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Shippit Book API

Initiate carrier bookings for orders.

Shippit Book API is one of 6 APIs that Shippit publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Book. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 3.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://app.shippit.com/api/3, https://app.staging.shippit.com/api/3.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
3
Base URL
https://app.shippit.com/api/3
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Shippit Book API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Per-merchant API key (referred to as the API Secret) passed as Authorization: Bearer YOURAPIKEY. Obtain the key from the Shippit merchant dashboard; use a stag…

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Book 1

Initiate carrier bookings for orders.

POST
/book
Book orders with carriers
bookOrders body → 200401422

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Error (2 properties), BookResponse (1 property), BookRequest (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
2 properties
BookRequest
object
MODELED booking request - an array of order tracking numbers to book.
1 property
BookResponse
object
MODELED booking response.
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

shippit-book-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Shippit publishes across the network.

Shippit Label API
Shippit Merchant API
Shippit Orders API
Shippit Quote API
Shippit Tracking API
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