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:

{
    "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.

Inhalt:

1 1 General
- 1.1 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 1.3 Error handling
2 2 Request
- 2.1 2.1 Endpoint path structure
- 2.2 2.2 Request body
- 2.3 2.3 Examples
  - 2.3.1 2.3.1 GET
  - 2.3.2 2.3.2 POST
3 3 Response
- 3.1 3.1 Possible quality types
4 4 Carrier abbreviation

2 Request

2.1 Endpoint path structure

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

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

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

2.3.2 POST

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

{
  "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

{
    "@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.

Interfaces

REST API - Arrival Times