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Carriers

Orderly connects to carriers through carrier accounts. Each carrier account stores credentials for a specific carrier and enables label creation, rate shopping, and tracking.

Supported Carriers

CarrierRatingLabelsTrackingPickups
FedExYesYesYesYes
UPSYesYesYesYes
USPSYesYesYesNo
ColdTrackYesYesYesYes

Setting Up a Carrier Account

In the Portal

  1. Go to Settings > Carrier Accounts
  2. Click Add Carrier Account
  3. Select your carrier
  4. Enter your credentials
  5. Test the connection
  6. Save

Via API

POST /api/carrier-accounts
Content-Type: application/json
 
{
  "carrier": "fedex",
  "name": "FedEx Production",
  "credentials": {
    "clientId": "your-client-id",
    "clientSecret": "your-client-secret",
    "accountNumber": "123456789"
  },
  "isTest": false
}

Carrier Capabilities

Each carrier declares which features it supports:

interface CarrierCapabilities {
  rating: boolean;    // Can provide shipping rates
  labels: boolean;    // Can generate shipping labels
  tracking: boolean;  // Can provide tracking information
  pickups: boolean;   // Can schedule carrier pickups
}

Multi-Carrier Rate Shopping

When requesting rates, you can query multiple carrier accounts at once to compare prices and transit times. See Rates.

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