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Shippo Shipments API

Create and manage shipments

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Shippo Shipments API is one of 9 APIs that Shippo publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Shipments. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an AsyncAPI specification, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2018-02-08.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.goshippo.com.

4 operations 3 paths 9 schemas 3 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2018-02-08
Server
https://api.goshippo.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Shippo
License
Shippo API Terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

  • ShippoToken — Shippo API token (prefix with "ShippoToken ")

Paths & Operations 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 3 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Shipments 4

Create and manage shipments

GET
/shipments
List Shipments
listShipments 4 params → 200
POST
/shipments
Create Shipment
createShipment body → 201
GET
/shipments/{ShipmentId}
Get Shipment
getShipment 1 param → 200
GET
/shipments/{ShipmentId}/rates
Get Shipment Rates
getShipmentRates 2 params → 200

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Address (16 properties), Rate (14 properties), AddressCreateRequest (12 properties), Shipment (11 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ParcelCreateRequest
object
7 properties 6 required
Address
object
16 properties
ShipmentCreateRequest
object
7 properties 3 required
AddressCreateRequest
object
12 properties 6 required
ShipmentPaginatedList
object
4 properties
Parcel
object
10 properties
RatePaginatedList
object
2 properties
Rate
object
14 properties
Shipment
object
11 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

shippo-shipments-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Shippo publishes across the network.

Shippo Addresses API
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Shippo Carrier Accounts API
AE Profile APIs.io
Shippo Parcels API
AE Profile APIs.io
Shippo Rates API
AE Profile APIs.io
Shippo Refunds API
AE Profile APIs.io
Shippo Tracking API
AE Profile APIs.io
Shippo Transactions API
AE Profile APIs.io
Shippo Webhooks API
AE Profile APIs.io
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API Details
ID
shippo:shippo-shipments-api
Server
https://api.goshippo.com
Docs
https://docs.goshippo.com/
Provider
Shippo
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