ShipEngine

ShipEngine Rates API

Make sure you ship as cost-effectively as possible by quickly comparing rates using the ShipEngine Rates API. As long as you have the carrier connected to your account, you'll be able to see and compare different rates and services.

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Operations 4

POST /v1/rates Get shipping rates #
POST /v1/rates/bulk Get bulk rates #
POST /v1/rates/estimate Estimate rates #
GET /v1/rates/{rate_id} Get rate by ID #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.shipstation.com/apis/shipengine/docs/getting-started/get-started
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APIReference
https://docs.shipstation.com/apis/shipengine/openapi

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/shipengine/openapi/shipengine-rates-api-openapi.yml

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/shipengine/json-schema/index.json

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OpenAPI Specification

shipengine-rates-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Shipengine Rates API
  version: 1.1.202604070904
  contact:
    name: ShipEngine Sales & Support
    email: sales@shipengine.com
    url: https://www.shipengine.com/contact/
    x-phone: 1-512-856-5379
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://www.shipengine.com/terms-of-service/
  termsOfService: https://www.shipengine.com/terms-of-service/
  x-logo:
    url: https://shipengine.github.io/img/shipengine-logo-square.png
    backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF'
    altText: ShipEngine logo
  description: 'Operations tagged rates across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: shipengine-openapi-docs-bundle.yaml, shipengine-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.shipengine.com
security:
- api_key: []
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/shipengine/openapi/shipengine-rates-api-openapi.yml