APC Overnight Guide

APC Overnight offers domestic and international shipping solutions, and for shipments within the United Kingdom and Channel Islands (Guernsey and Jersey), ShipEngine supports the carrier's timed delivery services. If you are a UK-based merchant who ships secure, fragile, and liquid items, APC Overnight specialises in these delivery services. Contact APC Overnight today to set up an account!

This guide provides developers an overview of shipping services that APC offers and the service codes that you will use to create APC Overnight shipments.

Connect Your Account

ShipEngine API allows you to connect your APC accounts programmatically without logging in to the ShipEngine API dashboard. This is useful if you have wrapped a custom UI around the ShipEngine API toolset and want to add or disconnect existing carrier accounts without exposing your end users to the API dashboard.

These APIs can be used in parallel with the ShipEngine Partner APIs to programmatically create new ShipEngine users, and then connect existing APC accounts all via the API without logging into a dashboard. Together these APIs empower you to completely white-label the ShipEngine experience for your end users.

Continue below for instructions on how to programatically connect APC using the ShipEngine API. For instructions on connecting APC via the ShipEngine dashboard, go to our APC help article.

APC Account Information Model

Example Request

POST /v1/connections/carriers/apc

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POST /v1/connections/carriers/apc_overnight HTTP/1.1
Host: api.shipengine.com
API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "nickname": "my apc account",
  "username": "usernameapc",
  "password": "pa55word"
}

Example Response

Your account will now appear in your carriers list with an assigned carrier_id that you will specify when creating APC shipments.

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{
  "carrier-id": "se-1234567"
}

APC Service Details

APC offers both domestic and international services.

APC Overnight Domestic Services

APC Overnight International Services

Packages

Return Services

Return services are supported for this carrier.

Review the Return Shipping Labels page for details on creating return labels with ShipEngine.

Shipping to Northern Ireland

APC Overnight requires additional details for B2C and B2B movement types when shipping from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, in accordance with the Windsor Framework.

For B2C Shipments to Northern Ireland, APC Overnight requires you to provide data in the following fields:

For B2B shipments to Northern Ireland:

These date points will be required starting the 30th September 2024. If the required data is not provided, the label will not be generated.

Adding Shipment Insurance

Adding shipment insurance is not supported for this carrier.

Additional Carrier Details

You are now ready to create shipments using APC via ShipEngine!