Status round-trip

Also known as round-trip. Category: E-commerce and workflow

A status round-trip keeps two systems in agreement: when PhotoRobot publishes an item, a webhook handler finds the item's external ID and updates the record in the ERP. It closes the loop between capture and the system of record.

How PhotoRobot uses it

It is the bidirectional sync pattern taught in module I03, built on the external ID and the mapping table.

  • External ID: The customer's own product identifier stored with a PhotoRobot item, for syncing status back.
  • Webhook: An HTTP request one system sends to another automatically when an event happens.
  • Item status: The production state of an item in PhotoRobot Controls, such as Received, Captured, Edited or Published.
  • ERP (enterprise resource planning): Business software that manages core processes such as inventory, orders and finance.

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