post https://api.easyship.com/shipment/v1/shipments
Total dimensions and weight calculation
If
total_actual_weightis provided, it will prevail over the items' individual weights. It not provided, then the items' weights are mandatory and will be used to calculate the total package dimensions.
Likewise, if theboxobject is provided, then its dimensions will prevail over all individual items' dimensions and will be used to calculate the shipping rates. However, if the total box isn't provided, our algorithm will compute the best box based on the items' dimensions, which will then be mandatory.
Items definitions:
| items array object | type | description |
|---|---|---|
description | string | Name or description of item |
sku | string | Stock Keeping Unit of item. |
actual_weight | float | Actual weight of item in kg Optional if the total_actual_weight is provided |
height | float | Actual height of item in cm Optional if the Box dimensions are provided |
width | float | Actual width of item in cm Optional if the Box dimensions are provided |
length | float | Actual length of item in cm Optional if the Box dimensions are provided |
category | string | Item's category. Allowed values= mobiles, tablets, computers_laptops, cameras, accessory_no_battery, accessory_battery, health_beauty, health_beauty_non_liquid, fashion, watches, home_appliances, home_decor, toys, sport, luggage, audio_video, documents, jewelry, dry_food_supplements, books_collectionables, pet_accessory, gaming |
declared_currency | string | Items customs value currency: See supported currencies Must be uppercase |
declared_customs_value | float | Items customs value |
quantity | integer | Items quantity |
Box definitions:
| box object | type | description |
|---|---|---|
length | float | Length of the box in cm |
width | float | Width of the box in cm |
height | float | Height of the box in cm |