# Introduction

The Sumtracker API lets you read and manage the products, stock levels and purchasing data in
your Sumtracker account.

## Base URL

Every request goes to the production API with the API version in the path:

```text
https://inventory-api.sumtracker.com/api/version/2025-03/
```

The version is the month it was released, in `YYYY-MM` form. There is no `latest` alias, so
always name a version. See [Versioning](/versioning) for the available versions and their status.

## Your first request

Create an API key in your Sumtracker account, then list your products:

```bash
curl "https://inventory-api.sumtracker.com/api/version/2025-03/products/" \
  -H "Authorization: Api-Key YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## Next steps

- [Authentication](/authentication): how to send your API key and the rate limit.
- [Versioning](/versioning): which version is current, deprecated or a release candidate.
- [API Reference](/reference): every endpoint, with a playground to try requests.