Custom Package Types

Using packages is a great way to streamline the shipping process.

Warning

Custom Prefix

When creating a custom package, you must prefix the package_code with custom_ or the request will be rejected with a HTTP 400, Bad Request status code.

Define a Package Type

Example Request

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

{
  "package_code": "custom_laptop_box",
  "name": "laptop_box",
  "dimensions": {
    "unit": "inch",
    "length": 15,
    "width": 20,
    "height": 5
  },
  "description": "Packaging for laptops."
}

curl -iX POST https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages \
-H 'API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  "package_code": "custom_laptop_box",
  "name": "laptop_box",
  "dimensions": {
    "unit": "inch",
    "length": 15,
    "width": 20,
    "height": 5
  },
  "description": "Packaging for laptops."
}'

$headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
$headers.Add("Host", "api.shipengine.com")
$headers.Add("API-Key", "__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__")
$headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

$body = "{`n  `"package_code`": `"custom_laptop_box`",`n  `"name`": `"laptop_box`",`n  `"dimensions`": {`n    `"unit`": `"inch`",`n    `"length`": 15,`n    `"width`": 20,`n    `"height`": 5`n  },`n  `"description`": `"Packaging for laptops.`"`n}"

$response = Invoke-RestMethod 'https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages' -Method 'POST' -Headers $headers -Body $body
$response | ConvertTo-Json

var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Host", "api.shipengine.com");
myHeaders.append("API-Key", "__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__");
myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");

var raw = JSON.stringify({"package_code":"custom_laptop_box","name":"laptop_box","dimensions":{"unit":"inch","length":15,"width":20,"height":5},"description":"Packaging for laptops."});

var requestOptions = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: myHeaders,
  body: raw,
  redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages", requestOptions)
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(error => console.log('error', error));

var request = require('request');
var options = {
  'method': 'POST',
  'url': 'https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages',
  'headers': {
    'Host': 'api.shipengine.com',
    'API-Key': '__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"package_code":"custom_laptop_box","name":"laptop_box","dimensions":{"unit":"inch","length":15,"width":20,"height":5},"description":"Packaging for laptops."})

};
request(options, function (error, response) { 
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  console.log(response.body);
});

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS =>"{\n  \"package_code\": \"custom_laptop_box\",\n  \"name\": \"laptop_box\",\n  \"dimensions\": {\n    \"unit\": \"inch\",\n    \"length\": 15,\n    \"width\": 20,\n    \"height\": 5\n  },\n  \"description\": \"Packaging for laptops.\"\n}",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    "Host: api.shipengine.com",
    "API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

import requests

url = "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages"

payload = "{\n  \"package_code\": \"custom_laptop_box\",\n  \"name\": \"laptop_box\",\n  \"dimensions\": {\n    \"unit\": \"inch\",\n    \"length\": 15,\n    \"width\": 20,\n    \"height\": 5\n  },\n  \"description\": \"Packaging for laptops.\"\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/packages")

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  \"package_code\": \"custom_laptop_box\",\n  \"name\": \"laptop_box\",\n  \"dimensions\": {\n    \"unit\": \"inch\",\n    \"length\": 15,\n    \"width\": 20,\n    \"height\": 5\n  },\n  \"description\": \"Packaging for laptops.\"\n}"

response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body

var client = new RestClient("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages");
client.Timeout = -1;
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Host", "api.shipengine.com");
request.AddHeader("API-Key", "__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"package_code\": \"custom_laptop_box\",\n  \"name\": \"laptop_box\",\n  \"dimensions\": {\n    \"unit\": \"inch\",\n    \"length\": 15,\n    \"width\": 20,\n    \"height\": 5\n  },\n  \"description\": \"Packaging for laptops.\"\n}",  ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n  \"package_code\": \"custom_laptop_box\",\n  \"name\": \"laptop_box\",\n  \"dimensions\": {\n    \"unit\": \"inch\",\n    \"length\": 15,\n    \"width\": 20,\n    \"height\": 5\n  },\n  \"description\": \"Packaging for laptops.\"\n}");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages")
  .method("POST", body)
  .addHeader("Host", "api.shipengine.com")
  .addHeader("API-Key", "__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__")
  .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "strings"
  "net/http"
  "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages"
  method := "POST"

  payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"package_code\": \"custom_laptop_box\",\n  \"name\": \"laptop_box\",\n  \"dimensions\": {\n    \"unit\": \"inch\",\n    \"length\": 15,\n    \"width\": 20,\n    \"height\": 5\n  },\n  \"description\": \"Packaging for laptops.\"\n}")

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
  }
  req.Header.Add("Host", "api.shipengine.com")
  req.Header.Add("API-Key", "__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__")
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

  res, err := client.Do(req)
  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(string(body))
}

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

dispatch_semaphore_t sema = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);

NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages"]
  cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
  timeoutInterval:10.0];
NSDictionary *headers = @{
  @"Host": @"api.shipengine.com",
  @"API-Key": @"__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__",
  @"Content-Type": @"application/json"
};

[request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];
NSData *postData = [[NSData alloc] initWithData:[@"{\n  \"package_code\": \"custom_laptop_box\",\n  \"name\": \"laptop_box\",\n  \"dimensions\": {\n    \"unit\": \"inch\",\n    \"length\": 15,\n    \"width\": 20,\n    \"height\": 5\n  },\n  \"description\": \"Packaging for laptops.\"\n}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[request setHTTPBody:postData];

[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];

NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *dataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
  if (error) {
    NSLog(@"%@", error);
  } else {
    NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
    NSError *parseError = nil;
    NSDictionary *responseDictionary = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:&parseError];
    NSLog(@"%@",responseDictionary);
    dispatch_semaphore_signal(sema);
  }
}];
[dataTask resume];
dispatch_semaphore_wait(sema, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);

import Foundation

var semaphore = DispatchSemaphore (value: 0)

let parameters = "{\n  \"package_code\": \"custom_laptop_box\",\n  \"name\": \"laptop_box\",\n  \"dimensions\": {\n    \"unit\": \"inch\",\n    \"length\": 15,\n    \"width\": 20,\n    \"height\": 5\n  },\n  \"description\": \"Packaging for laptops.\"\n}"
let postData = parameters.data(using: .utf8)

var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.addValue("api.shipengine.com", forHTTPHeaderField: "Host")
request.addValue("__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__", forHTTPHeaderField: "API-Key")
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")

request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.httpBody = postData

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in 
  guard let data = data else {
    print(String(describing: error))
    return
  }
  print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
  semaphore.signal()
}

task.resume()
semaphore.wait()

Example Response

{
  "package_id": "se-100896",
  "package_code": "custom_laptop_box",
  "name": "laptop_box",
  "dimensions": {
    "unit": "inch",
    "length": 15.0,
    "width": 20.0,
    "height": 5.0
  },
  "description": "Packaging for laptops."
}

{
  "package_id": "se-100896",
  "package_code": "custom_laptop_box",
  "name": "laptop_box",
  "dimensions": {
    "unit": "inch",
    "length": 15.0,
    "width": 20.0,
    "height": 5.0
  },
  "description": "Packaging for laptops."
}

List Your Package Types

GET /v1/packages

GET /v1/packages HTTP/1.1
Host: api.shipengine.com
API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__

curl -iX GET https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages \
-H 'API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__' \

$headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
$headers.Add("Host", "api.shipengine.com")
$headers.Add("API-Key", "__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__")

$response = Invoke-RestMethod 'https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages' -Method 'GET' -Headers $headers -Body $body
$response | ConvertTo-Json

var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Host", "api.shipengine.com");
myHeaders.append("API-Key", "__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__");

var requestOptions = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: myHeaders,
  redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages", requestOptions)
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(error => console.log('error', error));

var request = require('request');
var options = {
  'method': 'GET',
  'url': 'https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages',
  'headers': {
    'Host': 'api.shipengine.com',
    'API-Key': '__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__'
  }
};
request(options, function (error, response) { 
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  console.log(response.body);
});

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    "Host: api.shipengine.com",
    "API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__"
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

import requests

url = "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages"

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/packages")

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/packages");
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);

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages")
  .method("GET", null)
  .addHeader("Host", "api.shipengine.com")
  .addHeader("API-Key", "__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__")
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages"
  method := "GET"

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
  }
  req.Header.Add("Host", "api.shipengine.com")
  req.Header.Add("API-Key", "__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__")

  res, err := client.Do(req)
  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(string(body))
}

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

dispatch_semaphore_t sema = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);

NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages"]
  cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
  timeoutInterval:10.0];
NSDictionary *headers = @{
  @"Host": @"api.shipengine.com",
  @"API-Key": @"__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__"
};

[request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];

[request setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];

NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *dataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
  if (error) {
    NSLog(@"%@", error);
  } else {
    NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
    NSError *parseError = nil;
    NSDictionary *responseDictionary = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:&parseError];
    NSLog(@"%@",responseDictionary);
    dispatch_semaphore_signal(sema);
  }
}];
[dataTask resume];
dispatch_semaphore_wait(sema, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);

import Foundation

var semaphore = DispatchSemaphore (value: 0)

var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.addValue("api.shipengine.com", forHTTPHeaderField: "Host")
request.addValue("__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__", forHTTPHeaderField: "API-Key")

request.httpMethod = "GET"

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in 
  guard let data = data else {
    print(String(describing: error))
    return
  }
  print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
  semaphore.signal()
}

task.resume()
semaphore.wait()

{
  "packages": [
    {
      "package_id": "se-102873",
      "package_code": "custom_laptop_box",
      "name": "Custom Laptop Box",
      "dimensions": {
        "unit": "inch",
        "length": 15.00,
        "width": 20.00,
        "height": 5.00
      },
      "description": ""
    }
  ]
}

{
  "packages": [
    {
      "package_id": "se-102873",
      "package_code": "custom_laptop_box",
      "name": "Custom Laptop Box",
      "dimensions": {
        "unit": "inch",
        "length": 15.00,
        "width": 20.00,
        "height": 5.00
      },
      "description": ""
    }
  ]
}

Delete a Package Type

DELETE /v1/packages/:package_id

Deleting a package will not disassociate it from any shipments. It will merely stop being available for use with future shipments, and it will stop showing up when listing packages.

DELETE /v1/packages HTTP/1.1
Host: api.shipengine.com
API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__

curl -iX DELETE https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages \
-H 'API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__' \

$headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
$headers.Add("Host", "api.shipengine.com")
$headers.Add("API-Key", "__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__")

$response = Invoke-RestMethod 'https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages' -Method 'DELETE' -Headers $headers -Body $body
$response | ConvertTo-Json

var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Host", "api.shipengine.com");
myHeaders.append("API-Key", "__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__");

var requestOptions = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: myHeaders,
  redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages", requestOptions)
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(error => console.log('error', error));

var request = require('request');
var options = {
  'method': 'DELETE',
  'url': 'https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages',
  'headers': {
    'Host': 'api.shipengine.com',
    'API-Key': '__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__'
  }
};
request(options, function (error, response) { 
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  console.log(response.body);
});

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    "Host: api.shipengine.com",
    "API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__"
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

import requests

url = "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages"

payload = {}
headers = {
  'Host': 'api.shipengine.com',
  'API-Key': '__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__'
}

response = requests.request("DELETE", url, headers=headers, data = payload)

print(response.text.encode('utf8'))

require "uri"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages")

https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
https.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.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/packages");
client.Timeout = -1;
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Host", "api.shipengine.com");
request.AddHeader("API-Key", "__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("text/plain");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages")
  .method("DELETE", body)
  .addHeader("Host", "api.shipengine.com")
  .addHeader("API-Key", "__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__")
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages"
  method := "DELETE"

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
  }
  req.Header.Add("Host", "api.shipengine.com")
  req.Header.Add("API-Key", "__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__")

  res, err := client.Do(req)
  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(string(body))
}

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

dispatch_semaphore_t sema = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);

NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages"]
  cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
  timeoutInterval:10.0];
NSDictionary *headers = @{
  @"Host": @"api.shipengine.com",
  @"API-Key": @"__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__"
};

[request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];

[request setHTTPMethod:@"DELETE"];

NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *dataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
  if (error) {
    NSLog(@"%@", error);
  } else {
    NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
    NSError *parseError = nil;
    NSDictionary *responseDictionary = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:&parseError];
    NSLog(@"%@",responseDictionary);
    dispatch_semaphore_signal(sema);
  }
}];
[dataTask resume];
dispatch_semaphore_wait(sema, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);

import Foundation

var semaphore = DispatchSemaphore (value: 0)

var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/packages")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.addValue("api.shipengine.com", forHTTPHeaderField: "Host")
request.addValue("__YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__", forHTTPHeaderField: "API-Key")

request.httpMethod = "DELETE"

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in 
  guard let data = data else {
    print(String(describing: error))
    return
  }
  print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
  semaphore.signal()
}

task.resume()
semaphore.wait()

If successful, responds with HTTP Status 204, No Content.