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# Create Shipment

## /shipments

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://api.terminal.africa/v1/shipments`

This endpoint allows you to create a shipment.

#### Headers

| Name                                            | Type   | Description                      |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------- |
| Authorization<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | string | Set value to `Bearer SECRET_KEY` |
| Content-Type<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>  | string | Set value to `application/json`  |

#### Request Body

| Name                                            | Type   | Description                                                                                                                          |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| address\_from<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | string | Unique id of pickup address.                                                                                                         |
| address\_to<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>   | string | Unique id of delivery address.                                                                                                       |
| metadata                                        | object | Additional information for shipment.                                                                                                 |
| parcel                                          | string | Id of parcel. One of ***parcel*** or **parcels** must be provided.                                                                   |
| address\_return                                 | string | Unique id of return address. If not provided, ***pickup\_address*** is used by default.                                              |
| shipment\_purpose                               | string | Purpose of shipment. Options are ***commercial***, ***personal***, ***sample***, ***return-after-repair***, ***return-for-repair.*** |
| parcels                                         | Array  | List of parcel ids for creating a multi-parcel shipments. One of ***parcel*** or **parcels** must be provided.                       |
| shipment\_type                                  | string | Type of shipment to be created. Options are ***cash-on-delivery*****.** Required if shipment is to be specified as cash-on-delivery  |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200 Shipment created successfully." %}

```
{
	status: true,
	message: 'Shipment created successfully',
	data: {
		address_from: {
			address_id: 'AD-00632494667',	
			city: 'Lagos',
			coordinates: {
					lat: 6.5969424,
					lng: 3.3542992
			},	
			country: 'NGA',
			email: 'augustus_obi@shipmonk.ng',
			first_name: 'Augustus',
			id: 'd799c2679e644279b59fe661ac8fa488',
			is_residential: true,
			last_name: 'Obi',
			line1: '1121 Allen Avenue, Ikeja',
			line2: '',
			metadata: {
				my_app_customer_id: 11234
			},
			name: 'Augustus Obi',
			phone: '+2348122340000',
			state: 'Lagos',
			zip: '121006'			
		},
		address_return: {
			address_id: 'AD-00632494667',	
			city: 'Lagos',
			coordinates: {
					lat: 6.5969424,
					lng: 3.3542992
			},	
			country: 'NGA',
			email: 'augustus_obi@shipmonk.ng',
			first_name: 'Augustus',
			id: 'd799c2679e644279b59fe661ac8fa488',
			is_residential: true,
			last_name: 'Obi',
			line1: '1121 Allen Avenue, Ikeja',
			line2: '',
			metadata: {
				my_app_customer_id: 11234
			},
			name: 'Augustus Obi',
			phone: '+2348122340000',
			state: 'Lagos',
			zip: '121006'		
		},
		address_to: {
			address_id: 'AD-95918335217',	
			city: 'London',
			coordinates: {
					lat: 43.653226,
					lng: -79.3831843
			},	
			country: 'GBR',
			email: 'timothy@shipmonk.ng',
			first_name: 'Timothy',
			id: 'S3YLVnGo9eKpMMbEQcWjgCraLqnNY2Oy',
			is_residential: true,
			last_name: 'Odunubi',
			line1: '45 Greenwich Lane, London',
			line2: '',
			metadata: {
				my_app_customer_id: 10567
			},
			name: 'Timothy Odunubi',
			phone: '+447514022567',
			state: '',
			zip: 'SE5 4HB'		
		},
		events: [],
		id: 'BUbL05Ecprhc2q17Xh9woRSwNpXJehay',
		metadata: {},
		parcel: {
			description: true,
			id: 'Zt4Xh2pbbCmeVcr5YH9lsFHGqoW3i5w3',
			items: [{
				description: 'Shoes purchased from Shipmonk Store',
				name: 'Rubber Boots',
				currency: 'NGN',
				value: 25000',
				weight: 2.5
				quantity: 1
			}],
			metadata: {},		
			packaging: 'LsuiGzcYlz4dKRYnEXeobJu9gnVbQVXN',
			parcel_id: 'PC-25164820699',
			total_weight: 2.51,
			weight: 2.5,
			weight_unit: 'kg'		
		},
		rate: '',
		shipment_id: 'SH-40208776515',
		status: 'draft',
		created_at: '2021-07-13T20:25:53.011Z',
		updated_at: '2021-07-13T20:25:53.011Z'
	}
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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