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Shipping Providers

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Request Shipping Rates

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Implement endpoints consumed by BigCommerce for custom shipping integrations. To learn more, see Shipping Provider API Overview.

Authentication

This specification file describes API requests BigCommerce will make to a registered shipping carrierʼs server to check connection options and retrieve rates. As such, the method of authentication is determined by the carrier server.

For more, see developer-configured authentication for provider APIs.

Subresources

Check Connection Options

The Check Connection Options request is made by BigCommerce when checking for available shipping options. Each Shipping Provider will have different configurations for the payload.

Rate

The Rate request is made by BigCommerce to get shipping quotes from the provider.

Additional Information

Webhooks

  • Shipments

Related API Resources

  • Shipping Provider
  • Shipping V2 API