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The shipping infrastructure of the internet

A smarter shipping process

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Shipping
API

Compare rates and purchase labels across dozens of carriers through a single
integration.

Ship packages now
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Tracking
API

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

Track packages anywhere
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Address
Verification API

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

Verify any address
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Insurance
API

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

Protect your shipments

How it works

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Integrate
with our API

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

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Verify, ship, track,
and insure

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

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Better
shipping experience

Ship with the optimal service level and track with confidence to offer a customer-first experience.

Built by developers, for developers

# 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
}

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