Supply: Differences in inventory level between API & octopart.com

Modified on Wed, 13 Sep, 2023 at 2:06 PM

A difference between stock levels could be due to one of two reasons:

  • Distributor API: octopart.com will use live distributor offer data, whereas the API uses data cached from regular feeds.

  • User country: octopart.com determines a user's country based on their IP address; whereas the API will default to "US" if the country is not specified.

These discrepancies may cause offers not to be shown at all in some cases. Live distributor data can be sought through the API if explicitly requested.

Was this article helpful?

That’s Great!

Thank you for your feedback

Sorry! We couldn't be helpful

Thank you for your feedback

Let us know how can we improve this article!

Select at least one of the reasons
CAPTCHA verification is required.

Feedback sent

We appreciate your effort and will try to fix the article