Infor Distribution SX.e API
Infor Distribution SX.e is a wholesale distribution ERP that runs sales and order management, materials and inventory, purchasing, financials, and customer operations on the Infor OS platform. An unofficial API lets you programmatically pull customers, sales orders, products, inventory, purchase orders, pricing, and invoices—and push updates like new orders, customer records, and purchase orders back into SX.e, even where the native ION API surface is gated or version-specific.
What is Infor Distribution SX.e?
Infor Distribution SX.e is a wholesale distribution ERP built specifically for the needs of the evolving wholesale distribution industry. Distributors use SX.e to run enterprise-wide processes—from sales, omnichannel engagement, inventory, and warehouse management to financials—on the Infor OS platform, with integrations, analytics, mobility, and extensibility layered on top. SX.e also powers the Infor CloudSuite Distribution (CSD) offering for distributors running in the cloud.
Core functional areas include:
- Sales & Order Management (quotes, sales orders, omnichannel and counter sales, returns)
- Materials Management (inventory control, replenishment, and optimization)
- Supply Chain Management (purchasing, vendors, and end-to-end supply chain visibility)
- Warehouse Management (picking, shipping, and fulfillment workflows)
- Financial Management (accounting, AR/AP, and financial operations)
- Customer Relationship Management (customer engagement and data management)
Common data entities:
- Customers, Ship-tos, Contacts, Customer Pricing Agreements
- Sales Orders, Order Lines, Quotes, Returns, Backorders
- Products/Parts, Product Lines, Warehouse Inventory, Lot/Serial records
- Purchase Orders, Vendors, Receipts, Replenishment Recommendations
- Invoices, Payments, AR/AP transactions, General Ledger entries
- Price Sheets, Cost records, Rebates, and Pricing Matrices
The Infor Distribution SX.e Integration Challenge
Distributors run mission-critical order, inventory, and purchasing workloads on SX.e every day, but turning those workflows into reliable API-driven automation is non-trivial:
- Deployment-model variability: SX.e runs both on-premises and as Infor CloudSuite Distribution, and the available ION API surface, endpoints, and auth flow differ by deployment and version
- ION API gateway gating: Programmatic access flows through the Infor OS / ION API gateway, which requires provisioned credentials and authorization-service configuration before any calls succeed
- OAuth 2.0 setup complexity: On-premises SX.e requires the password grant type against the Infor OS Authorization Service, with credentials and grant configuration that are easy to misconfigure
- Distributor-specific configuration: Product lines, pricing matrices, warehouse setup, and customer agreements are tailored per distributor—generic integrations break across tenants
- Partial API coverage: Not every SX.e screen or operation is exposed through a published endpoint, so some workflows still live behind the authenticated UI and the Mongoose extensibility framework
- High-volume transactional load: Order entry, pricing, and inventory queries run at distribution-grade volume and demand careful throttling and idempotency
How Supergood Creates Infor Distribution SX.e APIs
Supergood reverse-engineers authenticated browser flows and the Infor OS / ION API gateway to deliver a resilient, normalized API layer for your SX.e environment—whether you run on-premises or on Infor CloudSuite Distribution.
- Handles ION API OAuth 2.0 credentials and the password grant against the Infor OS Authorization Service, including session refresh
- Maintains session continuity with automated token refresh and change detection across SX.e releases
- Normalizes responses across Sales, Materials, Purchasing, Warehouse, and Financials so you integrate once and rely on consistent objects
- Aligns with distributor-specific product lines, pricing matrices, and customer agreements to ensure correct, compliant data
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Getting Started
- Schedule Integration Assessment
Book a 30-minute session to confirm your modules, deployment model, and ION API authentication setup.
- Supergood Generates and Validates Your API
We deliver a production-ready SX.e adapter tailored to your distributor configuration and entitlements.
- Deploy with Monitoring
Go live with continuous monitoring and automatic adaptation as Infor Distribution SX.e evolves.
API Endpoints
Authentication
/authenticateAuthenticate to an Infor Distribution SX.e environment via the ION API gateway using OAuth 2.0 credentials and obtain a session token for downstream calls.
Sales
/customersList customers, ship-tos, and contacts with filters for account, warehouse, status, and pricing agreement.
Sales
/ordersRetrieve sales orders, order lines, quotes, and backorders with status, customer, and date-range filters.
Sales
/create_orderCreate a new sales order against a customer using the distributor's configured product lines and pricing matrices.
Inventory
/productsPull products/parts, product lines, and warehouse inventory levels including lot and serial records.
Purchasing
/purchase_ordersList purchase orders, vendors, receipts, and replenishment recommendations across warehouses.
Use Cases
Sync orders and inventory into downstream systems
- Pull sales orders, order lines, and backorders from SX.e into a single warehouse or analytics layer - Stream warehouse inventory and product-line data to e-commerce and OMS platforms - Reconcile customer and ship-to records across systems for a unified order 360
Automate order entry and quoting
- Push new sales orders and quotes into SX.e from e-commerce, EDI, or CPQ tools - Apply distributor-specific pricing matrices and customer agreements at order creation - Route returns, backorders, and credit holds to fulfillment without portal clicks
Streamline purchasing and replenishment
- Sync purchase orders, vendors, and receipts into procurement and AP systems - Pull replenishment recommendations to drive automated buying workflows - Match receipts against purchase orders and surface exceptions for review
Reconcile financials and pricing
- Sync invoices, payments, and AR/AP transactions into general-ledger and finance systems - Pull price sheets, cost records, and rebates for downstream pricing and margin analysis - Surface delinquent accounts and credit events to collections workflows
Technical Specifications
Authentication
ION API OAuth 2.0 credentials with password grant against the Infor OS Authorization Service, handled in a managed session
Connectivity
Infor OS / ION API gateway endpoints plus authenticated browser flows where SX.e operations aren't exposed via published APIs
Response format
Normalized JSON across Sales, Materials, Purchasing, Warehouse, and Financials objects
Rate limits
Adaptive throttling tuned to your SX.e environment to avoid ION gateway and server-side limits
Session management
Automatic OAuth token refresh, credential rotation, and re-authentication on expiry
Data freshness
Near real-time pulls for orders, inventory, and purchasing with optional scheduled batch syncs
Security
Encrypted credential vault, scoped access tokens, SOC 2-aligned controls, and audit logging
Webhooks
Event-style callbacks for order status, inventory changes, purchase-order receipts, and invoice events
Latency
Sub-second reads on cached entities; multi-second writes when posting orders and purchase orders through SX.e workflows
Throughput
Horizontally scaled workers sized to distribution-grade order, pricing, and inventory volume
Reliability
Retry, backoff, and idempotency keys for order creation, purchasing, and financial transactions
Adaptation
Continuous monitoring of SX.e releases, ION API changes, and distributor-specific configuration drift
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Supergood adapts to either deployment model. For on-premises SX.e we use the ION API password grant against the Infor OS Authorization Service; for CloudSuite Distribution we work against your cloud tenant's gateway, with configuration tuned to your environment.
Programmatic access flows through the Infor OS / ION API gateway, so provisioned credentials and authorization-service configuration are required. Supergood works with your existing credentials and entitlements and handles the OAuth 2.0 setup and token lifecycle for you.
Not every screen or operation has a published ION endpoint. Where coverage is partial, Supergood supplements the gateway with authenticated browser flows so you get a consistent API surface across both.
Each environment is profiled against its configured product lines, pricing matrices, warehouse setup, and customer agreements. Supergood preserves these distributor-specific fields and rules rather than forcing a generic schema.
Yes. The API supports both reads and writes—pulling customers, orders, inventory, and invoices, and pushing new sales orders, customer records, and purchase orders back into SX.e with idempotency safeguards.