Shippo JavaScript SDK

Shippo is a shipping API that connects you with multiple shipping carriers (such as USPS, UPS, DHL, Canada Post, Australia Post, and many others) through one interface.

You must register for a Shippo account to use our API. It's free to sign up. Only pay to print a live label, test labels are free.

To use the API, you must generate an API Token. In the following examples, replace <YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> with your own token.

For example.

api_key_header="shippo_test_595d9cb0c0e14497bf07e75ecfec6c6d"

Summary

Shippo external API.: Use this API to integrate with the Shippo service

Table of Contents

• SDK Installation
• Requirements
• SDK Example Usage
• Available Resources and Operations
• Standalone functions
• Retries
• Error Handling
• Server Selection
• Custom HTTP Client
• Authentication
• Debugging

SDK Installation

The SDK can be installed with either npm, pnpm, bun or yarn package managers.

NPM

npm add shippo

PNPM

pnpm add shippo

Bun

bun add shippo

Yarn

yarn add shippo zod

# Note that Yarn does not install peer dependencies automatically. You will need
# to install zod as shown above.

Requirements

For supported JavaScript runtimes, please consult RUNTIMES.md.

SDK Example Usage

Example

import { Shippo } from "shippo";

const shippo = new Shippo({
    apiKeyHeader: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    // the API version can be globally set, though this is normally not required
    // shippoApiVersion: "<YYYY-MM-DD>",
});

async function run() {
    const result = await shippo.addresses.list();

    // Handle the result
    console.log(result);
}

run();

Standalone functions

All the methods listed above are available as standalone functions. These functions are ideal for use in applications running in the browser, serverless runtimes or other environments where application bundle size is a primary concern. When using a bundler to build your application, all unused functionality will be either excluded from the final bundle or tree-shaken away.

To read more about standalone functions, check FUNCTIONS.md.

Available standalone functions

• addressesCreate
• addressesGet
• addressesList
• addressesValidate
• batchesAddShipments
• batchesCreate
• batchesGet
• batchesPurchase
• batchesRemoveShipments
• carrierAccountsCreate
• carrierAccountsGetRegistrationStatus
• carrierAccountsGet
• carrierAccountsInitiateOauth2Signin
• carrierAccountsList
• carrierAccountsRegister
• carrierAccountsUpdate
• carrierParcelTemplatesGet
• carrierParcelTemplatesList
• customsDeclarationsCreate
• customsDeclarationsGet
• customsDeclarationsList
• customsItemsCreate
• customsItemsGet
• customsItemsList
• manifestsCreate
• manifestsGet
• manifestsList
• ordersCreate
• ordersGet
• ordersList
• parcelsCreate
• parcelsGet
• parcelsList
• pickupsCreate
• ratesAtCheckoutCreate
• ratesAtCheckoutDeleteDefaultParcelTemplate
• ratesAtCheckoutGetDefaultParcelTemplate
• ratesAtCheckoutUpdateDefaultParcelTemplate
• ratesGet
• ratesListShipmentRatesByCurrencyCode
• ratesListShipmentRates
• refundsCreate
• refundsGet
• refundsList
• serviceGroupsCreate
• serviceGroupsDelete
• serviceGroupsList
• serviceGroupsUpdate
• shipmentsCreate
• shipmentsGet
• shipmentsList
• shippoAccountsCreate
• shippoAccountsGet
• shippoAccountsList
• shippoAccountsUpdate
• trackingStatusCreate
• trackingStatusGet
• transactionsCreate
• transactionsGet
• transactionsList
• userParcelTemplatesCreate
• userParcelTemplatesDelete
• userParcelTemplatesGet
• userParcelTemplatesList
• userParcelTemplatesUpdate
• webhooksCreateWebhook
• webhooksDeleteWebhook
• webhooksGetWebhook
• webhooksListWebhooks
• webhooksUpdateWebhook

Retries

Some of the endpoints in this SDK support retries. If you use the SDK without any configuration, it will fall back to the default retry strategy provided by the API. However, the default retry strategy can be overridden on a per-operation basis, or across the entire SDK.

To change the default retry strategy for a single API call, simply provide a retryConfig object to the call:

import { Shippo } from "shippo";

const shippo = new Shippo({
  apiKeyHeader: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
  shippoApiVersion: "2018-02-08",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await shippo.addresses.list({
    retries: {
      strategy: "backoff",
      backoff: {
        initialInterval: 1,
        maxInterval: 50,
        exponent: 1.1,
        maxElapsedTime: 100,
      },
      retryConnectionErrors: false,
    },
  });

  // Handle the result
  console.log(result);
}

run();

If you'd like to override the default retry strategy for all operations that support retries, you can provide a retryConfig at SDK initialization:

import { Shippo } from "shippo";

const shippo = new Shippo({
  retryConfig: {
    strategy: "backoff",
    backoff: {
      initialInterval: 1,
      maxInterval: 50,
      exponent: 1.1,
      maxElapsedTime: 100,
    },
    retryConnectionErrors: false,
  },
  apiKeyHeader: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
  shippoApiVersion: "2018-02-08",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await shippo.addresses.list();

  // Handle the result
  console.log(result);
}

run();

Custom HTTP Client

The TypeScript SDK makes API calls using an HTTPClient that wraps the native Fetch API. This client is a thin wrapper around fetch and provides the ability to attach hooks around the request lifecycle that can be used to modify the request or handle errors and response.

The HTTPClient constructor takes an optional fetcher argument that can be used to integrate a third-party HTTP client or when writing tests to mock out the HTTP client and feed in fixtures.

The following example shows how to use the "beforeRequest" hook to to add a custom header and a timeout to requests and how to use the "requestError" hook to log errors:

import { Shippo } from "shippo";
import { HTTPClient } from "shippo/lib/http";

const httpClient = new HTTPClient({
  // fetcher takes a function that has the same signature as native `fetch`.
  fetcher: (request) => {
    return fetch(request);
  }
});

httpClient.addHook("beforeRequest", (request) => {
  const nextRequest = new Request(request, {
    signal: request.signal || AbortSignal.timeout(5000)
  });

  nextRequest.headers.set("x-custom-header", "custom value");

  return nextRequest;
});

httpClient.addHook("requestError", (error, request) => {
  console.group("Request Error");
  console.log("Reason:", `${error}`);
  console.log("Endpoint:", `${request.method} ${request.url}`);
  console.groupEnd();
});

const sdk = new Shippo({ httpClient });

Debugging

You can setup your SDK to emit debug logs for SDK requests and responses.

You can pass a logger that matches console's interface as an SDK option.

Warning

Beware that debug logging will reveal secrets, like API tokens in headers, in log messages printed to a console or files. It's recommended to use this feature only during local development and not in production.

import { Shippo } from "shippo";

const sdk = new Shippo({ debugLogger: console });

Documentation

Review our full guides and references at https://docs.goshippo.com/.

Available Resources and Operations

Available methods

addresses

• list - List all addresses
• create - Create a new address
• get - Retrieve an address
• validate - Validate an address

batches

• create - Create a batch
• get - Retrieve a batch
• addShipments - Add shipments to a batch
• purchase - Purchase a batch
• removeShipments - Remove shipments from a batch

carrierAccounts

• list - List all carrier accounts
• create - Create a new carrier account
• get - Retrieve a carrier account
• update - Update a carrier account
• initiateOauth2Signin - Connect an existing carrier account using OAuth 2.0
• register - Add a Shippo carrier account
• getRegistrationStatus - Get Carrier Registration status

carrierParcelTemplates

• list - List all carrier parcel templates
• get - Retrieve a carrier parcel templates

customsDeclarations

• list - List all customs declarations
• create - Create a new customs declaration
• get - Retrieve a customs declaration

customsItems

• list - List all customs items
• create - Create a new customs item
• get - Retrieve a customs item

manifests

• list - List all manifests
• create - Create a new manifest
• get - Retrieve a manifest

orders

• list - List all orders
• create - Create a new order
• get - Retrieve an order

parcels

• list - List all parcels
• create - Create a new parcel
• get - Retrieve an existing parcel

pickups

• create - Create a pickup

rates

• get - Retrieve a rate
• listShipmentRates - Retrieve shipment rates
• listShipmentRatesByCurrencyCode - Retrieve shipment rates in currency

ratesAtCheckout

• create - Generate a live rates request
• getDefaultParcelTemplate - Show current default parcel template
• updateDefaultParcelTemplate - Update default parcel template
• deleteDefaultParcelTemplate - Clear current default parcel template

refunds

• create - Create a refund
• list - List all refunds
• get - Retrieve a refund

serviceGroups

• list - List all service groups
• create - Create a new service group
• update - Update an existing service group
• delete - Delete a service group

shipments

• list - List all shipments
• create - Create a new shipment
• get - Retrieve a shipment

shippoAccounts

• list - List all Shippo Accounts
• create - Create a Shippo Account
• get - Retrieve a Shippo Account
• update - Update a Shippo Account

trackingStatus

• create - Register a tracking webhook
• get - Get a tracking status

transactions

• list - List all shipping labels
• create - Create a shipping label
• get - Retrieve a shipping label

userParcelTemplates

• list - List all user parcel templates
• create - Create a new user parcel template
• delete - Delete a user parcel template
• get - Retrieves a user parcel template
• update - Update an existing user parcel template

webhooks

• createWebhook - Create a new webhook
• listWebhooks - List all webhooks
• getWebhook - Retrieve a specific webhook
• updateWebhook - Update an existing webhook
• deleteWebhook - Delete a specific webhook

Development

Maturity

This SDK is in beta, and there may be breaking changes between versions without a major version update. Therefore, we recommend pinning usage to a specific package version. This way, you can install the same version each time without breaking changes unless you are intentionally looking for the latest version.

Contributions

While we value open-source contributions to this SDK, this library is generated programmatically. Feel free to open a PR or a Github issue as a proof of concept and we'll do our best to include it in a future release!

About Shippo

Connect with multiple different carriers, get discounted shipping labels, track parcels, and much more with just one integration. You can use your own carrier accounts or take advantage of our discounted rates with the Shippo carrier accounts. Using Shippo makes it easy to deal with multiple carrier integrations, rate shopping, tracking and other parts of the shipping workflow. We provide the API and web app for all your shipping needs.