Rates

Fetching Shipping Rates

To fetch shipping rates, POST an array of items and their destination address to the rates endpoint. An array of rate objects will be returned in the response.

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Test Mode & Rate Failure

The response will be an array of rates for the given shipment except in the following conditions:

If the App is in test mode and the word "Bambri" is not found in the destination name field
If no rates are found and rate failure is enabled

If either of the above conditions are met, the response will include an error message instead of an array of rate objects. See Test Mode and Rate Failure for more info.

Response Time

Note that the response time for rates is inherently linked to the response times of the various carrier and integration APIs we utilize (i.e. UPS, FedEx, USPS). While a rate call that processes only Flat Rate Methods will respond in milliseconds, a call that processes one or more carrier rates could take upwards of one second to respond.

Content Type

JSON is used for all requests and responses. The Content-Type header for each call must be set to "application/json"

Examples

Sample Request

curl -i https://api.advancedshippingrules.com/rates \
  -X POST \
  -u APP_ID:API_KEY \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
        "destination":
        {
          "country": "US",
          "postal_code": "11211",
          "province": "NY",
          "city": "Brooklyn",
          "name": "Bambri Testmode",
          "address1": "123 Main St",
          "address2": null,
          "phone": "1234567890",
          "company_name": null
        },
        "items":
        [
          {
            "variant_id": 1234567890,
            "fulfillment_service": "manual",
            "quantity": 1,
            "grams": 1000,
            "price": 2000,
            "name": "Product 1",
            "sku": "P1-012",
            "vendor": "TestVendor"
          },
          {
            "variant_id": 2345678901,
            "fulfillment_service": "heavy-furniture",
            "quantity": 1,
            "grams": 77110,
            "price": 274900,
            "name": "Product 2",
            "sku": "P2-034",
            "vendor": "VendorName"
          }
        ]
      }'

Sample Response

[
  {
    "service_name":"UPS Ground",
    "service_code":"ups-ground",
    "total_price":1243,
    "currency":"USD"
  },
  {
    "service_name":"FedEx 2Day",
    "service_code":"FEDEX_2_DAY",
    "total_price":3789,
    "currency":"USD"
  }
]

POST /rates

Definition

POST https://api.advancedshippingrules.com/rates

Request Parameters

Field	Description	Type
destination	An object containing the destination address details	Object
items	An array of items to ship	Array

Request: Destination Parameters

Destination must be sent as an object containing the following fields.

Field	Description	Type
country	The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 two-letter country code for the destination country	Char(2)
postal_code	The postal code (zip code) for the destination address	String
province optional	The province, or state, of the destination address	String
city optional	The city of the destination address	String
name optional	The "ship to" name for the destination address. When a Shop's App is in test mode, the name field must include the word "Bambri" to display rates.	String
address1 optional	The first address line of the destination address	String
address2 optional	The second address line of the destination address	String
phone optional	A phone number for the destination address	String
company_name optional	The company name for the destination address	String

Request: Item Parameters

Items must be sent as an array of objects, each containing the following fields.

Field	Description	Type
variant_id	The Shopify variant id of an item being shipped	Integer
fulfillment_service	The Fulfillment Service handle of the item	String
quantity	The quantity of the item	Integer
grams	The weight of one item, in grams The total shipping weight for this item will be calculated by multiplying this value by the item's quantity value.	Integer
price	The price of one item, in cents	Integer
requires_shipping	A boolean value indicating whether or not the item requires shipping. When false, the item's shipping price will not be calculated. By default, requires_shipping is assumed to be true and an item is only ignored if requires_shipping is explicitly set to false or 0.	Boolean
name optional	The name, or title, of the item	String
sku optional	The item's SKU	String
vendor optional	The item's vendor name	String

Response: Rate Object Attributes

Rates are returned in a JSON array of objects with the following fields:

Field	Description	Type
service_name	The name of the rate, which customers see at checkout For example: "Fedex Ground"	String
description	A description of the rate, which customers see at checkout For example: "Includes tracking and insurance"	String
service_code	A unique code associated with the rate For example: "FEDEX_GROUND"	String
total_price	Total price, in cents, based on the shipping rate currency For example: “1234” for $12.34	Integer
currency	Currency of the shipping rate For example: “USD”	String