Webhook
shipments.created
A shipment was created for an order. Requires read:shipments.
Headers
- Type: stringFormat: uuidwebhook
-id requiredUnique ID of the event. Retries of a delivery send the same ID, so use it to deduplicate.
- Type: integerFormat: int64webhook
-timestamp requiredWhen this delivery attempt was sent, as a Unix timestamp in seconds. Each retry sends a new timestamp.
- Type: stringwebhook
-signature requiredSpace-separated signatures, each
v1,followed by the base64 HMAC-SHA256 of{webhook-id}.{webhook-timestamp}.{body}, keyed with your webhook secret.
Body·ShipmentCreatedWebhookBody
required
application/json
- Type: ShipmentdatarequiredProperties: 16
The event's data. Its shape depends on the topic.
- Type: stringseller
_id requiredThe ID of the seller the event belongs to.
- Type: stringFormat: date-timetimestamprequired
When the event happened, in ISO 8601. Stable across retries; the
webhook-timestampheader is when each attempt was sent. - typeconst:shipments.createdrequired
The webhook topic.
- versionconst:v2required
The payload version.
Responses
- 200
Acknowledge delivery. Any 2XX status counts.
- default
Fail delivery. Non-2XX statuses and timeouts are retried.
Request Example for postshipments.created
{
"type": "shipments.created",
"timestamp": "2026-10-20T16:00:00.123Z",
"data": {
"created_at": "2026-09-21T12:00:00.000Z",
"dimensions": {
"height": 1,
"length": 6,
"unit": "inch",
"width": 4
},
"documents": {
"bundled_url": "https://example.com/documents.pdf",
"label_url": "https://example.com/label.pdf"
},
"dropoff_due": "2026-09-23T07:00:00.000Z",
"fulfillment_method": "shipping",
"hazardous_material": "not_hazardous",
"id": "12345",
"insurance": {
"amount": {
"amount": "25.00",
"currency": "USD"
},
"contents": "Trading cards"
},
"recipient": {
"display_name": "Card Collector",
"id": "6789",
"username": "cardcollector"
},
"required_actions": [],
"signature_required": false,
"status": "label_generated",
"tracking": {
"carrier": "usps",
"service": "usps_ground_advantage",
"tracking_code": "9400111899223100012345"
},
"updated_at": "2026-09-21T13:00:00.000Z",
"weight": {
"unit": "ounce",
"value": 4
}
},
"version": "v2",
"seller_id": "1234567"
}
No Body