From 47b9a354878b5e04a4c4fac2418c1e8c61ef45be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Rogers <1337joe@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 23:04:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add test for creating multiple StockItems at once

---
 test/test_stock.py | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/test_stock.py b/test/test_stock.py
index 25811451..ca852af5 100644
--- a/test/test_stock.py
+++ b/test/test_stock.py
@@ -248,6 +248,25 @@ def test_barcode_support(self):
 
             item.unassignBarcode()
 
+    def test_serialized(self):
+        """Test serializing multiple objects on create"""
+
+        # Create items with serial numbers
+        items = StockItem.create(
+            self.api,
+            {
+                "part": 10004,
+                "quantity": 3,
+                "serial_numbers": "1005,1006,1007"
+            }
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(3, len(items))
+
+        self.assertEqual('1005', items[0].serial)
+        self.assertEqual('1006', items[1].serial)
+        self.assertEqual('1007', items[2].serial)
+
 
 class StockAdjustTest(InvenTreeTestCase):
     """Unit tests for stock 'adjustment' actions"""

From 260de070eb2d88736f48f77d74886efe8c65aaca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Rogers <1337joe@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 23:37:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Override StockItem create to accept list of results

---
 inventree/stock.py | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 test/test_api.py   |  3 +--
 test/test_stock.py |  4 ++++
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/inventree/stock.py b/inventree/stock.py
index ad45df75..3e4c16b4 100644
--- a/inventree/stock.py
+++ b/inventree/stock.py
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 import inventree.report
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger('inventree')
+
+
 class StockLocation(
     inventree.base.BarcodeMixin,
     inventree.base.MetadataMixin,
@@ -58,6 +61,31 @@ class StockItem(
 
     MODEL_TYPE = 'stockitem'
 
+    @classmethod
+    def create(cls, api, data, **kwargs):
+        """ Override default create method to support multiple object return. """
+
+        cls.checkApiVersion(api)
+
+        # Ensure the pk value is None so an existing object is not updated
+        if cls.getPkField() in data.keys():
+            data.pop(cls.getPkField())
+
+        response = api.post(cls.URL, data, **kwargs)
+
+        if response is None:
+            logger.error("Error creating new object")
+            return None
+
+        if isinstance(response, list):
+            allResponses = []
+            for element in response:
+                allResponses.append(cls(api, data=element))
+            return allResponses
+
+        else:
+            return [cls(api, data=response)]
+
     @classmethod
     def adjustStockItems(cls, api: inventree.api.InvenTreeAPI, method: str, items: list, **kwargs):
         """Perform a generic stock 'adjustment' action.
diff --git a/test/test_api.py b/test/test_api.py
index 243a000f..6ca62ead 100644
--- a/test/test_api.py
+++ b/test/test_api.py
@@ -209,8 +209,7 @@ def test_create_stuff(self):
             'part': p.pk,
             'quantity': 45,
             'notes': 'This is a note',
-
-        })
+        })[0]
 
         self.assertIsNotNone(s)
         self.assertEqual(s.part, p.pk)
diff --git a/test/test_stock.py b/test/test_stock.py
index ca852af5..031f9981 100644
--- a/test/test_stock.py
+++ b/test/test_stock.py
@@ -426,6 +426,10 @@ def test_assign_stock(self):
             }
         )
 
+        # Verify a single result was returned
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(assignitem))
+        assignitem = assignitem[0]
+
         # Assign the item
         assignitem.assignStock(customer=customer, notes='Sell on the side')