ShipEngine API

ShipEngine's easy-to-use REST API lets you manage all of your shipping needs without worrying about the complexities of different carrier APIs and protocols. We handle all the heavy lifting so you can focus on providing a first-class shipping experience for your customers at the best possible prices.

Each of ShipEngine's features can be used by itself or in conjunction with each other to build powerful shipping functionality into your application or service.

Getting Started

If you're new to REST APIs then be sure to read our introduction to REST to understand the basics. Learn how to authenticate yourself to ShipEngine, and then use our sandbox environment to kick the tires and get familiar with our API. If you run into any problems, then be sure to check the error handling guide for tips.

Here are some step-by-step tutorials to get you started:

Shipping Labels for Every Major Carrier

ShipEngine makes it easy to create shipping labels for any carrier and download them in a variety of file formats. You can even customize labels with your own messages and images.

Real-Time Package Tracking

With ShipEngine you can get the current status of a package or subscribe to real-time tracking updates via webhooks. You can also create custimized tracking pages with your own branding so your customers will always know where their package is.

Compare Shipping Costs Across Carriers

Make sure you ship as cost-effectively as possible by comparing rates across carriers using the ShipEngine Rates API. Or if you don't know the full shipment details yet, then you can get rate estimates with limited address info.

Worldwide Address Validation

ShipEngine supports address validation for virtually every country on Earth, including the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, Germany, France, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Israel, Italy, and over 160 others.

Claim this API

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Report an Issue

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Base URL: https://api.shipengine.com
Auth: unknown
Endpoints: 27
Reachable: unknown
CORS: unknown

Links

Homepage: https://www.shipengine.com/contact/
API Base: https://api.shipengine.com

Topics

BUSINESS, TRAVEL

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
GET /v1/batches List Batches
GET /v1/batches/external_batch_id/{external_batch_id} Get Batch By External ID
GET /v1/batches/{batch_id} Get Batch By ID
GET /v1/batches/{batch_id}/errors Get Batch Errors
GET /v1/carriers List Carriers
GET /v1/carriers/{carrier_id} Get Carrier By ID
GET /v1/carriers/{carrier_id}/options Get Carrier Options
GET /v1/carriers/{carrier_id}/packages List Carrier Package Types
GET /v1/carriers/{carrier_id}/services List Carrier Services
GET /v1/downloads/{dir}/{subdir}/{filename} Download File
GET /v1/insurance/shipsurance/balance Get Insurance Funds Balance
GET /v1/labels List labels
GET /v1/labels/external_shipment_id/{external_shipment_id} Get Label By External Shipment ID
GET /v1/labels/{label_id} Get Label By ID
GET /v1/labels/{label_id}/track Get Label Tracking Information
GET /v1/manifests List Manifests
GET /v1/manifests/requests/{manifest_request_id} Get Manifest Request By Id
GET /v1/manifests/{manifest_id} Get Manifest By Id
GET /v1/packages List Custom Package Types
GET /v1/packages/{package_id} Get Custom Package Type By ID
GET /v1/pickups List Scheduled Pickups
GET /v1/pickups/{pickup_id} Get Pickup By ID
GET /v1/rates/{rate_id} Get Rate By ID
POST /v1/service_points/list List Service Points
GET /v1/service_points/{carrier_code}/{country_code}/{service_point_id} Get Service Point By ID
GET /v1/shipments List Shipments
GET /v1/shipments/external_shipment_id/{external_shipment_id} Get Shipment By External ID
GET /v1/shipments/{shipment_id} Get Shipment By ID
GET /v1/shipments/{shipment_id}/rates Get Shipment Rates
GET /v1/tags Get Tags
GET /v1/tracking Get Tracking Information
GET /v1/warehouses List Warehouses
GET /v1/warehouses/{warehouse_id} Get Warehouse By Id