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Zalando Shipments API

The Shipments API from Zalando — 2 operation(s) for shipments.

Zalando Shipments API is one of 20 APIs that Zalando publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.1.1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api-sandbox.merchants.zalando.com.

4 operations 2 paths 9 schemas 2 GET1 PATCH1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.1.1
Base URL
https://api.merchants.zalando.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Zalando Shipments API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (merchant_platform) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 2 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • merchant_platform — This API uses OAuth2 OIDC with Client Credentials flow.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Shipments 4
GET
/merchants/{merchant-id}/orders/{order-id}/shipments
Get shipments for the order
4 params → 200403404429
POST
/merchants/{merchant-id}/orders/{order-id}/shipments
Create a shipment.
4 params body → 201400403404429default
GET
/merchants/{merchant-id}/orders/{order-id}/shipments/{shipment-id}
Get an individual shipment
5 params → 200403404429
PATCH
/merchants/{merchant-id}/orders/{order-id}/shipments/{shipment-id}
Update a shipment
5 params body → 204400403404429default

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Shipment (11 properties), Error (5 properties), ErrorSource (2 properties), Weight (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
Error object
5 properties
ShipmentOrderLine
object
Shipment related attributes of an order line
2 properties 1 required
Errors
object
An array of error objects.
1 property
Shipments
object
A collection of shipments for this order.
1 property
Weight
object
The weight measurement
2 properties 2 required
RateLimitError
object
Error object for rate limit.
1 property
ErrorSource
object
Indicate the source of error.
2 properties
ShipmentStatus
string
The status of the shipment.
Shipment
object
A shipment represents the delivery of specific order lines from an order in a single parcel. It includes additional details such as tracking numbers, the stock…
11 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

zalando-shipments-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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