@aftership/tracking-sdk

AfterShip Tracking API library for Node.js

This library allows you to quickly and easily use the AfterShip Tracking API via Node.js.

For updates to this library, see our GitHub release page.

If you need support using AfterShip products, please contact [e-mail].

Table of Contents

• AfterShip Tracking API library for Node.js
  • Table of Contents
  • Before you begin
    • API and SDK Version
  • Quick Start
    • Installation
  • Constructor
    • Example
  • Rate Limiter
  • Error Handling
    • Error List
  • Endpoints
    • /trackings
    • /couriers
    • /estimated-delivery-date
  • Help
  • License

Before you begin

Before you begin to integrate:

• Create an AfterShip account.
• Create an API key.
• Install Node.js version 16 or later.

API and SDK Version

Each SDK version is designed to work with a specific API version. Please refer to the table below to identify the supported API versions for each SDK version, ensuring you select the appropriate SDK version for the API version you intend to use.

SDK Version	Supported API Version	Branch
11.x.x	2024-10	https://github.com/AfterShip/tracking-sdk-nodejs/tree/2024-10
10.x.x	2024-07	https://github.com/AfterShip/tracking-sdk-nodejs/tree/2024-07
9.x.x	2024-04	https://github.com/AfterShip/tracking-sdk-nodejs/tree/2024-04
8.x.x	2023-10	https://github.com/AfterShip/aftership-sdk-nodejs
<=7.x.x	Legacy API	https://github.com/AfterShip/aftership-sdk-nodejs

Quick Start

Installation

npm install --save @aftership/tracking-sdk

Constructor

Create AfterShip instance with options

Name	Type	Required	Description
api_key	string	✔	Your AfterShip API key
auth_type	enum		Default value: AuthType.API_KEY AES authentication: AuthType.AES RSA authentication: AuthType.RSA
api_secret	string		Required if the authentication type is AuthType.AES or AuthType.RSA
domain	string		AfterShip API domain. Default value: https://api.aftership.com
user_agent	string		User-defined user-agent string, please follow RFC9110 format standard.
proxy	string		HTTP proxy URL to use for requests. Default value: null Example: http://192.168.0.100:8888
max_retry	number		Number of retries for each request. Default value: 2. Min is 0, Max is 10.
timeout	number		Timeout for each request in milliseconds.

Example

// Step 1: Require the AfterShip client
import {AfterShip} from '@aftership/tracking-sdk';
// or
// const {AfterShip} = require('@aftership/tracking-sdk');


// Step 2: Initialize the client object
const aftership = new AfterShip({api_key: 'YOUR_API_KEY'});

// Step 3: Create the request object
const createTrackingRequestBody = {
    tracking_number: '<tracking_number>',
    slug: '<slug>'
};

// Step 4: Make the request
aftership.tracking.createTracking(createTrackingRequestBody)
    .then(tracking => console.log(tracking))
    .catch(error => console.log(error));

Rate Limiter

See the Rate Limit to understand the AfterShip rate limit policy.

Error Handling

The SDK will return an error object when there is any error during the request, with the following specification:

Name	Type	Description
message	string	Detail message of the error
code	enum	Error code enum for API Error.
meta_code	number	API response meta code.
status_code	number	HTTP status code.
response_body	string	API response body.

Error List

code	meta_code	status_code	message
INVALID_REQUEST	400	400	The request was invalid or cannot be otherwise served.
INVALID_JSON	4001	400	Invalid JSON data.
TRACKING_ALREADY_EXIST	4003	400	Tracking already exists.
TRACKING_DOES_NOT_EXIST	4004	404	Tracking does not exist.
TRACKING_NUMBER_INVALID	4005	400	The value of tracking_number is invalid.
TRACKING_REQUIRED	4006	400	tracking object is required.
TRACKING_NUMBER_REQUIRED	4007	400	tracking_number is required.
VALUE_INVALID	4008	400	The value of [field_name] is invalid.
VALUE_REQUIRED	4009	400	[field_name] is required.
SLUG_INVALID	4010	400	The value of slug is invalid.
MISSING_OR_INVALID_REQUIRED_FIELD	4011	400	Missing or invalid value of the required fields for this courier. Besides tracking_number, also required: [field_name]
BAD_COURIER	4012	400	The error message will be one of the following: 1. Unable to import shipment as the carrier is not on your approved list for carrier auto-detection. Add the carrier here: https://admin.aftership.com/settings/couriers 2. Unable to import shipment as we don’t recognize the carrier from this tracking number. 3. Unable to import shipment as the tracking number has an invalid format. 4. Unable to import shipment as this carrier is no longer supported. 5. Unable to import shipment as the tracking number does not belong to a carrier in that group.
INACTIVE_RETRACK_NOT_ALLOWED	4013	400	Retrack is not allowed. You can only retrack an inactive tracking.
NOTIFICATION_REUQIRED	4014	400	notification object is required.
ID_INVALID	4015	400	The value of id is invalid.
RETRACK_ONCE_ALLOWED	4016	400	Retrack is not allowed. You can only retrack each shipment once.
TRACKING_NUMBER_FORMAT_INVALID	4017	400	The format of tracking_number is invalid.
API_KEY_INVALID	401	401	The API key is invalid.
REQUEST_NOT_ALLOWED	403	403	The request is understood, but it has been refused or access is not allowed.
NOT_FOUND	404	404	The URI requested is invalid or the resource requested does not exist.
TOO_MANY_REQUEST	429	429	You have exceeded the API call rate limit. The default limit is 10 requests per second.
INTERNAL_ERROR	500 502 503 504	500 502 503 504	Something went wrong on AfterShip's end.

Endpoints

The AfterShip instance has the following properties which are exactly the same as the API endpoints:

• courier - Get a list of our supported couriers.
• tracking - Create trackings, update trackings, and get tracking results.
• estimated-delivery-date - Get estimated delivery date for your order.

/trackings

POST /trackings

const payload = {
    slug: '<slug>',
    tracking_number: '<tracking_number>',
    title: 'Title Name',
    smses: [
        '[phone]',
        '[phone]'
    ],
    emails: [
        '<your_email>',
        '<your_email>'
    ],
    order_id: 'ID 1234',
    order_id_path: 'http://www.aftership.com/order_id=1234',
    custom_fields: {
        'product_name': 'iPhone Case',
        'product_price': 'USD19.99'
    }
};

aftership.tracking
    .createTracking(payload)
    .then((result) => console.log(result))
    .catch((e) => console.log(e));

DELETE /trackings/:id

aftership.tracking
    .deleteTrackingById('<tracking_id>')
    .then((result) => console.log(result))
    .catch((e) => console.log(e));

GET /trackings

aftership.tracking
    .getTrackings({ limit: 10, fields: 'slug,tracking_number' })
    .then((result) => console.log(result))
    .catch((e) => console.log(e));

GET /trackings/:id

aftership.tracking
    .getTrackingById('<tracking_id>')
    .then((result) => console.log(result))
    .catch((e) => console.log(e));

PUT /trackings/:id

aftership.tracking
    .updateTrackingById('<tracking_id>',{title: 'New Title123'})
    .then((result) => console.log(result))
    .catch((e) => console.log(e));

POST /trackings/:id/retrack

aftership.tracking
    .retrackTrackingById('<tracking_id>')
    .then((result) => console.log(result))
    .catch((e) => console.log(e));

POST /trackings/:id/mark-as-completed

aftership.tracking
    .markTrackingCompletedById('<tracking_id>', { reason: 'DELIVERED' })
    .then((result) => console.log(result))
    .catch((e) => console.log(e));

/couriers

GET /couriers

aftership.courier
    .getUserCouriers()
    .then(result => console.log(result))
    .catch(e => console.log(e));

GET /couriers/all

aftership.courier
    .getAllCouriers()
    .then(result => console.log(result))
    .catch(e => console.log(e));

POST /couriers/detect

aftership.courier
    .detectCourier({ tracking_number: '<tracking_number>' })
    .then(result => console.log(result))
    .catch(e => console.log(e));

/estimated-delivery-date

POST /estimated-delivery-date/predict-batch

const payload = {
    estimated_delivery_dates: [{
        slug: '<slug>',
        origin_address: { country: '<country>' },
        destination_address: { country: '<country>' },
    }]
};
aftership.estimatedDeliveryDate
    .predictBatch(payload)
    .then(result => console.log(result))
    .catch(e => console.log(e));

Help

If you get stuck, we're here to help:

• Issue Tracker for questions, feature requests, bug reports and general discussion related to this package. Try searching before you create a new issue.
• Contact AfterShip official support via [e-mail]

License

Copyright (c) 2024 AfterShip

Licensed under the MIT license.