An order can be split into more shipments for one of the following reasons:
The order contains line items from more than one stock location
The order contains line items belonging to more than one shipping category
The combination of stock locations and shipping categories determines the number of shipments. Each shipment gets fulfilled separately.
The shipment object
A shipment object is returned as part of the response body of each successful list, retrieve or update API call.
Field
Type
Description
type
string
shipments
id
string
The shipment unique identifier
links.self
string
The shipment endpoint URL
attributes.number
string
Unique identifier for the shipment
attributes.status
string
The shipment status, one of 'draft', 'upcoming', 'cancelled', 'on_hold', 'picking', 'packing', 'ready_to_ship', or 'shipped'
attributes.currency_code
string
The international 3-letter currency code as defined by the ISO 4217 standard, automatically inherited from the associated order.
attributes.cost_amount_cents
integer
The cost of this shipment from the selected carrier account, in cents.
attributes.cost_amount_float
float
The cost of this shipment from the selected carrier account, float.
attributes.formatted_cost_amount
string
The cost of this shipment from the selected carrier account, formatted.
attributes.skus_count
integer
The total number of skus in the shipment's line items. This can be useful to display a preview of the shipment content.
attributes._on_hold
boolean, value is 'true'
Send this attribute if you want to put this shipment on hold.
attributes._picking
boolean, value is 'true'
Send this attribute if you want to start picking this shipment.
attributes._packing
boolean, value is 'true'
Send this attribute if you want to start packing this shipment.
attributes._ready_to_ship
boolean, value is 'true'
Send this attribute if you want to mark this shipment as ready to ship.
attributes._ship
boolean, value is 'true'
Send this attribute if you want to mark this shipment as shipped.
attributes._get_rates
boolean, value is 'true'
Send this attribute if you want get the shipping rates from the associated carrier accounts.
attributes.selected_rate_id
string
The selected purchase rate from the available shipping rates.
attributes.rates
array
The available shipping rates.
attributes._purchase
boolean, value is 'true'
Send this attribute if you want to purchase this shipment with the selected rate.
attributes.purchase_error_code
string
The shipping rate purchase error code, if any.
attributes.purchase_error_message
string
The shipping rate purchase error message, if any.
attributes.get_rates_started_at
datetime
Time at which the getting of the shipping rates started.
attributes.get_rates_completed_at
datetime
Time at which the getting of the shipping rates completed.
attributes.purchase_started_at
datetime
Time at which the purchasing of the shipping rate started.
attributes.purchase_completed_at
datetime
Time at which the purchasing of the shipping rate completed.
attributes.purchase_failed_at
datetime
Time at which the purchasing of the shipping rate failed.
attributes.created_at
datetime
Time at which the resource was created.
attributes.updated_at
datetime
Time at which the resource was last updated.
attributes.reference
string
A string that you can use to add any external identifier to the resource. This can be useful for integrating the resource to an external system, like an ERP, a marketing tool, a CRM, or whatever.
attributes.reference_origin
string
Any identifier of the third party system that defines the reference code
attributes.metadata
object
Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to the resource. This can be useful for storing additional information about the resource in a structured format.
relationships.order
object
The associated order.
relationships.shipping_category
object
The shipping category of the associated line items (skus).
relationships.stock_location
object
The stock location from which the shipment is managed.
relationships.origin_address
object
The associated stock location address.
relationships.shipping_address
object
The customer shipping address.
relationships.shipping_method
object
The shipping method selected by the customer.
relationships.delivery_lead_time
object
The delivery lead time for the shipment. Equals the one associated with the shipping method selected by the customer.
relationships.shipment_line_items
array
The order line items assigned to the shipment.
relationships.stock_line_items
array
The associated stock line items.
relationships.stock_transfers
array
The associated stock transfers.
relationships.available_shipping_methods
array
The available shipping methods for the shipment. Useful to present the customer with a list of choices during the checkout. Only enabled shipping methods are included in the list.
relationships.carrier_accounts
array
The carrier accounts available for the order's market.
relationships.parcels
array
The associated parcels.
relationships.attachments
array
The associated attachments.
meta.mode
string
The resource environment (can be one of test or live)