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Shippit Orders API

Create, retrieve, update, and cancel shipping orders.

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

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

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 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.

3 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET1 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 Orders 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 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Orders 3

Create, retrieve, update, and cancel shipping orders.

POST
/order
Create an order
createOrder body → 201401422
GET
/orders/{tracking_number}
Retrieve an order
getOrder 1 param → 200401404
DELETE
/orders/{tracking_number}
Cancel an order
cancelOrder 1 param → 200401404

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Parcel (5 properties), Error (2 properties), OrderRequest (1 property), OrderResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
2 properties
OrderResponse
object
MODELED order response.
1 property
Parcel
object
A single parcel's dimensions and weight. MODELED.
5 properties
OrderRequest
object
MODELED order request.
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

shippit-orders-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Shippit publishes across the network.

Shippit Book API
Shippit Label API
Shippit Merchant API
Shippit Quote API
Shippit Tracking API
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