Shippo

API

Multi-carrier shipping API for rates, labels, tracking and address validation

Price: Free tier, then paid
Access: API token

About

Shipping API for comparing rates and buying labels from 40+ carriers such as USPS, UPS, FedEx and DHL, plus tracking, address validation and customs forms. The first 30 API labels each month are free, and test tokens create labels at no cost.

What you can do with it

Compare carrier rates for a parcel and buy the cheapest shipping label
Track packages across carriers with webhooks for status changes
Create customs declarations and labels for international shipments

Get started

Sign up for Shippo and copy your test API token
Send it in the header Authorization: ShippoToken <token>

Example

curl https://api.goshippo.com/shipments/ \
  -H "Authorization: ShippoToken $SHIPPO_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "address_from": {"name": "Mr. Hippo", "street1": "215 Clayton St.", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "zip": "94117", "country": "US"},
    "address_to": {"name": "Mrs. Hippo", "street1": "965 Mission St.", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "zip": "94105", "country": "US"},
    "parcels": [{"length": "5", "width": "5", "height": "5", "distance_unit": "in", "weight": "2", "mass_unit": "lb"}],
    "async": false
  }'

Details

Hosting: Hosted service
Available in: Worldwide
Official SDKs: Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C#, PHP
MCP server: Remote