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ShipStation Orders API

Manage customer orders

ShipStation Orders API is one of 11 APIs that ShipStation 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 Order. 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 9 operations across 7 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://ssapi.shipstation.com.

9 operations 7 paths 7 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET6 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Server
https://ssapi.shipstation.com
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

ShipStation Orders API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (BasicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • BasicAuth — HTTP Basic authentication using API Key as username and API Secret as password

Paths & Operations 9

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 6 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Orders 9

Manage customer orders

GET
/orders
List Orders
listOrders 17 params → 200
POST
/orders
Create or Update Order
createOrUpdateOrder body → 200
GET
/orders/{orderId}
Get Order
getOrder 1 param → 200
DELETE
/orders/{orderId}
Delete Order
deleteOrder 1 param → 200
POST
/orders/createorder
Create Order
createOrder body → 200
POST
/orders/createorders
Create Orders (Bulk)
createOrders body → 200
POST
/orders/holduntil
Hold Order Until
holdOrderUntil body → 200
POST
/orders/markasshipped
Mark Order as Shipped
markOrderAsShipped body → 200
POST
/orders/{orderId}/assignuser
Assign Order to User
assignOrderToUser 1 param body → 200

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Order (40 properties), OrderCreateRequest (29 properties), OrderItem (15 properties), Address (11 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Address
object
11 properties
OrderCreateRequest
object
29 properties 5 required
Dimensions
object
4 properties
Weight
object
3 properties
OrderPaginatedList
object
4 properties
OrderItem
object
15 properties
Order
object
40 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

shipstation-orders-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs ShipStation publishes across the network.

ShipStation V2 API
ShipStation Accounts API
ShipStation Carriers API
ShipStation Customers API
ShipStation Fulfillments API
ShipStation Products API
ShipStation Shipments API
ShipStation Stores API
ShipStation Warehouses API
ShipStation Webhooks API
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