Shipping categories determine which shipping methods are available for the associated SKUs. An order is split into more shipments if it contains line items belonging to more than one shipping category.
The shipping category object
A shipping category object is returned as part of the response body of each successful list, retrieve, create or update API call.
Field
Type
Description
type
string
shipping_categories
id
string
The shipping category unique identifier
links.self
string
The shipping category endpoint URL
attributes.name
string
The shipping category name.
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.skus
array
The associated skus.
relationships.attachments
array
The associated attachments.
meta.mode
string
The resource environment (can be one of test or live)