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Curl
HTTP
Python
Ruby
C#

curl -iX POST https://api.shipengine.com/v1/labels \
-H 'API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  "shipment": {
    "service_code": "usps_priority_mail",
    "ship_to": {
      "name": "Amanda Miller",
      "phone": "555-555-5555",
      "address_line1": "525 S Winchester Blvd",
      "city_locality": "San Jose",
      "state_province": "CA",
      "postal_code": "95128",
      "country_code": "US",
      "address_residential_indicator": "yes"
    },
    "ship_from": {
      "name": "John Doe",
      "phone": "111-111-1111",
      "company_name": "Example Corp.",
      "address_line1": "4009 Marathon Blvd",
      "address_line2": "Suite 300",
      "city_locality": "Austin",
      "state_province": "TX",
      "postal_code": "78756",
      "country_code": "US",
      "address_residential_indicator": "no"
    },
    "packages": [
      {
        "weight": {
          "value": 20,
          "unit": "ounce"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}'

POST /v1/labels HTTP/1.1
Host: api.shipengine.com
API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "shipment": {
    "service_code": "usps_priority_mail",
    "ship_to": {
      "name": "Amanda Miller",
      "phone": "555-555-5555",
      "address_line1": "525 S Winchester Blvd",
      "city_locality": "San Jose",
      "state_province": "CA",
      "postal_code": "95128",
      "country_code": "US",
      "address_residential_indicator": "yes"
    },
    "ship_from": {
      "name": "John Doe",
      "phone": "111-111-1111",
      "company_name": "Example Corp.",
      "address_line1": "4009 Marathon Blvd",
      "address_line2": "Suite 300",
      "city_locality": "Austin",
      "state_province": "TX",
      "postal_code": "78756",
      "country_code": "US",
      "address_residential_indicator": "no"
    },
    "packages": [
      {
        "weight": {
          "value": 20,
          "unit": "ounce"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

}

import requests url = “https://api.shipengine.com/v1/labels” payload = “{\n \”shipment\”: {\n \”service_code\”: \”usps_priority_mail\”,\n \”ship_to\”: {\n \”name\”: \”Amanda Miller\”,\n \”phone\”: \”555-555-5555\”,\n \”address_line1\”: \”525 S Winchester Blvd\”,\n \”city_locality\”: \”San Jose\”,\n \”state_province\”: \”CA\”,\n \”postal_code\”: \”95128\”,\n \”country_code\”: \”US\”,\n \”address_residential_indicator\”: \”yes\”\n },\n \”ship_from\”: {\n \”name\”: \”John Doe\”,\n \”phone\”: \”111-111-1111\”,\n \”company_name\”: \”Example Corp.\”,\n \”address_line1\”: \”4009 Marathon Blvd\”,\n \”address_line2\”: \”Suite 300\”,\n \”city_locality\”: \”Austin\”,\n \”state_province\”: \”TX\”,\n \”postal_code\”: \”78756\”,\n \”country_code\”: \”US\”,\n \”address_residential_indicator\”: \”no\”\n },\n \”packages\”: [\n {\n \”weight\”: {\n \”value\”: 20,\n \”unit\”: \”ounce\”\n }\n }\n ]\n }\n}” headers = { ‘Host’: ‘api.shipengine.com’, ‘API-Key’: ‘__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__’, ‘Content-Type’: ‘application/json’ } response = requests.request(“POST”, url, headers=headers, data = payload) print(response.text.encode(‘utf8’))

require “uri” require “net/http” url = URI(“https://api.shipengine.com/v1/labels”) https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port); https.use_ssl = true request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request[“Host”] = “api.shipengine.com” request[“API-Key”] = “__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__” request[“Content-Type”] = “application/json” request.body = “{\n \”shipment\”: {\n \”service_code\”: \”usps_priority_mail\”,\n \”ship_to\”: {\n \”name\”: \”Amanda Miller\”,\n \”phone\”: \”555-555-5555\”,\n \”address_line1\”: \”525 S Winchester Blvd\”,\n \”city_locality\”: \”San Jose\”,\n \”state_province\”: \”CA\”,\n \”postal_code\”: \”95128\”,\n \”country_code\”: \”US\”,\n \”address_residential_indicator\”: \”yes\”\n },\n \”ship_from\”: {\n \”name\”: \”John Doe\”,\n \”phone\”: \”111-111-1111\”,\n \”company_name\”: \”Example Corp.\”,\n \”address_line1\”: \”4009 Marathon Blvd\”,\n \”address_line2\”: \”Suite 300\”,\n \”city_locality\”: \”Austin\”,\n \”state_province\”: \”TX\”,\n \”postal_code\”: \”78756\”,\n \”country_code\”: \”US\”,\n \”address_residential_indicator\”: \”no\”\n },\n \”packages\”: [\n {\n \”weight\”: {\n \”value\”: 20,\n \”unit\”: \”ounce\”\n }\n }\n ]\n }\n}” response = https.request(request) puts response.read_body

Curl
HTTP
Python
Ruby
C#

curl -iX POST https://api.shipengine.com/v1/rates \
-H 'API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  "rate_options": {
    "carrier_ids": [
      "se-123890"
    ]
  },
  "shipment": {
    "validate_address": "no_validation",
    "ship_to": {
      "name": "Amanda Miller",
      "phone": "555-555-5555",
      "address_line1": "525 S Winchester Blvd",
      "city_locality": "San Jose",
      "state_province": "CA",
      "postal_code": "95128",
      "country_code": "US",
      "address_residential_indicator": "yes"
    },
    "ship_from": {
      "company_name": "Example Corp.",
      "name": "John Doe",
      "phone": "111-111-1111",
      "address_line1": "4009 Marathon Blvd",
      "address_line2": "Suite 300",
      "city_locality": "Austin",
      "state_province": "TX",
      "postal_code": "78756",
      "country_code": "US",
      "address_residential_indicator": "no"
    },
    "packages": [
      {
        "weight": {
          "value": 1.0,
          "unit": "ounce"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}'

POST /v1/rates HTTP/1.1
Host: api.shipengine.com
API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "rate_options": {
    "carrier_ids": [
      "se-123890"
    ]
  },
  "shipment": {
    "validate_address": "no_validation",
    "ship_to": {
      "name": "Amanda Miller",
      "phone": "555-555-5555",
      "address_line1": "525 S Winchester Blvd",
      "city_locality": "San Jose",
      "state_province": "CA",
      "postal_code": "95128",
      "country_code": "US",
      "address_residential_indicator": "yes"
    },
    "ship_from": {
      "company_name": "Example Corp.",
      "name": "John Doe",
      "phone": "111-111-1111",
      "address_line1": "4009 Marathon Blvd",
      "address_line2": "Suite 300",
      "city_locality": "Austin",
      "state_province": "TX",
      "postal_code": "78756",
      "country_code": "US",
      "address_residential_indicator": "no"
    },
    "packages": [
      {
        "weight": {
          "value": 1.0,
          "unit": "ounce"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

import requests url = “https://api.shipengine.com/v1/rates” payload = “{\n \”rate_options\”: {\n \”carrier_ids\”: [\n \”se-123890\”\n ]\n },\n \”shipment\”: {\n \”validate_address\”: \”no_validation\”,\n \”ship_to\”: {\n \”name\”: \”Amanda Miller\”,\n \”phone\”: \”555-555-5555\”,\n \”address_line1\”: \”525 S Winchester Blvd\”,\n \”city_locality\”: \”San Jose\”,\n \”state_province\”: \”CA\”,\n \”postal_code\”: \”95128\”,\n \”country_code\”: \”US\”,\n \”address_residential_indicator\”: \”yes\”\n },\n \”ship_from\”: {\n \”company_name\”: \”Example Corp.\”,\n \”name\”: \”John Doe\”,\n \”phone\”: \”111-111-1111\”,\n \”address_line1\”: \”4009 Marathon Blvd\”,\n \”address_line2\”: \”Suite 300\”,\n \”city_locality\”: \”Austin\”,\n \”state_province\”: \”TX\”,\n \”postal_code\”: \”78756\”,\n \”country_code\”: \”US\”,\n \”address_residential_indicator\”: \”no\”\n },\n \”packages\”: [\n {\n \”weight\”: {\n \”value\”: 1.0,\n \”unit\”: \”ounce\”\n }\n }\n ]\n }\n}” headers = { ‘Host’: ‘api.shipengine.com’, ‘API-Key’: ‘__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__’, ‘Content-Type’: ‘application/json’ } response = requests.request(“POST”, url, headers=headers, data = payload) print(response.text.encode(‘utf8’))

require “uri” require “net/http” url = URI(“https://api.shipengine.com/v1/rates”) https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port); https.use_ssl = true request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request[“Host”] = “api.shipengine.com” request[“API-Key”] = “__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__” request[“Content-Type”] = “application/json” request.body = “{\n \”rate_options\”: {\n \”carrier_ids\”: [\n \”se-123890\”\n ]\n },\n \”shipment\”: {\n \”validate_address\”: \”no_validation\”,\n \”ship_to\”: {\n \”name\”: \”Amanda Miller\”,\n \”phone\”: \”555-555-5555\”,\n \”address_line1\”: \”525 S Winchester Blvd\”,\n \”city_locality\”: \”San Jose\”,\n \”state_province\”: \”CA\”,\n \”postal_code\”: \”95128\”,\n \”country_code\”: \”US\”,\n \”address_residential_indicator\”: \”yes\”\n },\n \”ship_from\”: {\n \”company_name\”: \”Example Corp.\”,\n \”name\”: \”John Doe\”,\n \”phone\”: \”111-111-1111\”,\n \”address_line1\”: \”4009 Marathon Blvd\”,\n \”address_line2\”: \”Suite 300\”,\n \”city_locality\”: \”Austin\”,\n \”state_province\”: \”TX\”,\n \”postal_code\”: \”78756\”,\n \”country_code\”: \”US\”,\n \”address_residential_indicator\”: \”no\”\n },\n \”packages\”: [\n {\n \”weight\”: {\n \”value\”: 1.0,\n \”unit\”: \”ounce\”\n }\n }\n ]\n }\n}” response = https.request(request) puts response.read_body

Curl
HTTP
Python
Ruby
C#

curl -iX GET 'https://api.shipengine.com/v1/tracking?carrier_code=stamps_com&tracking_number=9405511899223197428490' \
-H 'API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__' \

GET /v1/tracking?carrier_code=stamps_com&tracking_number=9405511899223197428490 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.shipengine.com
API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__

import requests url = “https://api.shipengine.com/v1/tracking?carrier_code=stamps_com&tracking_number=9405511899223197428490” payload = {} headers = { ‘Host’: ‘api.shipengine.com’, ‘API-Key’: ‘__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__’ } response = requests.request(“GET”, url, headers=headers, data = payload) print(response.text.encode(‘utf8’))

require “uri” require “net/http” url = URI(“https://api.shipengine.com/v1/tracking?carrier_code=stamps_com&tracking_number=9405511899223197428490”) https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port); https.use_ssl = true request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url) request[“Host”] = “api.shipengine.com” request[“API-Key”] = “__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__” response = https.request(request) puts response.read_body

var client = new RestClient(“https://api.shipengine.com/v1/tracking?carrier_code=stamps_com&tracking_number=9405511899223197428490”); client.Timeout = -1; var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET); request.AddHeader(“Host”, “api.shipengine.com”); request.AddHeader(“API-Key”, “__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__”); IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request); Console.WriteLine(response.Content);

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