Shipment API

REST JSON interface that exposes methods related to:

Submitting a shipment to the notime platfom
Checking a shipment's status
Cancelling a shipment
Updating shipment parameters after submission

5. Update Shipment

This method allows to update the parameters of a shipment, after the shipment has been submitted to the platform.
In particular it is possible to change the delivery times or the dropoff locations.
This method is also to be used in order to submit parcel information after the shipment has already been processed: For example this method might be called after picking of the products is completed and the number of parcels, barcodes and parcel sizes is now known.

Whether the shipment time windows or the dropoff location can still be changed depends on the status of the shipment. E.g. shortly before dropoff, only address changes few hundred meters from the original dropoff are allowed.

Dropoff notes can be added at any time and will be transmitted in real-time to the courier.

Shipments must be sent to the platform via the method Submit Shipment.
On successfully submitting a shipment to our platform the system returns a unique identifier for the shipment (shipment GUID). When updating a shipment , use this ID as the first parameter of the call.

Try it

Request

Request URL

https://v1.notimeapi.com/api/shipment/update

Request headers

Content-Type (optional)

string

Media type of the body sent to the API.
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key

string

Subscription key which provides access to this API. Found in your Profile.

Request body

Name	Type	Mandatory	Note
ShipmentGuid	Guid	Yes	Guid identifying a shipment. The shipment GUID received when initially submitting the shipment.
Action	Int	Yes	1: Update Dropoff Location 4: Submit Expected Delay 5: Submit Parcel and Barcode Information 6: Append a Pickup Note 7: Append a Dropoff Note 8: Change Service 9: Replace a Pickup Note 10: Replace a Dropoff Note
Param	Object		Additional Information to be provided depending on the action type. In the case of Action 1 it is the new dropoff location of type POI. In the case of Action 4 it is the delay in minutes. In the case of Action 5 it is an Array of Parcel In the case of Actions 6 and 7 it is the text which will be appended to dropoff or pickup note. In the case of Actions 8 it is new Service. In the case of Actions 9 and 10 it is the text of dropoff or pickup note.
Location	POI		New dropoff location. It could be used in the following cases: Action 1 instead of passing it in Param property. Action 8 in case of changing service to HomeDelivery type.

POI

Name	Type	Mandatory	Default	Note
Reference	String			If this is provided we try to find the corresponding item in the database. If found the rest of the POI object can be empty (so use only reference to specify POI object). If, together with a valid reference, the fields Name, ContactName, Note, Phone are provided, they will be replaced in the corresponding database entry. If a new reference is entered, a new POI is created in the database. The reference has to be unique within a GroupGuid.
Name	String		StreetAddress
Phone	String			Main phone number.
Phone2	String			Additional phone number.
Phone3	String			Additional phone number.
StreetAddress	String	Yes, if no valid Reference
PostCode	String	Yes, if no valid Reference
City	String	Yes, if no valid Reference
CountryCode	String	Yes, if no valid Reference		Country code e.g. "CH", "DE", "FR", "AT"
ContactName	String
ContactEmailAddress	String
Note	String
Labels	Array of String			Labels are used to describe the requirements that go with a certain shipment and the feature a deliverer offers. A typical requirement lable could mean: "Must be transported under 10C". "Must be transported flat". Labels are identified by their name. If this is provided we try to find it in the database otherwise it logs and error.

Parcel

Name	Type	Mandatory	Default	Note
ParcelNumber	String	No	01	Custom identifier of a parcel
Barcode	String	Yes
Size	String	No		Optional information about the size of the parcel. E.g. "XS", "S" etc. For more information please contact support.
Weight	Double	No		Optional information about the weight of the parcel in kg.

Service

Name	Type	Mandatory	Default	Note
ServiceId	Guid	Yes		The identifier (GUID) of the service. This GUID is received either via the Get Services method or from a list of hardcoded values.
Date	UTC Date string (YYYY-MM-DD)	Yes		Date of delivery

Request examples (application/json):

{ 
"ShipmentGuid": "534efae5-8425-4b4b-85f4-c162470d8952",
"Action": "1",
"Param": 
{
"Name":"Bar",
"Phone":"+41987654321",
"City":"Z\u00fcrich",
"CountryCode":"CH",
"Postcode":"8004",
"Streetaddress":"Badenerstrasse 97"
}
}

{ 
"ShipmentGuid": "534efae5-8425-4b4b-85f4-c162470d8952",
"Action": "4",
"Param": 10
}

{ 
"ShipmentGuid": "534efae5-8425-4b4b-85f4-c162470d8952",
"Action": "5",
"Param": 
[{
"ParcelNumber":"01",
"Barcode": "9874561987319879431",
"Size": "S",
"Weight": 0.5
}]
}

{ 
"ShipmentGuid": "534efae5-8425-4b4b-85f4-c162470d8952",
"Action": "6",
"Param": "Additional pickup note for shipment"
}

{  
   "ShipmentGuid":"AA465025-0795-4938-8C1E-6FFC0ECD6EC6",
   "Action":8,
   "Param":{  
      "ServiceId":"3492052A-8FBB-43EF-ABD0-184F7D144BE3",
      "Date":"2017-05-09"
   },
   "Location":{  
      "City":"Z\u00fcrich",
      "CountryCode":"CH",
      "Postcode":"8005",
      "Streetaddress":"Giessereistrasse 18"
   }
}

{ 
"ShipmentGuid": "534efae5-8425-4b4b-85f4-c162470d8952",
"Action": "9",
"Param": "New pickup note for shipment"
}

Responses

200 OK

Returned if the shipment has been changed successfully. The ResultCode is always set to "0" in this case.

Representations

application/json

{
  "ResultCode": 0,
  "ErrorString": null
}

400 Bad Request

Returned in cases where the submitted request body doesn't fit the validation rules or the business rules.
Error codes:

Code	Description
5	Invalid timeslot given.
6	The given location can't be geocoded.
7	This location change is not, or no longer permitted.
8	This change of time window is no longer allowed.
9	The given delay parameter is outside of the allowed range.
10	The given new location is identical with the old one. (within 20 meter radius)
11	The given date time format is wrong
16	Invalid service given.
18	This service change is not, or no longer permitted.
99	General Error. Check the field ErrorString for more information

Response example:

Representations

application/json

{
  "ResultCode": 99,
  "ErrorString": "ShipmentGuid or ShipmentReference is not provided",
  "Success": false
}

404 Not Found

Returned in case if specified shipment is not found.

Code samples

@ECHO OFF

curl -v -X POST "https://v1.notimeapi.com/api/shipment/update"
-H "Content-Type: Action 1"
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: {subscription key}"

--data-ascii "{body}"

using System;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web;

namespace CSHttpClientSample
{
    static class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            MakeRequest();
            Console.WriteLine("Hit ENTER to exit...");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
        
        static async void MakeRequest()
        {
            var client = new HttpClient();
            var queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);

            // Request headers
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");

            var uri = "https://v1.notimeapi.com/api/shipment/update?" + queryString;

            HttpResponseMessage response;

            // Request body
            byte[] byteData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("{body}");

            using (var content = new ByteArrayContent(byteData))
            {
               content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("< your content type, i.e. application/json >");
               response = await client.PostAsync(uri, content);
            }

        }
    }
}

// // This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
import java.net.URI;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

public class JavaSample 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        HttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();

        try
        {
            URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder("https://v1.notimeapi.com/api/shipment/update");


            URI uri = builder.build();
            HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri);
            request.setHeader("Content-Type", "Action 1");
            request.setHeader("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");


            // Request body
            StringEntity reqEntity = new StringEntity("{body}");
            request.setEntity(reqEntity);

            HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request);
            HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

            if (entity != null) 
            {
                System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>JSSample</title>
    <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function() {
        var params = {
            // Request parameters
        };
      
        $.ajax({
            url: "https://v1.notimeapi.com/api/shipment/update?" + $.param(params),
            beforeSend: function(xhrObj){
                // Request headers
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","Action 1");
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key","{subscription key}");
            },
            type: "POST",
            // Request body
            data: "{body}",
        })
        .done(function(data) {
            alert("success");
        })
        .fail(function() {
            alert("error");
        });
    });
</script>
</body>
</html>

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
    
    NSString* path = @"https://v1.notimeapi.com/api/shipment/update";
    NSArray* array = @[
                         // Request parameters
                         @"entities=true",
                      ];
    
    NSString* string = [array componentsJoinedByString:@"&"];
    path = [path stringByAppendingFormat:@"?%@", string];

    NSLog(@"%@", path);

    NSMutableURLRequest* _request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
    [_request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
    // Request headers
    [_request setValue:@"Action 1" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
    [_request setValue:@"{subscription key}" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key"];
    // Request body
    [_request setHTTPBody:[@"{body}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    
    NSURLResponse *response = nil;
    NSError *error = nil;
    NSData* _connectionData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:_request returningResponse:&response error:&error];

    if (nil != error)
    {
        NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
    }
    else
    {
        NSError* error = nil;
        NSMutableDictionary* json = nil;
        NSString* dataString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:_connectionData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", dataString);
        
        if (nil != _connectionData)
        {
            json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:_connectionData options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:&error];
        }
        
        if (error || !json)
        {
            NSLog(@"Could not parse loaded json with error:%@", error);
        }
        
        NSLog(@"%@", json);
        _connectionData = nil;
    }
    
    [pool drain];

    return 0;
}

<?php
// This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';

$request = new Http_Request2('https://v1.notimeapi.com/api/shipment/update');
$url = $request->getUrl();

$headers = array(
    // Request headers
    'Content-Type' => 'Action 1',
    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key' => '{subscription key}',
);

$request->setHeader($headers);

$parameters = array(
    // Request parameters
);

$url->setQueryVariables($parameters);

$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);

// Request body
$request->setBody("{body}");

try
{
    $response = $request->send();
    echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
    echo $ex;
}

?>

########### Python 2.7 #############
import httplib, urllib, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Content-Type': 'Action 1',
    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
}

params = urllib.urlencode({
})

try:
    conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('v1.notimeapi.com')
    conn.request("POST", "/api/shipment/update?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################

########### Python 3.2 #############
import http.client, urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Content-Type': 'Action 1',
    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
}

params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
})

try:
    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('v1.notimeapi.com')
    conn.request("POST", "/api/shipment/update?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################

require 'net/http'

uri = URI('https://v1.notimeapi.com/api/shipment/update')

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
# Request headers
request['Content-Type'] = 'Action 1'
# Request headers
request['Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key'] = '{subscription key}'
# Request body
request.body = "{body}"

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
    http.request(request)
end

puts response.body