Katana MRP

Katana is a cloud-based manufacturing resource planning (MRP) platform that gives product businesses real-time visibility into inventory, production, sales, and purchasing. The Katana API provides programmatic access to customers, materials, products, manufacturing orders, sales orders, purchase orders, inventory, and other manufacturing resources.

Power end-to-end data operations for your Katana MRP API with Nexla. Our bi-directional Katana MRP connector is purpose-built for Katana MRP, 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 Katana MRP or any other destination. With comprehensive monitoring, lineage tracking, and access controls, Nexla keeps your Katana MRP 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

Prerequisites

Before creating a Katana MRP credential, you need a Katana account and an API key. Katana authenticates every API request with a bearer token that is sent in the Authorization header, and all requests are made against the base URL https://api.katanamrp.com/v1.

To obtain your Katana MRP API key, follow these steps:

1. Sign in to your Katana account at https://app.katanamrp.com using an account with access to organization settings.

2. Open Settings from the main navigation, then select the API section.

3. Click Add new API key to generate a new key for programmatic access.

4. Copy the generated API key and store it securely. Treat the key as a sensitive credential: keep it in a secure location, do not embed it in client-side code, and do not share it.

The API key is sent as a bearer token in the Authorization header (Authorization: Bearer <API key>) for all requests to the Katana MRP API. If a key is ever exposed, revoke it in the Settings > API section and generate a replacement. For complete information about authentication and available resources, see the Katana API documentation.

Authenticate

Credentials required

Field	Required	Secret	Description
API Key	Yes	Yes	Your Katana MRP API key for authentication.
Base URL	Yes	No	The base URL for the Katana MRP API.

Create a credential in Nexla

1. After selecting the data source/destination type, click the Add Credential tile to open the Add New Credential overlay.

2. Enter a name for the credential in the Credential Name field and a short, meaningful description in the Credential Description field.

3. Enter your Katana MRP API key in the API Key field. This key authenticates Nexla with the Katana MRP API and is sent as a bearer token in the Authorization header. It should be kept confidential.

4. Enter the API base URL in the Base URL field. Katana's default base URL is https://api.katanamrp.com/v1.

   If your API key is compromised, revoke it in the Katana Settings > API section and generate a new one. For detailed information about Katana authentication and available endpoints, see the Katana API documentation.

5. 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.

Use as a data source

To create a new data flow, navigate to the Integrate section, and click the New Data Flow button. Select the Katana MRP connector tile, then select the credential that will be used to connect to Katana MRP, and click Next; or, create a new Katana MRP credential for use in this flow.

Endpoint templates

Nexla provides pre-built templates that can be used to rapidly configure data sources to ingest data from common Katana MRP 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 Customers

Returns a list of all customers in the Katana MRP system.

[Rest API] List Product Variants

Returns a list of all product variants available in the Katana MRP system.

[Rest API] List Recipes

Returns a list of all recipes in the manufacturing system.

[Rest API] List Purchase Orders

Returns a list of all purchase orders in the system.

[Rest API] List Inventory

Returns a list of inventory records across all locations.

[Rest API] List Locations

Returns a list of all warehouse or storage locations in the system.

[Rest API] ManufacturingOrderController.getManufacturingOrders

Retrieve manufacturing orders from Katana MRP system with optional filtering by status, order number, location, and other criteria.

[Rest API] MaterialController.getAllMaterials

Retrieve all materials from the Katana MRP system with optional filtering and pagination

[Rest API] ProductController.getAllProducts

Retrieve all products from the Katana MRP system with optional filtering and pagination

[Rest API] Get All Sales Orders

Retrieve all sales orders from Katana MRP system with optional filters

[Rest API] List Sales Order Rows

Retrieves a paginated list of sales order rows with optional filtering by order, variant, location, and other criteria.

[Rest API] List Batch Stocks

Returns a list of batch stock records, showing tracked batch quantities held in inventory.

[Rest API] List Bom Rows

Returns a list of bill-of-materials (BOM) rows that define the component ingredients making up manufactured products.

[Rest API] List Inventory Movements

Returns a list of inventory movement records capturing stock changes across locations.

[Rest API] List Manufacturing Order Productions

Returns a list of production records logged against manufacturing orders.

[Rest API] List Manufacturing Order Recipe Rows

Returns a list of recipe rows associated with manufacturing orders.

[Rest API] Get Manufacturing Orders

Retrieves a single manufacturing order by its identifier.

[Rest API] Get Materials

Retrieves a single material record by its identifier.

[Rest API] Get Products

Retrieves a single product by its identifier.

[Rest API] Get Purchase Order Rows

Retrieves a single purchase order row by its identifier.

[Rest API] List Purchase Order Rows

Returns a list of purchase order rows, showing the line items on purchase orders.

[Rest API] Get Purchase Orders

Retrieves a single purchase order by its identifier.

[Rest API] Get Sales Order Fulfillments

Retrieves a single sales order fulfillment record by its identifier.

[Rest API] Get Sales Order Rows

Retrieves a single sales order row by its identifier.

[Rest API] Get Sales Orders

Retrieves a single sales order by its identifier.

[Rest API] List Sales Return Rows

Returns a list of sales return rows, showing the line items on sales returns.

[Rest API] List Sales Returns

Returns a list of sales returns recorded in the system.

[Rest API] List Stock Transfers

Returns a list of stock transfer records that move inventory between locations.

[Rest API] Get Variants

Retrieves a single product variant by its identifier.

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.

Manual configuration

Katana MRP data sources can also be manually configured to ingest data from any valid Katana MRP 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 Katana MRP 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.

Use as a destination

Click the + icon on the Nexset that will be sent to the Katana MRP destination, and select the Send to Destination option from the menu. Select the Katana MRP connector from the list of available destination connectors, then select the credential that will be used to connect to Katana MRP, and click Next; or, create a new Katana MRP credential for use in this flow.

Endpoint templates

Nexla provides pre-built templates that can be used to rapidly configure destinations to send data to common Katana MRP 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 Product

Creates a new product with specifications including unit of measure, category, production capabilities, and tracking options.

Manual configuration

Katana MRP destinations can also be manually configured to send data to any valid Katana MRP 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.

Katana MRP APIs expect JSON-formatted request bodies. Ensure that each record's fields match the structure required by the target Katana MRP endpoint.

Save & activate

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 Katana MRP endpoint, open the destination resource menu, and select Activate.

The Nexset data will not be sent to the Katana MRP endpoint until the destination is activated. Destinations can be activated immediately or at a later time, providing full control over data movement.