The shipment object

A comprehensive list of the shipment resource's attributes and relationships

A shipment object is returned as part of the response body of each successful list, retrieve, create or update API call to the /api/shipments endpoint.

Fields

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._upcoming	boolean	Send this attribute if you want to mark this shipment as upcoming.
attributes._on_hold	boolean	Send this attribute if you want to put this shipment on hold.
attributes._picking	boolean	Send this attribute if you want to start picking this shipment.
attributes._packing	boolean	Send this attribute if you want to start packing this shipment.
attributes._ready_to_ship	boolean	Send this attribute if you want to mark this shipment as ready to ship.
attributes._ship	boolean	Send this attribute if you want to mark this shipment as shipped.
attributes._reserve_stock	boolean	Send this attribute if you want to automatically reserve the stock for each of the associated stock line item. Can be done only when fulfillment is in progress.
attributes._release_stock	boolean	Send this attribute if you want to automatically destroy the stock reservations for each of the associated stock line item. Can be done only when fulfillment is in progress.
attributes._decrement_stock	boolean	Send this attribute if you want to automatically decrement and release the stock for each of the associated stock line item. Can be done only when fulfillment is in progress.
attributes._get_rates	boolean	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	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_errors	array	Any errors collected when fetching shipping rates.
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.on_hold_at	datetime	Time at which the shipment was put on hold.
attributes.picking_at	datetime	Time at which the shipment was picking.
attributes.packing_at	datetime	Time at which the shipment was packing.
attributes.ready_to_ship_at	datetime	Time at which the shipment was ready to ship.
attributes.shipped_at	datetime	Time at which the shipment was shipped.
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). Can be updated only when fulfillment is in progress.
relationships.inventory_stock_location	object	The inventory stock location from which the shipment is managed. Can be updated only when fulfillment is in progress.
relationships.stock_location	object	The stock location associated to the inventory.
relationships.origin_address	object	The associated stock location address.
relationships.shipping_address	object	The customer shipping address. Can be updated only when fulfillment is in progress.
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.stock_line_items	array	The associated stock line items.
relationships.stock_transfers	array	The associated stock transfers.
relationships.line_items	array	The line items included in the shipment.
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.
relationships.events	array	The associated events.
relationships.tags	array	The associated tags.
relationships.versions	array	The associated changes.
meta.mode	string	The resource environment (can be one of test or live)