GO! @ shipcloud

Carrier specifics

Requirements

These global requirements apply to every call when using the carrier GO!:

you'll have to use your own contract with the carrier
the sender has to be located in Germany
the date for pickup_time.earliest and pickup_time.latest has to be the same
supplying a package.description is mandatory

Services

One day

Express shipment that will be delivered the next working day

POST https://api.shipcloud.io/v1/shipments

{
  "from": {
    "first_name": "Serge",
    "last_name": "Sender",
    "company": "Sender Corp.",
    "street": "Sender Str.",
    "street_no": "99",
    "zip_code": "20148",
    "city": "Hamburg",
    "country": "DE"
  },
  "to": {
    "first_name": "Roger",
    "last_name": "Receiver",
    "street": "Receiver Str.",
    "street_no": "1",
    "city": "Hamburg",
    "zip_code": "20535",
    "country": "DE"
  },
  "package": {
    "weight": 1.5,
    "length": 20,
    "width": 20,
    "height": 20,
    "description": "industrial bolts"
  },
  "pickup": {
    "pickup_time": {
      "earliest": "2015-09-15T09:00:00+02:00",
      "latest": "2015-09-15T18:00:00+02:00"
     }
  },
  "carrier": "go",
  "service": "one_day",
  "create_shipping_label": true
}

Package types

Parcel

The most basic package type for shipping parcels there is.

Show example

POST https://api.shipcloud.io/v1/shipments

{
  "from": {
    "first_name": "Serge",
    "last_name": "Sender",
    "company": "Sender Corp.",
    "street": "Sender Str.",
    "street_no": "99",
    "zip_code": "20148",
    "city": "Hamburg",
    "country": "DE"
  },
  "to": {
    "first_name": "Roger",
    "last_name": "Receiver",
    "street": "Receiver Str.",
    "street_no": "1",
    "city": "Hamburg",
    "zip_code": "20535",
    "country": "DE"
  },
  "package": {
    "weight": 1.5,
    "length": 20,
    "width": 20,
    "height": 20,
    "description": "industrial bolts"
  },
  "pickup": {
    "pickup_time": {
      "earliest": "2015-09-15T09:00:00+02:00",
      "latest": "2015-09-15T18:00:00+02:00"
     }
  },
  "carrier": "go",
  "service": "one_day",
  "create_shipping_label": true
}

Additional services

Delivery Date

Additional requirements (see global requirements):

the recipient has to be located in one of the following countries:
- Austria (AT)
- Switzerland (CH)
- Germany (DE)
- Italy (IT)
- Luxembourg (LU)
date is mandatory and must not be more than 30 days in the future

Show example

POST https://api.shipcloud.io/v1/shipments

{
  "from": {
    "first_name": "Serge",
    "last_name": "Sender",
    "company": "Sender Corp.",
    "street": "Sender Str.",
    "street_no": "99",
    "zip_code": "20148",
    "city": "Hamburg",
    "country": "DE"
  },
  "to": {
    "first_name": "Roger",
    "last_name": "Receiver",
    "street": "Receiver Str.",
    "street_no": "1",
    "city": "Hamburg",
    "zip_code": "20535",
    "country": "DE"
  },
  "package": {
    "weight": 0.5,
    "length": 20,
    "width": 15,
    "height": 5,
    "type": "parcel"
  },
  "additional_services": [
    {
      "name": "delivery_date",
      "properties": {
        "date": "2024-10-08"
      }
    }
  ],
  "pickup": {
    "pickup_time": {
      "earliest": "2015-09-15T09:00:00+02:00",
      "latest": "2015-09-15T18:00:00+02:00"
     }
  },
  "carrier": "go",
  "service": "one_day",
  "create_shipping_label": true
}

Delivery Note

Additional requirements (see global requirements):

message can contain up to 128 characters, but it is possible that not all characters will be printed on the shipping label

Show example

POST https://api.shipcloud.io/v1/shipments

{
  "from": {
    "first_name": "Serge",
    "last_name": "Sender",
    "company": "Sender Corp.",
    "street": "Sender Str.",
    "street_no": "99",
    "zip_code": "20148",
    "city": "Hamburg",
    "country": "DE"
  },
  "to": {
    "first_name": "Roger",
    "last_name": "Receiver",
    "street": "Receiver Str.",
    "street_no": "1",
    "city": "Hamburg",
    "zip_code": "20535",
    "country": "DE"
  },
  "package": {
    "weight": 0.5,
    "length": 20,
    "width": 15,
    "height": 5,
    "type": "parcel"
  },
  "additional_services": [
    {
      "name": "delivery_note",
      "properties": {
        "message": "This is a delivery note"
      }
    }
  ],
  "pickup": {
    "pickup_time": {
      "earliest": "2015-09-15T09:00:00+02:00",
      "latest": "2015-09-15T18:00:00+02:00"
     }
  },
  "carrier": "go",
  "service": "one_day",
  "create_shipping_label": true
}

Delivery Time

Additional requirements (see global requirements):

the recipient has to be located in one of the following countries:
- Austria (AT)
- Switzerland (CH)
- Germany (DE)
either time_of_day_earliest or time_of_day_latest MUST be specified

Show example

POST https://api.shipcloud.io/v1/shipments

{
  "from": {
    "first_name": "Serge",
    "last_name": "Sender",
    "company": "Sender Corp.",
    "street": "Sender Str.",
    "street_no": "99",
    "zip_code": "20148",
    "city": "Hamburg",
    "country": "DE"
  },
  "to": {
    "first_name": "Roger",
    "last_name": "Receiver",
    "street": "Receiver Str.",
    "street_no": "1",
    "city": "Hamburg",
    "zip_code": "20535",
    "country": "DE"
  },
  "package": {
    "weight": 0.5,
    "length": 20,
    "width": 15,
    "height": 5,
    "type": "parcel"
  },
  "additional_services": [
    {
      "name": "delivery_time",
      "properties": {
          "time_of_day_earliest": "08:00",
          "time_of_day_latest": "09:00"
      }
    }
  ],
  "pickup": {
    "pickup_time": {
      "earliest": "2015-09-15T09:00:00+02:00",
      "latest": "2015-09-15T18:00:00+02:00"
     }
  },
  "carrier": "go",
  "service": "one_day",
  "create_shipping_label": true
}

Label formats

PDF

DIN A5: pdf_a5
DIN A6: pdf_a6

Field lengths

shipments
- last_name: 0 - 60 characters (firstname + last_name <= 60 characters)
- company: 2 - 60 characters
- care_of: 0 - 40 characters
- street: 1 - 35 characters
- street_no: 1 - 10 characters
- zip_code: 1 - 9 characters
- city: 1 - 30 characters
- country: 3 characters
- phone: 1 - 10 characters

Express Connect

Carrier specifics

Requirements

Services

One day

Package types

Parcel

Additional services

Delivery Date

Delivery Note

Delivery Time

Label formats

PDF

Field lengths

shipments