Create Order Shipment

Creates an *Order Shipment*. For more details, see [Shipping an Order](/developer/docs/admin/checkout-and-cart/orders#creating-order-shipments). **Required Fields** * order_address_id * items **Usage notes** There are three methods for generating a tracking link for a shipment: 1. Use `shipping_provider` and `tracking_number`: This generates a link to one of our integrated providers that you can click from the BigCommerce control panel and customer-facing emails. If a merchant still needs to set up a shipping provider or if the provider is not one of our natively integrated providers, you will click on an Aftership tracking link instead. The `generated_tracking_link` property in the API response represents one of these tracking links. The `tracking_link` property in the API response will remain empty. 2. Use `tracking_carrier` and `tracking_number`: This also creates a link to one of our integrated providers or an Aftership tracking link that you can click in both the BigCommerce control panel and customer-facing emails. Like the previous method, the `generated_tracking_link` property in the API response represents this tracking link. The `tracking_link` property in the API response will remain empty. 3. Supply a custom `tracking_link`: By providing a value for the `tracking_link` property, you can use your own tracking link within the BigCommerce control panel and in customer-facing emails. The API response will return your supplied tracking link as part of the `tracking_link` property in the response. In situations when there isn't a `generated_tracking_link`, the property in the API response will remain empty. Acceptable values for `shipping_provider` include the following, and this list may be updated at any time: - `""`, an empty string - `auspost` - `canadapost` - `endicia` - `usps` - `fedex` - `royalmail` - `ups` - `upsready` - `shipperhq` - `carrier_{your_carrier_id}`, when the carrier is a [third-party Shipping Provider](/developer/docs/integrations/shipping-providers) Acceptable values for `tracking_carrier` include an empty string (`""`) or one of the valid [tracking-carrier values](https://www.aftership.com/docs/tracking/others/supported-couriers).