Create a shipping zone

How to create a shipping zone via API

To create a new shipping zone, send a POST request to the /api/shipping_zones endpoint, passing the resource arguments in the request body.

Request

POST https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/shipping_zones

Arguments

Body Parameter	Type	Required
type	string	Required
attributes.name	string	Required
attributes.country_code_regex	string	Optional
attributes.not_country_code_regex	string	Optional
attributes.state_code_regex	string	Optional
attributes.not_state_code_regex	string	Optional
attributes.zip_code_regex	string	Optional
attributes.not_zip_code_regex	string	Optional
attributes.reference	string	Optional
attributes.reference_origin	string	Optional
attributes.metadata	object	Optional

Example

Request

The following request creates a new shipping zone:

curl -g -X POST \
  'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/shipping_zones' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "shipping_zones",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Europe (main countries)"
    }
  }
}'

Response

On success, the API responds with a 201 Created status code, returning the created resource object:

{
  "data": {
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "type": "shipping_zones",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/shipping_zones/xYZkjABcde"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Europe (main countries)",
      "country_code_regex": "AT|BE|BG|CZ|DK|EE|DE|HU|LV|LT",
      "not_country_code_regex": "AT|BE|BG|CZ|DK|EE|DE",
      "state_code_regex": "A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL",
      "not_state_code_regex": "A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]",
      "zip_code_regex": "(?i)(JE1|JE2|JE3|JE4|JE5)",
      "not_zip_code_regex": "(?i)(JE1|JE2|JE3)",
      "created_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE",
      "reference_origin": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE-ORIGIN",
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "bar"
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "attachments": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/shipping_zones/xYZkjABcde/relationships/attachments",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/shipping_zones/xYZkjABcde/attachments"
        }
      },
      "versions": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/shipping_zones/xYZkjABcde/relationships/versions",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/shipping_zones/xYZkjABcde/versions"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "mode": "test",
      "organization_id": "xRRkjDFafe",
      "trace_id": "69abaa3545913c78132e5578bd26208d44aa9043647d78698fd0021f3958cd74"
    }
  }
}