary
Inventory adjusted	v1.0.1	event	Indicates a change in inventory level
Inventory out of stock	v0.0.4	event	Indicates inventory is out of stock
Get order details	v0.0.1	query	GET request that will return detailed information about a specific order, identified by its orderId.

Receives messages (7)

Quickly find the message you need by searching for the name, type, or summary.

Name	Version	Type	Summary
Update inventory	v0.0.3	command	Command that will update a given inventory item
Add inventory	v0.0.3	command	Command that will add item to a given inventory id
Delete Inventory	v0.0.3	command	Command that will delete a given inventory item from the system
Order confirmed	v0.0.1	event	Indicates an order has been confirmed

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Infrastructure

The Inventory Service is hosted on AWS.

The diagram below shows the infrastructure of the Inventory Service. The service is hosted on AWS and uses AWS Lambda to handle the inventory requests. The inventory is stored in an AWS Aurora database and the inventory metadata is stored in an AWS S3 bucket.

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You can find more information about the Inventory Service infrastructure in the Inventory Service documentation.

How to connect to Inventory Service

Obtain API credentials

Request API credentials from the Inventory Service team.
Install the SDK

Run the following command in your project directory:
Terminal window
```
npm install inventory-service-sdk
```

Initialize the client

Use the following code to initialize the Inventory Service client:

const InventoryService = require('inventory-service-sdk');
const client = new InventoryService.Client({
  clientId: 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID',
  clientSecret: 'YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET',
  apiUrl: 'https://api.inventoryservice.com/v1'
});

Make API calls

You can now use the client to make API calls. For example, to get all products:

client.getProducts()
  .then(products => console.log(products))
  .catch(error => console.error(error));

Event-driven architecture documentation: FlowMart

Inventory Service (v0.0.2)

This service will be deprecated on May 1, 2026

Service that handles the inventory