Cin7 is a cloud inventory and order management platform for retail and wholesale businesses, connecting sales channels, warehouses, and accounting to track stock, orders, and fulfillment in real time. The Cin7 Core (formerly DEAR) external API exposes products, customers, suppliers, sales, purchases, and reference data over REST endpoints.
Power end-to-end data operations for your Cin7 API with Nexla. Our bi-directional Cin7 connector is purpose-built for Cin7, making it simple to ingest data, sync it across systems, and deliver it anywhere — all with no coding required. Nexla turns API-sourced data into ready-to-use, reusable data products and makes it easy to send data to Cin7 or any other destination. With comprehensive monitoring, lineage tracking, and access controls, Nexla keeps your Cin7 workflows fast, secure, and fully governed.
Features
Type: API
SourceDestination
Seamless API Integration: Connect to any endpoint as source or destination without coding, with automatic data product creation
Visual Composition & Chaining: Build complex integrations using visual templates, chain API calls, and compose workflows with data validation and filtering
API Proxy: Expose curated slices of your data securely with a secure and customizable API proxy that validates and transforms data on the fly
Request optimization with intelligent batching, retry, and caching to minimize API calls and costs
Before creating a Cin7 credential, you need an API key generated from the Cin7 Core external API setup page. The Cin7 Core API uses key-based authentication, and Nexla sends your key as a bearer token in the Authorization header on every request to the Cin7 Core API (https://inventory.dearsystems.com/externalapi/v2).
To obtain your Cin7 Core API credentials, follow these steps:
Create a new API application to generate credentials for external access. Each Cin7 Core company you have access to has its own Account ID, and you can create multiple API applications on the same account.
Copy the generated API application key and store it securely. This value is equivalent to a password, should be kept confidential, and must not be shared.
Cin7 Core credentials grant access to your inventory, order, and customer data. If a key is compromised, revoke the API application on the Cin7 Core API setup page and generate a new one. For complete information about the Cin7 Core external API, its authentication model, and available endpoints, see the Cin7 Core API documentation and the list of endpoints.
After selecting the data source/destination type, click the Add Credential tile to open the Add New Credential overlay.
Enter a name for the credential in the Credential Name field and a short, meaningful description in the Credential Description field.
Enter your Cin7 Core API application key in the API Key field. Nexla sends this value as a bearer token in the Authorization header when connecting to the Cin7 Core API, and it must be kept confidential.
Click the Save button at the bottom of the overlay. The newly added credential will now appear in a tile on the Authenticate screen during data source/destination creation.
To create a new data flow, navigate to the Integrate section, and click the New Data Flow button. Select the Cin7 connector tile, then select the credential that will be used to connect to the Cin7 instance, and click Next; or, create a new Cin7 credential for use in this flow.
Nexla provides pre-built templates that can be used to rapidly configure data sources to ingest data from common Cin7 endpoints. Select the endpoint from which this source will fetch data from the Endpoint pulldown menu. Available endpoint templates are listed in the expandable boxes below.
[Rest API] List Bank Accounts
This endpoint template retrieves bank accounts from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need bank account reference data for reconciliation, reporting, or integration purposes.
This endpoint returns the bank accounts configured in your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Accounts
This endpoint template retrieves accounts from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need chart-of-accounts reference data for reporting or accounting integrations.
This endpoint returns the accounts configured in your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Customers
This endpoint template retrieves customers from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need customer records for analysis, reporting, or synchronization with other systems.
This endpoint returns the customers in your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Attribute Sets
This endpoint template retrieves attribute sets from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need the attribute-set definitions used to describe products and other records.
This endpoint returns the attribute sets configured in your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Brands
This endpoint template retrieves brands from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need brand reference data for catalog management, reporting, or integration purposes.
This endpoint returns the brands configured in your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Carriers
This endpoint template retrieves carriers from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need shipping-carrier reference data for fulfillment reporting or integration purposes.
This endpoint returns the carriers configured in your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Locations
This endpoint template retrieves locations from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need warehouse and stock-location reference data for inventory analysis or reporting.
This endpoint returns the locations configured in your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Products
This endpoint template retrieves products from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need product catalog data for analysis, reporting, or synchronization with other systems.
This endpoint returns the products in your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Purchase List
This endpoint template retrieves the purchase list from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need a summarized list of purchase orders for procurement analysis or reporting.
This endpoint returns the purchase list from your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Suppliers
This endpoint template retrieves suppliers from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need supplier records for procurement analysis, reporting, or integration purposes.
This endpoint returns the suppliers in your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Opportunities
This endpoint template retrieves opportunities from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need sales opportunity records for pipeline analysis or reporting.
This endpoint returns the opportunities in your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Sale List
This endpoint template retrieves the sale list from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need a summarized list of sale orders for sales analysis or reporting.
This endpoint returns the sale list from your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Taxes
This endpoint template retrieves taxes from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need tax rule reference data for accounting or reporting integrations.
This endpoint returns the tax rules configured in your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Product Categories
This endpoint template retrieves product categories from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need category reference data for catalog organization or reporting.
This endpoint returns the product categories configured in your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Product Family
This endpoint template retrieves product families from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need product-family reference data for catalog management or reporting.
This endpoint returns the product families in your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Purchases
This endpoint template retrieves purchases from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need detailed purchase order records for procurement analysis, reporting, or integration purposes.
This endpoint returns purchases from your Cin7 Core account.
[Rest API] List Leads
This endpoint template retrieves leads from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need sales lead records for pipeline analysis or reporting.
This endpoint returns the leads in your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
[Rest API] List Sales
This endpoint template retrieves sales from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need detailed sale order records for sales analysis, reporting, or integration purposes.
This endpoint returns sales from your Cin7 Core account.
[Rest API] List Product Availability
This endpoint template retrieves product availability from your Cin7 Core account. Use this template when you need on-hand, allocated, and available stock levels for inventory analysis or reporting.
This endpoint returns product availability data from your Cin7 Core account. Nexla automatically pages through the results to retrieve the full dataset.
Once the selected endpoint template has been configured, click the Test button to the right of the endpoint selection menu to retrieve a sample of the data that will be fetched. Sample data will be displayed in the Endpoint Test Result panel on the right, allowing you to verify that the source is configured correctly before saving.
Cin7 data sources can also be manually configured to ingest data from any valid Cin7 Core API endpoint, including endpoints not covered by the pre-built templates, chained API calls, or custom request parameters. Select the Advanced tab at the top of the configuration screen, and follow the instructions in Connect to Any API to configure the API method, endpoint URL, date/time and lookup macros, path to data, metadata, and request headers.
Once all of the relevant settings have been configured, click the Create button in the upper right corner of the screen to save and create the new Cin7 data source. Nexla will now begin ingesting data from the configured endpoint and will organize any data that it finds into one or more Nexsets.
Click the + icon on the Nexset that will be sent to the Cin7 destination, and select the Send to Destination option from the menu. Select the Cin7 connector from the list of available destination connectors, then select the credential that will be used to connect to the Cin7 account, and click Next; or, create a new Cin7 credential for use in this flow.
Nexla provides pre-built templates that can be used to rapidly configure destinations to send data to common Cin7 endpoints. Select the endpoint to which data will be sent from the Endpoint pulldown menu. Then, click on the template in the list below to expand it, and follow the instructions to configure additional endpoint settings.
[Rest API] Create Customer
This endpoint template creates a new customer in Cin7 Core by posting a Customer structure serialized as JSON. Use this template when you need to add customers to Cin7 Core based on records from your Nexla flows.
Each record from your Nexset is sent as a separate JSON request body to create a new customer. The record must match the Customer structure expected by the Cin7 Core API.
[Rest API] Create Product
This endpoint template creates a new product in Cin7 Core by posting a Product structure serialized as JSON. Use this template when you need to add products to Cin7 Core based on records from your Nexla flows.
Each record from your Nexset is sent as a separate JSON request body to create a new product. The record must match the Product structure expected by the Cin7 Core API.
[Rest API] Create Sale
This endpoint template creates a new sale order in Cin7 Core by posting a Sale structure serialized as JSON. Use this template when you need to create sale orders in Cin7 Core based on records from your Nexla flows.
Each record from your Nexset is sent as a separate JSON request body to create a new sale order. The record must match the Sale structure expected by the Cin7 Core API.
[Rest API] Create Purchase
This endpoint template creates a new purchase order in Cin7 Core by posting a Purchase structure serialized as JSON, including supplier, contact, inventory account, shipping address, and order lines. Use this template when you need to create purchase orders in Cin7 Core based on records from your Nexla flows.
Each record from your Nexset is sent as a separate JSON request body to create a new purchase order. The record must match the Purchase structure expected by the Cin7 Core API.
Cin7 destinations can also be manually configured to send data to any valid Cin7 Core API endpoint. Select the Advanced tab at the top of the configuration screen, and follow the instructions in Connect to Any API to configure the API method, data format, endpoint URL, request headers, attribute exclusions, record batching, and response webhooks.
Cin7 Core APIs expect JSON format for create operations. Ensure each record includes all fields required by the target Cin7 Core structure before activating the destination.
Once all endpoint settings have been configured, click the Done button in the upper right corner of the screen to save and create the destination. To send the data to the configured Cin7 endpoint, open the destination resource menu, and select Activate.
The Nexset data will not be sent to the Cin7 endpoint until the destination is activated. Destinations can be activated immediately or at a later time, providing full control over data movement.
