The better shipping experience

EasyPost's flexible, modern Shipping API makes it easy to rate shop between carriers, buy and print labels, verify addresses, track packages, and insure shipments. Simplify your shipping operations and delight shoppers.

The shipping infrastructure of the internet

A smarter shipping process

Multi-carrier access

Compare rates and purchase labels across USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL, and dozens of others through a single integration.

Track packages

Receive real-time shipment updates through custom branded tracking pages and webhook notifications.

Address verification

Confirm the accuracy of domestic and international addresses to improve deliverability.

Shipping insurance

Protect your packages against damage, loss, or theft across all carriers, service levels, and countries.

How it works

Integrate with our API

Create a free account, review our API documentation and guides, and integrate in as fast as one day.

Verify, ship, track, and insure

Verify shipping addresses, create shipping labels, track packages, and insure against mishaps with our API.

Better shipping experience

Your customers enjoy a customer-centric shipping experience and become repeat shoppers.

The Shipping API of the internet

# Import the EasyPost client.
import easypost

# Setup the client with your API key.
easypost.api_key = '259DA788-39A3-439E-BA1E-BC541B8BA520'

# Purchase a shipment to receive a postage label.
shipment = easypost.Shipment.retrieve(
    'shp_339f74ca0aa840d399bbb728a3ac3863'
)
shipment.buy(rate=shipment.lowest_rate())

{
  "id": "shp_339f74ca0aa840d399bbb728a3ac3863",
  "object": "Shipment",
  "created_at": "2020-02-08T21:34:49Z",
  "updated_at": "2020-02-08T21:35:07Z",
  "mode": "test",
  "tracking_code": "9405500897846033166521",
  "usps_zone": 4,
  "status": "unknown",
  "is_return": false,
  "postage_label": {
    "id": "pl_36091b719cc74ecc8a81f3a2ab19a096",
    "object": "PostageLabel",
    "created_at": "2020-02-08T21:35:07Z",
    "updated_at": "2020-02-08T21:35:07Z",
    "label_date": "2020-02-08T21:35:07Z",
    "label_url": "https://easypost-files.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/files/postage_label/20200208/6fa468158bce435da2cc864bd1a3de29.png",
    "label_file_type": "image/png",
    "label_size": "4x6",
    "label_resolution": 300,
    "label_zpl_url": null,
    "label_pdf_url": null,
    "label_epl2_url": null,
    "date_advance": 0,
    "label_type": "default",
    "integrated_form": "none"
  },
  "tracker": {
    "id": "trk_b05ab048e81c42ad8abea9c38dbceef4",
    "object": "Tracker",
    "created_at": "2020-02-08T21:35:07Z",
    "updated_at": "2020-02-08T21:35:07Z",
    "mode": "test",
    "tracking_code": "9405500897846033166521",
    "carrier": "USPS",
    "public_url": "https://track.easypost.com/djE6dHJrX2IwNWFiMDQ4ZTgxYzQyYWQ4YWJlYTljMzhkYmNlZWY0",
    "est_delivery_date": null,
    "status": "unknown",
    "status_detail": "unknown",
    "is_return": false,
    "tracking_details": [],
    "carrier_detail": null,
    "fees": [],
    "shipment_id": "shp_339f74ca0aa840d399bbb728a3ac3863",
    "signed_by": null,
    "weight": null
  },
  "selected_rate": {
    "id": "rate_22e495348fe44d4894b3e86a31e03cd4",
    "object": "Rate",
    "created_at": "2020-02-08T21:35:07Z",
    "updated_at": "2020-02-08T21:35:07Z",
    "mode": "test",
    "carrier": "USPS",
    "service": "Priority",
    "rate": "9.39",
    "currency": "USD",
    "list_rate": "9.39",
    "list_currency": "USD",
    "retail_rate": "12.25",
    "retail_currency": "USD",
    "delivery_days": 2,
    "delivery_date": null,
    "delivery_date_guaranteed": false,
    "carrier_account_id": "ca_9dcec3346e6145f5b865e04e2e1bbf93",
    "shipment_id": "shp_339f74ca0aa840d399bbb728a3ac3863"
  },
  "from_address": {
    "id": "adr_cd41b97d1d814a50b07bb18267d961e1",
    "object": "Address",
    "created_at": "2020-02-08T21:34:49Z",
    "updated_at": "2020-02-08T21:34:49Z",
    "mode": "test",
    "name": "EasyPost",
    "company": null,
    "email": "support@easypost.com",
    "street1": "417 Montgomery Street",
    "street2": "5th Floor",
    "city": "San Francisco",
    "zip": "94104",
    "state": "CA",
    "country": "US",
    "phone": "4153334444",
    "residential": null,
    "federal_tax_id": null,
    "state_tax_id": null,
    "carrier_facility": null,
    "verifications": {}
  },
  "to_address": {
    "id": "adr_5568259f33ea497ebed1e9495551b7f2",
    "object": "Address",
    "created_at": "2020-02-08T21:34:49Z",
    "updated_at": "2020-02-08T21:35:06Z",
    "mode": "test",
    "company": null,
    "email": "dr_steve_brule@gmail.com",
    "street1": "179 N Harbor Dr",
    "street2": null,
    "city": "Redondo Beach",
    "state": "CA",
    "zip": "90277-2506",
    "country": "US",
    "name": "Dr. Steve Brule",
    "phone": "4153334444",
    "residential": false,
    "state_tax_id": null,
    "federal_tax_id": null,
    "carrier_facility": null,
    "verifications": {
      "zip4": {
        "details": null,
        "errors": [],
        "success": true
      }
    }
  },
  "return_address": {
    "id": "adr_cd41b97d1d814a50b07bb18267d961e1",
    "object": "Address",
    "created_at": "2020-02-08T21:34:49Z",
    "updated_at": "2020-02-08T21:34:49Z",
    "mode": "test",
    "name": "EasyPost",
    "company": null,
    "email": "support@easypost.com",
    "street1": "417 Montgomery Street",
    "street2": "5th Floor",
    "city": "San Francisco",
    "zip": "94104",
    "state": "CA",
    "country": "US",
    "phone": "4153334444",
    "residential": null,
    "federal_tax_id": null,
    "state_tax_id": null,
    "carrier_facility": null,
    "verifications": {}
  },
  "parcel": {
    "id": "prcl_2ae2dcb504cf4c53a72972f0cc944d97",
    "object": "Parcel",
    "created_at": "2020-02-08T21:34:49Z",
    "updated_at": "2020-02-08T21:34:49Z",
    "mode": "test",
    "length": 20.2,
    "width": 10.9,
    "height": 5.0,
    "weight": 65.9,
    "predefined_package": null
  },
  "fees": [
    {
      "object": "Fee",
      "type": "LabelFee",
      "amount": "0.00000",
      "charged": true,
      "refunded": false
    },
    {
      "object": "Fee",
      "type": "PostageFee",
      "amount": "9.39000",
      "charged": true,
      "refunded": false
    }
  ],
  "options": {
    "currency": "USD",
    "date_advance": 0,
    "label_date": null,
    "payment": {
      "type": "SENDER"
    }
  },
  "rates": [
    {
      "id": "rate_22e495348fe44d4894b3e86a31e03cd4",
      "object": "Rate",
      "created_at": "2020-02-08T21:35:07Z",
      "updated_at": "2020-02-08T21:35:07Z",
      "mode": "test",
      "carrier": "USPS",
      "service": "Priority",
      "rate": "9.39",
      "currency": "USD",
      "list_rate": "9.39",
      "list_currency": "USD",
      "retail_rate": "12.25",
      "retail_currency": "USD",
      "delivery_days": 2,
      "delivery_date": null,
      "delivery_date_guaranteed": false,
      "carrier_account_id": "ca_9dcec3346e6145f5b865e04e2e1bbf93",
      "shipment_id": "shp_339f74ca0aa840d399bbb728a3ac3863"
    },
    {
      "id": "rate_5459b5fb8f244edb9b88ab0e71a1fbe3",
      "object": "Rate",
      "created_at": "2020-02-08T21:34:50Z",
      "updated_at": "2020-02-08T21:34:50Z",
      "mode": "test",
      "carrier": "USPS",
      "service": "Express",
      "rate": "41.15",
      "currency": "USD",
      "list_rate": "41.15",
      "list_currency": "USD",
      "retail_rate": "47.60",
      "retail_currency": "USD",
      "delivery_days": 2,
      "delivery_date": "2020-02-10T12:00:00Z",
      "delivery_date_guaranteed": true,
      "carrier_account_id": "ca_9dcec3346e6145f5b865e04e2e1bbf93",
      "shipment_id": "shp_339f74ca0aa840d399bbb728a3ac3863"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [],
  "insurance": null,
  "messages": [],
  "reference": null,
  "refund_status": null,
  "scan_form": null,
  "customs_info": null
}

Connect with domestic, international, and regional carriers

Reduce development time, remove logistical complexities

EasyPost's Shipping API is the most powerful shipping solution on the market. Our RESTful API makes it easy for developers to integrate quickly. The single point of integration saves hundreds of developer hours so you can focus on your core business rather than shipping.

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EasyPost was built to be flexible and scalable

Our API is customizable to fit your business needs. EasyPost technology powers popular household brands, fulfillment centers, online marketplaces, and enterprises alike. There are dozens of ways to utilize our technology — let's see what you build.

Batch label creation
Shipment manifests across carriers
Easy Customs declaration
Generate return labels

Optimize your shipping

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Take advantage of 99.99% uptime with the most reliable Shipping API

When it comes to shipping, every minute counts. Learn how much just one minute of downtime can cost your company—and why hundreds of businesses rely on EasyPost to keep things running.

Getting started is easy and free!

Take a look at our documentation and start building with one of our helper libraries (Python, PHP, Ruby, Node.js, Java, and more). Avoid month-long integrations and start simplifying your shipping in minutes with EasyPost.

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