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Tracking Shipment

Tracking a shipment requires you make a post request to the tracking endpoint, passing the shipment tracking number in the body of your request.

Track Shipment

This tracks a shipment
Request
Response

Headers

Name
Type
Description
Authorization
String
Authorization-key
Content-type
String
application/json

Body Parameters

Name
Type
Description
code
String
shipment tracking code
201: Created
This returns the details of a shipment and tracking events.
{
"status": {
"code": "delivered",
"name": "Delivered"
},
"code": "0008927630",
"last_updated": "2019-11-13T21:07:59.605566",
"courier": {
"name": "DHL"
},
"amount_to_receive": 5000,
"status_code": "delivered",
"sensitivity": null,
"reference_code": null,
"origin_state_code": "LOS",
"agent": {
"name": "DHL BOT"
},
"delivery_eta": "2019-11-09T23:59:59.976552",
"is_spillable": false,
"destination_name": "Paul Chukelu",
"destination_address": "512 Cobblestone Creek, Mableton, Georgia, Mableton Georgia United States Of America",
"origin_country_code": "NG",
"id": 51196,
"origin_country": {
"code": "NG",
"name": "Nigeria"
},
"is_confidential": false,
"short_destination_address": "Mableton Georgia United States Of America",
"origin_name": "Looks Like A Good Man",
"short_origin_address": "Anthony Lagos Nigeria",
"total_value": 5000,
"accept_value_on_delivery": false,
"origin_state": {
"code": "LOS",
"name": "Lagos"
},
"notes": null,
"origin_address": "71 Adebayo Mokuolu Street, New Castle Anthony Lagos Nigeria",
"date_created": "2019-11-08T16:50:17.044031",
"is_fragile": false,
"pickup_date": "2019-11-08T16:50:15.026374",
"events": [
{
"status": {
"code": "delivered",
"name": "Delivered"
},
"last_updated": "2019-11-13T21:08:00.685932",
"description": "package was delivered succesfully",
"courier": {
"name": "DHL"
},
"status_code": "delivered",
"previous_status": {
"code": "in_delivery",
"name": "In Delivery"
},
"tracking_code": "0008927630",
"delivery_eta": null,
"delivery_status": {
"code": null,
"name": null
},
"previous_status_code": "in_delivery",
"current_courier": {
"name": "DHL"
},
"location_description": "GA-US",
"delivery_status_code": null,
"date_created": "2019-11-13T21:08:00.685940"
}Staging URL: https://sandbox.staging.sendbox.co/shipping/tracking
Staging URL: https://sandbox.staging.sendbox.co/shipping/tracking

Tracking Response

At different times, there are different tracking status in the payload. Sendbox allows you track your shipment in real-time.

Book on hold

This means the shipment hasn't been paid for. User might need to fund their account to complete their shipment request. it comes back with code:"drafted" as the status code in the response.

Pending

This means the shipment request was successful and is waiting to be picked up. comes back with code:"pending" as the status code in the response.

Pick up started

This means shipment has been picked up. comes back with code:"pickup_started" as the status code in the response.

Pick up completed

This means the pick up process has been completed. comes back with code:"pickup_completed" in the status code response.

Delivery Started

This means the delivery process has started. comes back with code:in_delivery in the status code response.

In Transit

This means delivery is in transit and it's updated in real-time. Comes back with code:"in_transit" as the status code in the response.

Delivered

This means the entire process has been completed and the shipment has been delivered. Comes back with code:"deliverd" as the status code in the response.
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