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curl https://api.wordpress-652598-2128589.cloudwaysapps.com/shipments/  \
    -H "Authorization: ShippoToken YOUR_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"  \
    -d '{
       "address_from":{
          "name":"Mr. Hippo",
          "street1":"215 Clayton St.",
          "city":"San Francisco",
          "state":"CA",
          "zip":"94117",
          "country":"US",
          "phone":"+1 555 341 9393",
          "email":"support@goshippo.com"
       },
       "address_to":{
          "name":"Mrs. Hippo",
          "street1":"965 Mission St.",
          "city":"San Francisco",
          "state":"CA",
          "zip":"94105",
          "country":"US",
          "phone":"+1 555 341 9393",
          "email":"support@goshippo.com"
       },
       "parcels":[{
          "length":"5",
          "width":"5",
          "height":"5",
          "distance_unit":"in",
          "weight":"2",
          "mass_unit":"lb"
       }],
       "async": false
    }'

require 'shippo'

Shippo::API.token = 'YOUR_API_KEY'

address_from = {
    :name => 'Shawn Ippotle',
    :street1 => '965 Mission St.',
    :city => 'San Francisco',
    :state => 'CA',
    :zip => '94117',
    :country => 'US',
    :phone => '+1 555 341 9393',
    :email => 'shippotle@goshippo.com' 
}

address_to = {
    :name => 'Mr Hippo',
    :street1 => 'Broadway 1',
    :city => 'New York',
    :state => 'NY',
    :zip => '10007',
    :country => 'US',
    :phone => '+1 555 341 9393',
    :email => 'mrhippo@goshippo.com'
}

parcel = {
    :length => 5,
    :width => 1,
    :height => 5.555,
    :distance_unit => :in,
    :weight => 2,
    :mass_unit => :lb
}

shipment = Shippo::Shipment.create(
    :address_from => address_from,
    :address_to => address_to,
    :parcels => parcel,
    :async => false
)

import shippo

shippo.api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"

address_from = {
    "name": "Shawn Ippotle",
    "street1": "215 Clayton St.",
    "city": "San Francisco",
    "state": "CA",
    "zip": "94117",
    "country": "US",
    "phone": "+1 555 341 9393",
    "email": "shippotle@goshippo.com"
}

address_to = {
    "name": "Mr Hippo",
    "street1": "Broadway 1",
    "city": "New York",
    "state": "NY",
    "zip": "10007",
    "country": "US",
    "phone": "+1 555 341 9393",
    "email": "mrhippo@goshippo.com"
}

parcel = {
    "length": "5",
    "width": "5",
    "height": "5",
    "distance_unit": "in",
    "weight": "2",
    "mass_unit": "lb"
}

shipment = shippo.Shipment.create(
    address_from = address_from,
    address_to = address_to,
    parcels = [parcel],
    async = False
)


require_once('lib/Shippo.php');

Shippo::setApiKey("YOUR_API_KEY");

$fromAddress = array(
    'name' => 'Shawn Ippotle',
    'street1' => '215 Clayton St.',
    'city' => 'San Francisco',
    'state' => 'CA',
    'zip' => '94117',
    'country' => 'US',
    'phone' => '+1 555 341 9393',
    'email' => 'shippotle@goshippo.com'
);

$toAddress = array(
    'name' => 'Mr Hippo"',
    'street1' => 'Broadway 1',
    'city' => 'New York',
    'state' => 'NY',
    'zip' => '10007',
    'country' => 'US',
    'phone' => '+1 555 341 9393',
    'email' => 'mrhippo@goshippo.com'
);

$parcel = array(
    'length'=> '5',
    'width'=> '5',
    'height'=> '5',
    'distance_unit'=> 'in',
    'weight'=> '2',
    'mass_unit'=> 'lb',
);

$shipment = Shippo_Shipment::create( array(
    'address_from'=> $fromAddress,
    'address_to'=> $toAddress,
    'parcels'=> array($parcel),
    'async'=> false
    )
);


var shippo = require('shippo')('YOUR_API_KEY');

var addressFrom  = {
    "name": "Shawn Ippotle",
    "street1": "215 Clayton St.",
    "city": "San Francisco",
    "state": "CA",
    "zip": "94117",
    "country": "US",
    "phone": "+1 555 341 9393",
    "email": "shippotle@goshippo.com"
};

var addressTo = {
    "name": "Mr Hippo",
    "street1": "Broadway 1",
    "city": "New York",
    "state": "NY",
    "zip": "10007",
    "country": "US",
    "phone": "+1 555 341 9393",
    "email": "mrhippo@goshippo.com"
};

var parcel = {
    "length": "5",
    "width": "5",
    "height": "5",
    "distance_unit": "in",
    "weight": "2",
    "mass_unit": "lb"
};

shippo.shipment.create({
    "address_from": addressFrom,
    "address_to": addressTo,
    "parcels": [parcel],
    "async": false
}, function(err, shipment){
    // asynchronously called
});

Shippo.setApiKey('YOUR_API_KEY');

// To Address
HashMap<String, Object> addressToMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
addressToMap.put("name", "Mr Hippo");
addressToMap.put("company", "Shippo");
addressToMap.put("street1", "215 Clayton St.");
addressToMap.put("city", "San Francisco");
addressToMap.put("state", "CA");
addressToMap.put("zip", "94117");
addressToMap.put("country", "US");
addressToMap.put("phone", "+1 555 341 9393");
addressToMap.put("email", "mrhippo@goshipppo.com");

// From Address
HashMap<String, Object> addressFromMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
addressFromMap.put("name", "Ms Hippo");
addressFromMap.put("company", "San Diego Zoo");
addressFromMap.put("street1", "2920 Zoo Drive");
addressFromMap.put("city", "San Diego");
addressFromMap.put("state", "CA");
addressFromMap.put("zip", "92101");
addressFromMap.put("country", "US");
addressFromMap.put("email", "mshippo@goshipppo.com");
addressFromMap.put("phone", "+1 619 231 1515");
addressFromMap.put("metadata", "Customer ID 123456");

// Parcel
HashMap<String, Object> parcelMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
parcelMap.put("length", "5");
parcelMap.put("width", "5");
parcelMap.put("height", "5");
parcelMap.put("distance_unit", "in");
parcelMap.put("weight", "2");
parcelMap.put("mass_unit", "lb");

// Shipment
HashMap<String, Object> shipmentMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
shipmentMap.put("address_to", addressToMap);
shipmentMap.put("address_from", addressFromMap);
shipmentMap.put("parcels", parcelMap);
shipmentMap.put("async", false);

Shipment shipment = Shipment.create(shipmentMap);


APIResource resource = new APIResource ('YOUR_API_KEY');

// to address
Hashtable toAddressTable = new Hashtable();
toAddressTable.Add("name", "Mr Hippo");
toAddressTable.Add("company", "Shippo");
toAddressTable.Add("street1", "215 Clayton St.");
toAddressTable.Add("city", "San Francisco");
toAddressTable.Add("state", "CA");
toAddressTable.Add("zip", "94117");
toAddressTable.Add("country", "US");
toAddressTable.Add("phone", "+1 555 341 9393");
toAddressTable.Add("email", "mrhippo@goshipppo.com");

// from address
Hashtable fromAddressTable = new Hashtable();
fromAddressTable.Add("name", "Ms Hippo");
fromAddressTable.Add("company", "San Diego Zoo");
fromAddressTable.Add("street1", "2920 Zoo Drive");
fromAddressTable.Add("city", "San Diego");
fromAddressTable.Add("state", "CA");
fromAddressTable.Add("zip", "92101");
fromAddressTable.Add("country", "US");
fromAddressTable.Add("email", "mshippo@goshipppo.com");
fromAddressTable.Add("phone", "+1 619 231 1515");
fromAddressTable.Add("metadata", "Customer ID 123456");

Hashtable parcelTable = new Hashtable ();
parcelTable.Add ("length", "5");
parcelTable.Add ("width", "5");
parcelTable.Add ("height", "5");
parcelTable.Add ("distance_unit", "in");
parcelTable.Add ("weight", "2");
parcelTable.Add ("mass_unit", "lb");

resource.CreateShipment(new Hashtable(){
	{ "address_to", toAddressTable},
	{ "address_from", fromAddressTable},
	{ "parcels", parcelTable},
	{ "async", false}});

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Shippo offers a complete shipping integration built for developers. Our RESTful and reliable API offers backwards compatible versioning, clearly-defined endpoints, example code, test mode, and more.

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Create Your First Shipment

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Here are some of our customers’ commonly asked questions. If you can’t find what you’re looking for,
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How do I connect to my carrier account?

You won’t need to sign up for a new carrier account to start testing or shipping on Shippo. By default, you have access to Shippo’s discounted master accounts for U.S. outbound shipments to retrieve shipping rates and purchase labels. If you want to use your own carrier account, see our tutorial here.

Do you have an API for tracking packages?

Our tracking endpoint allows you to track shipments across multiple carriers with generalized Shippo status and substatus tokens. When combined with webhooks, you will get push-style updates anytime a tracking update occurs from the carrier. Visit our tracking page for more information.

How do I implement address validation?

Validating addresses is easy. Simply add a parameter validate: true to your Address POST request. You can validate global addresses just like U.S. addresses. The key difference that you’ll notice is in the response that you get back. See our address validation page for more information.

How do I access test mode?

You can find your Shippo Test Token from the API section of your dashboard. To turn on test mode, insert your Shippo API Test Token in place of the Live Token. Now you can use Shippo as you would in production and be sure that you won’t get charged. For more information, check out our API test mode page.

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