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Carriers Supporting account-specific API Connections

This article covers the benefits and usage of account-specific API connections for carriers.

If you don't know how to connect your carrier account with AfterShip, check this help guide.

What are the benefits of using account-specific API connections?



By switching to account-specific APIs, you will gain these benefits:

More frequent updates (reach out to our support team if you wish to tweak current settings)
Higher rate limits to meet your ever-expanding business needs
Secure and smooth exchange of information

What do I need to do at my end?



Just follow these easy steps to ensure a splendid tracking experience for you

Contact the carrier relationship manager to get your own tracking API credentials
Use credentials here to establish a connection for your carriers (one-time activity)
API users - Use a new slug as listed below to create new trackings swiftly
If you are not passing slug as a parameter or using connectors like Shopify, Magento, etc., please update your active carrier list

Supported carriers



Here is the list of carriers supporting account-specific API integrations. As mentioned above, do remember to use new slugs once you have successfully created a connection using API.

Updated on: 01/06/2022

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