Profile for DNOW Inc. (formerly NOW Inc., operating as DistributionNOW) in the API Evangelist network. Fortune F1000 (rank 792). NYSE: DNOW.
DNOW is a Houston-headquartered global distributor of pipe, valves, fittings (PVF), pumps, and packaged, engineered process and production equipment serving the upstream, midstream, downstream energy, and industrial sectors. The company was spun off from National Oilwell Varco in 2014 and operates with a heritage that spans more than 160 years.
DNOW's customer-facing digital surface is delivered under the DigitalNOW umbrella:
- DigitalNOW B2B eCommerce (shop.dnow.com) — Contract-priced eCatalog covering more than 160,000 SKUs, real-time inventory, online ordering, custom approval workflows, order status and history, invoicing, and shipment notifications.
- DigitalNOW ERP Punchout (cXML / OCI) — Customer ERP and procurement systems (SAP, Oracle, Ariba, Coupa, SciQuest-class) punch out to shop.dnow.com using cXML or OCI, with automated PO creation, approvals, invoicing, and shipment notifications routed back into the ERP.
- eSpec Product Configurator — Web-based configurator for engineered equipment packages that produces 3D drawings and priced technical proposals.
- AccessNOW Automated Inventory Control — 24/7 secured tool-crib / stockroom access via badge, keypad, or facial recognition with barcode/RFID transactions and cloud-based monitoring.
- DNOW Mobile App Library — Customer-facing iOS / Android apps that sync with shop.dnow.com for carts, order status, history, favorites, reference content, and branch locators.
Core distribution categories include PVF, pumps and packaged process equipment, drilling and completions, artificial lift, electrical, instrumentation and measurement, air compressors and blowers, paint and coatings, safety and PPE, tools, and industrial / facilities supplies. Services include supply chain and material management, engineering, design and fabrication, valve actuation and automation, and safety services.
DNOW does not publish a public developer portal, OpenAPI specifications, SDKs, CLI, webhooks, sandbox environment, or rate-limited API plans. Programmatic customer integration is delivered through configured cXML / OCI punchout / roundtrip sessions tied to enterprise ERP and procurement systems, set up per customer by the DNOW account team. There is no public github.com/dnow or github.com/distributionnow organization hosting SDKs or API clients.
This profile therefore catalogs the DigitalNOW surfaces as digital integration capabilities rather than as public REST APIs, and intentionally does not contain openapi/, capabilities/, rules/, or other artifact folders, per the network's "no placeholder specs" rule.
On June 26, 2025, DNOW and MRC Global jointly announced a definitive all-stock merger agreement valued at approximately $1.5 billion, under which DNOW will acquire MRC Global. Once the merger closes, MRC Global's PVF distribution footprint and digital surfaces are expected to be combined with DNOW's DigitalNOW platform; this profile may need to be re-run to incorporate the combined company.
apis.yml— APIs.json index documenting DNOW's DigitalNOW surfaces, ERP integrations, IoT inventory, and notable absences.
- Created: 2026-05-23
- Modified: 2026-05-23