TecCom Business Cloud enables suppliers to access and explore article data directly from connected suppliers.
Suppliers can use TecCom Portal or integrate via API to automate access to article assortments and product information.
¶ Activation in TecCom Portal
If you don't have the menu Article Data in the TecCom Portal visible, as a supplier administrator, you can enable Business Cloud Article Data in your Organization Details.
To activate the service:
- Log in to TecCom Portal
- Go to Administration → Organization
- Select your supplier organization
- Enable Business Cloud Article Data
- Save your configuration
After saving, the Article Data menu will be available in TecCom Portal.
¶ Using Article Data in the Portal
In the Article Data menu, Buyers can:
- Browse assortments (up to 200 articles per page)
- Search for specific articles within a buyer’s assortment
- View complete article details including brand, description, and product references
This option is useful for Suppliers who want to manually explore or verify data before setting up integrations.
Supplier can refine the research using the Search box. The research is done using the Article Number value (or part of it).
At least 3 characters are required in the Search field. Spaces and special characters are removed for the search.
¶ Using Article Search Data API
Suppliers can also access article data programmatically through the TecCom Business Cloud Data API.
This enables system integration, automation, or synchronization with ERP systems.
TecCom Business Cloud – Data API Documentation
With this API you can:
- Retrieve all buyers connected to your supplier organization
- Access the full assortment of a selected buyer (200 products per page)
- Search for a specific article by identifier
- Retrieve detailed article information
Resources:
TecCom Business Cloud Postman Collection- Postman Environment (available via TecAlliance Consultant)
- Example Buyer:
zz_TXML5 Test Buyer(Test Buyer)
¶ Search filters
The buyer's assortment search has several filtering options:
- SearchString (optional, default: null): Filters articles by article number. Returns articles whose article number contains the provided value.
- Brand (optional, default: null): Filters articles by brand (exact match).
- Status (optional, default: null): Filters articles by status.
- PageSize (optional, default: 10, max: 200): Number of items returned per page (pagination).
- PageNumber (optional, default: 1): Page index to return (pagination).
¶ Example – Access via Postman
- Import both the Postman Collection and Environment
- Set your Buyer Access Token in the environment variable. you can use the
POST /tokenin the Postman Collection to generate it. - Execute
GET /buyersto list connected v - Select a buyer ID: BuyerTecID (e.g.
zz_TXML5 Test Buyer) - Execute
GET /buyers/{BuyerTecID}/articlesto view the buyer’s assortment - Execute
GET /buyers/{SellerTecID}/articles/{id}to view one specific product
{
"id": 19498046,
"articleNumber": "0242235555",
"brand": "TecAlliance",
"buyerArticleNumber": null,
"identifiers": [
{
"qualifier": "Ean",
"articleNumber": "3165143134355",
"brand": null
},
{
"qualifier": "TecDoc",
"articleNumber": "0242235555",
"brand": "7412"
}
],
"availabilities": [
{
"dispatchMode": "Road",
"warehouse": "Ismaning",
"quantity": 30.0,
"uom": "PCE"
}
],
"conditions": {
"currency": "EUR",
"prices": [
{
"type": "Gross",
"netCalculation": null,
"amount": 30.0,
"perQty": 1.0,
"uom": "PCE",
"fromQty": null,
"fromDate": "2025-09-18T00:00:00",
"toDate": "9999-12-31T00:00:00",
"remark": "Oil gross",
"isActive": true
},
{
"type": "Net",
"netCalculation": 0,
"amount": 25.21,
"perQty": 1.0,
"uom": "PCE",
"fromQty": null,
"fromDate": "2025-09-18T00:00:00",
"toDate": "9999-12-31T00:00:00",
"remark": "Oil net",
"isActive": true
}
]
}
}
Each request returns up to 200 articles per page. Use pagination for larger assortments.
¶ Best Practices
- Refresh your Access Token regularly before calling the API. Note that the token expires in 24 hours (86400 sec.). You can check it in the Get Access Token response:
- Limit queries to active buyers to optimize response times.
- Use filters or parameters (e.g. article number, brand) to refine results.
- Review returned data structure in API documentation before integration.
- If you expect very large assortments, implement asynchronous processing or batch retrieval using pagination to avoid timeouts.
¶ Related Supplier Solutions
Administration TecCom Business Cloud for Suppliers
Describes the necessary administration setup for suppliers to use Business Cloud features.
TecCom Business Cloud Import API
Describes supplier APIs for imports.