Create Shipment

Create a shipment

/shipments

POST https://api.terminal.africa/v1/shipments

This endpoint allows you to create a shipment.

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization*	string	Set value to Bearer SECRET_KEY
Content-Type*	string	Set value to application/json

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
address_from*	string	Unique id of pickup address.
address_to*	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

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: '[e-mail]',
			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: '[phone]',
			state: 'Lagos',
			zip: '121006'			
		},
		address_return: {
			address_id: 'AD-00632494667',	
			city: 'Lagos',
			coordinates: {
					lat: 6.5969424,
					lng: 3.3542992
			},	
			country: 'NGA',
			email: '[e-mail]',
			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: '[phone]',
			state: 'Lagos',
			zip: '121006'		
		},
		address_to: {
			address_id: 'AD-95918335217',	
			city: 'London',
			coordinates: {
					lat: 43.653226,
					lng: -79.3831843
			},	
			country: 'GBR',
			email: '[e-mail]',
			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: '[phone]',
			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'
	}
}