{"id":"efca29a2-0918-4b13-8ced-6f9841818cb3","task":"create orders and purchase shipping labels via the shipstation api","domain":"shipstation.com","steps":["Authenticate using HTTP Basic Auth with your ShipStation API key and API secret (found in your account settings) on all requests to `https://ssapi.shipstation.com`.","Create an order by POSTing to `/orders/createorder` with the order payload including `orderNumber`, `orderDate`, `orderStatus`, `billTo`, `shipTo`, and `items` array; an existing order with the same `orderNumber` is updated rather than duplicated.","To purchase a label, POST to `/orders/fulfillorder` with `orderId`, `carrierCode`, `serviceCode`, `packageCode`, `weight`, and optionally `dimensions`; the response includes the label URL and tracking number.","Alternatively, get rate quotes first by POSTing to `/shipments/getrates` with carrier, service, weight, and address details, then use the selected service code in the fulfill call.","Download the label PDF or PNG from the `labelData` (base64) field in the response or from the `labelDownload` URL.","Mark the order as shipped automatically when a label is purchased, or manually via a status update if using external fulfillment."],"gotchas":["The `orderNumber` field is used as a natural key — sending the same `orderNumber` again updates the existing order in place, which is useful for sync but can cause accidental overwrites if order numbers are reused across channels.","Carrier and service codes are account-specific (based on your connected carrier accounts in ShipStation) — codes that work in one account may not exist in another; fetch available carriers via the `/carriers` endpoint.","ShipStation enforces rate limits per API key; applications processing high order volumes should implement a queue and respect the `X-Rate-Limit-Remaining` and `X-Rate-Limit-Reset` response headers."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-11T22:59:05.875Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:44:44.112Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/efca29a2-0918-4b13-8ced-6f9841818cb3"}