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REST API objects

REST API has two objects on the root level:

  • printConfig

  • shipment

Please refer to the Property reference guide for guidance regarding properties and values.

The printConfig object

The printConfig object defines the format and type of shipping documents.

It supports up to four targets. This can be useful if several services are used supporting multiple label formats, for example:

  • Letter services supporting letter label format

  • Parcel services requiring full size label format

  • Other documents such as waybills, customs declaration etc. requiring A4 format

The most common scenario is to have one output target for labels and another for other documents such as waybills, customs declaration documents, etc.

The smallest label format should come first, followed by the larger format and then A4 at the end. The system iterates through the object searching for a suitable target format.

Property reference guide

The shipment object

A shipment object contains all the information about the shipment and usually consists of at least two address party objects (sender and receiver), a service object and a parcels object.

Depending on the use case, other objects are included in the shipment object, such as developerId, favorite, profileGroup and mergeId.

Address party objects

There are a number of address parties available and their usage depends on the service's requirements.

sender

Sender information (mandatory)

senderPartners

Carrier related information (for example, customer number) for the sender object.

receiver

Receiver information (mandatory)

dispatch

Alternative pickup address

receiverPartners

Carrier related information (for example, customer number) for the receiver object.

delivery

Alternative pickup address

agent

Pickup point for B2C services

returnPart

Alternative return address

freightPayer

Alternative freightPayer party (not to be mistaken for the Receiver pays or the Other payer additional services)

freightPayerPartners

Carrier information

taxPayer

Tax payer information

taxPayerPartners

Carrier information

customsPayer

Customs payer information

customsPayerPartners

Carrier information

The service object

The service object contains information about the carrier service. For additional services the addons object is included in the service object.

The parcels object

The parcels object contains information about the parcels included in the shipment, such as weight, contents and dangerous goods information. It can also contain the articles object which is used for the Item directory add-on.

The customs declaration object

The customsdeclaration object contains customs information, such as invoice type and currency, for shipments outside the EU.

By default, all necessary shipment documents are printed. You don't have to state them unless you want to override the default settings.

Shipping documents
label

Parcel labels

dngdecl

Dangerous goods declaration

sis

SIS/SFS/CMR waybill. Type depends on sender and receiver country.

*

None

The printSet array is used to specify customs declaration documents.

Customs declaration documents
proforma

Commercial/proforma invoice

proformaplabedi

Proforma invoice incl. EDI (PostNord only)

plt

Customs information via EDI only

edoc

ED document

cn22

CN22 declaration

cn23

CN23 declaration

proformaups

Commercial invoice - UPS

upschild

UPS World Ease Child shipment

proformatnt

Proforma for TNT

notetnt

TNT Note

pnlwaybilledi

Separate custom documents for PNL are sent via EDI, not from this system

fedexp

Commercial invoice for FedEx

tradeinvoicepdk

Commercial invoice for PostNord DK

datatransferpdk ()

Customs information via EDI only for PostNord DK

cn22depostpt

CN22 for Deutsche Post Packet Tracked

The options object

The options object contains information about nShift add-ons, such as Email pre-notification, Link to print and Consolidated shipment.

Property reference guide

A complete shipment object including the examples above

Property reference guide