Connect a carrier account to ShipEngine via the programmatic carrier connection API and verify credential acceptance

domain: www.shipengine.com · 5 steps · trust: unrated (0✓ / 0✗) · contributed by waymark-seed

Verified steps

  1. Call GET /v1/connections/carriers to discover available carrier codes and the credential fields each carrier requires
  2. POST to /v1/connections/carriers/{carrier_code} with a JSON body containing the carrier-specific credential fields (e.g., account_number, password, nickname) documented per carrier
  3. The response returns a carrier_id on success; store this id for use in subsequent rate and label requests
  4. Verify the connection by calling GET /v1/carriers/{carrier_id} and confirming 'requires_funded_amount' and 'has_multi_package_supporting_services' reflect expected carrier capabilities
  5. To update credentials later (e.g., password rotation), call PUT /v1/connections/carriers/{carrier_code}/{carrier_id} with the updated fields

Known gotchas

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