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1   General

1.1   Introduction

Below is a description of the interface that the Shiptrack.com service offers. All queries are made via HTTPS. The HTTP headers listed in the table below must be set with the values listed. The caller is authenticated at the interface using a previously defined username and password using the HTTP Basic Authentication Method (refer to RFC2617).

HTTP-Header

Value

Content-Type

application/json

1.3   Error handling

To ensure that the caller receives a meaningful error message when an error occurs in the interface, the interface sends a response with an HTTP status code that represents the error. In addition, a message is returned that contains detailed information about the error. For example, for the error that a customer is specified as parameter that does not exist, the HTTP status code 404 is returned. The corresponding detail error message looks like this:

Code Block
languagejson
{
    "error": {
        "code": "406",
        "message": "Not all required values are available!"
    }
}

Below is a table with all known Shiptrack.com specific error codes for this interface:

HTTP-Status

Description

401

Authentication error.

403

Interface usage was not purchased.

404

No eta found for provided information.

406

Mandatory values missing.

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2   Request

via POST

2.1   Endpoint path structure

To request an arrival time, the endpoint URL must have the following structure:

Info

https://service.shiptrack.com/clients/<Client-Id>/arrivaltimes

2.2   Request body

Field name

Data type

Description

Required

CarrierName

String

Carrier abbreviation

X

SenderZip

String

Sender postal code

SenderIsoA2

String

Two-digit sender country code (ISO3166)

X

RecipientZip

String

Recipient postal code

RecipientIsoA2

String

Two-digit recipient country code (ISO3166)

X

ServiceType

String

Service type of the carrier

QualityType

String

Accuracy specification

X

UseAdvancedSearch

String

Search in all quality types

2.3   Examples

2.3.1   GET

Info

<https://service.shiptrack.com/clients/<Client-Id>/arrivaltimes?CarrierName=CHP&SenderZip=8200&SenderIsoA2=CH&RecipientZip=9493&RecipientIsoA2=CH&UseAdvancedSearch=true>

2.3.2   POST

Info

https://service.shiptrack.com/clients/<Client-Id>/arrivaltimes

Code Block
languagejson
{
  "CarrierName": "UPS",
  "SenderZip": "44565",
  "SenderIsoA2": "DE",
  "RecipientZip": "00049",
  "RecipientIsoA2": "IT",
  "ServiceType": null,
  "QualityType": "ZipToZip",
  "UseAdvancedSearch": "True"
}

3   Response

If the call was successful, the following will be returned:

Field name

Data type

Description

CarrierName

String

Carrier short name (see 4 Carrier Abbreviation)

SenderZip

String

Sender postal code

SenderIsoA2

String

Two-digit sender country code (ISO3166)

RecipientZip

String

Recipient postal code

RecipientIsoA2

String

Two-digit recipient country code (ISO3166)

ServiceType

String

Service type of the carrier

QualityType

String

Accuracy specification

UseAdvancedSearch

String

Search in all quality types

MedEtaInHours

String

Running time in hours (median)

MedEtaTime

String

Delivery time (median)

3.1   Possible quality types

Key

Description

ZipToZipWithService

Search by CarrierName, SenderIsoA2, SenderZip, RecipientIsoA2, RecipientZip, ServiceType

ZipToZip

Search by CarrierName, SenderIsoA2, SenderZip, RecipientIsoA2, RecipientZip

CountryToZip

Search by CarrierName, SenderIsoA2, RecipientIsoA2, RecipientZip

ZipToCountry

Search by CarrierName, SenderIsoA2, SenderZip, RecipientIsoA2

CountryToCountry

Search by CarrierName, SenderIsoA2, RecipientIsoA2

Code Block
languagejson
{
    "@odata.context": "https://service.shiptrack.com/clients/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/$metadata#arrivaltimes/$entity",
    "Id": "ed0c88b5-8d5d-489c-b341-79eee0c388f1",
    "SenderZip": "44565",
    "SenderIsoA2": "DE",
    "RecipientZip": "00049",
    "RecipientIsoA2": "IT",
    "ServiceType": null,
    "CarrierName": "UPS",
    "QualityType": "ZipToZip",
    "ServiceType": null,
    "UseAdvancedSearch": True
    "MedEtaInHours": "55",
    "MedEtaTime": "09:42:00"
}

4   Carrier abbreviation

All currently known carrier abbreviations are listed below.

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