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aftership-sdk-node

node.js SDK for AfterShip API

Key features

The SDK is now isomorphic, you can use it on both client and server side.
Support IntelliSense in IDE
Support TypeScript

Installation

npm install aftership

Quick Start

const { AfterShip } = require('aftership');
const aftership = new AfterShip('YOUR_API_KEY');

aftership.courier.listAllCouriers()
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(err => console.log(err));


/** Console
  { total: 335,
    couriers:
     [ ... ]
  }
*/

Test

npm run test

Constructor(api_key, options)

Create AfterShip instance with options

api_key - Require - your Aftership API key
options - Optional - object of request options - endpoint - string, AfterShip endpoint, default 'https://api.aftership.com/tracking/2023-10' - user_agent_prefix - string, prefix of User-Agent in headers, default 'aftership-sdk-nodejs'
- auth_type -number, if authentication type is AES, use AuthType.Aes, default AuthType.ApiKey.
- api_secret -string, if authentication type is AES, it is required.

Example:

// Construct with options
const aftership = new AfterShip('YOUR_API_KEY', {
  auth_type: AuthType.Aes, api_secret:'YOUR_API_SECRET'
});

Endpoints

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

courier - Get a list of our supported couriers.
tracking - Create trackings, update trackings, and get tracking results.
last_checkpoint - Get tracking information of the last checkpoint of a tracking.
notification - Get, add or remove contacts (sms or email) to be notified when the status of a tracking has changed.

Make request in a specific endpoint

// GET /trackings/:slug/:tracking_number
aftership.tracking
  .getTracking({
    slug: "ups",
    tracking_number: "1234567890",
  })
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(err => console.log(err));

Rate Limiter

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

You can get the recent rate limit by aftership.rate_limit. Initially all value are null.

const { AfterShip } = require('aftership');
const aftership = new AfterShip('YOUR_API_KEY');

console.log(aftership.rate_limit);

// console output
// { reset: null, limit: null, remaining: null }

After making an API call, it will be set.

aftership.courier.listCouriers()
  .then(result => {
    console.log(result);
    console.log(aftership.rate_limit);
  })
  .catch(err => console.log(err));

// console output
// { limit: 600, remaining: 599, reset: 1453281417 }

Error Handling

There are 3 kinds of error

SDK Error
Request Error
API Error

Error object of this SDK contain fields:

type - Require - type of the error, please handle each error by this field
message - Optional - detail message of the error
data - Optional - data lead to the error
code - Optional - error code for API Error
response_body - Optional - response body of API Error

Please handle each error by its type, since it is a require field

SDK Error

Error return by the SDK instance, mostly invalid param type when calling constructor or endpoint method
error.type is one of error_enum
Throw by the SDK instance

const { AfterShip } = require('aftership');
const aftership = new AfterShip('YOUR_API_KEY');

// GET /notifications/:slug/:tracking_number
aftership.notification.getNotification()
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(err => console.log(err));

/*
{ Error: HandlerError: You must specify the id or slug and tracking number
  type: 'HandlerError',
  code: '',
  data: undefined,
  responseBody: '' }
*/

Request Error

Error return by the request module
error.type could be ETIMEDOUT, ECONNRESET, etc.
Catch by promise

const { AfterShip } = require('aftership');
const aftership = new AfterShip('YOUR_API_KEY');

aftership.courier.listCouriers()
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(err => console.log(err));
/*
{ Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND api.aftership.com api.aftership.com:443
  type: 'ENOTFOUND',
  code: 'ENOTFOUND',
  ... }
*/

API Error

Error return by the Aftership API
error.type should be same as request error. Catch by promise

const { AfterShip } = require('aftership');
const aftership = new AfterShip('INVALID_API_KEY');

aftership.courier.listCouriers()
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(err => console.log(err));
/*
{ [Error: Invalid API key.]
  type: 'Unauthorized',
  message: 'Invalid API key.',
  code: 401,
  data: {},
  response_body: '{"meta":{"code":401,"message":"Invalid API key.","type":"Unauthorized"},"data":{}}' }
*/

Examples

/couriers

GET /couriers

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

GET /couriers/all

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

POST /couriers/detect

const payload = {
  'tracking': {
    'tracking_number': '906587618687',
    'tracking_postal_code': 'DA15BU',
    'tracking_ship_date': '20131231',
    'tracking_account_number': '1234567890',
    'slug': ['dhl', 'ups', 'fedex']
  }
};
aftership.courier.detectCouriers(payload)
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(e => console.log(e));

/trackings

POST /trackings

const payload = {
    'tracking': {
        'slug': 'dhl',
        'tracking_number': '123456789',
        'title': 'Title Name',
        'smses': [
            '+18555072509',
            '+18555072501'
        ],
        'emails': [
            'email@yourdomain.com',
            'another_email@yourdomain.com'
        ],
        '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/:slug/:tracking_number

aftership.tracking
  .deleteTracking({
    slug: "ups",
    tracking_number: "1234567890",
  })
  .then((result) => console.log(result))
  .catch((e) => console.log(e));

GET /trackings

const query = {
  slug: 'dhl,ups,usps'
};
aftership.tracking
  .listTrackings(query)
  .then((result) => console.log(result))
  .catch((e) => console.log(e));

GET /trackings/:slug/:tracking_number

aftership.tracking
  .getTracking({
    slug: "ups",
    tracking_number: "1234567890",
  })
  .then((result) => console.log(result))
  .catch((e) => console.log(e));

Tip: You can also add optional_parameters to /:slug/:tracking_number

// GET /trackings/:slug/:tracking_number?tracking_postal_code=:postal_code&tracking_ship_date=:ship_date
aftership.tracking
  .getTracking({
    slug: "ups",
    tracking_number: "1234567890",
    optional_parameters: {
      tracking_postal_code: "1234",
      tracking_ship_date: "20200423",
    }
  })
  .then((result) => console.log(result))
  .catch((e) => console.log(e));

Pro Tip: You can always use /:id to replace /:slug/:tracking_number.
// GET /trackings/:id
aftership.tracking
  .getTracking({
    id: "1234567890",
  })
  .then((result) => console.log(result))
  .catch((e) => console.log(e));

PUT /trackings/:slug/:tracking_number

const payload = {
  tracking: {
    title: "New Title",
  },
};
aftership.tracking
  .updateTracking({
    slug: "ups",
    tracking_number: "1234567890",
  }, payload)
  .then((result) => console.log(result))
  .catch((e) => console.log(e));

POST /trackings/:slug/:tracking_number/retrack

aftership.tracking
  .retrack({
    slug: "ups",
    tracking_number: "1234567890",
  })
  .then((result) => console.log(result))
  .catch((e) => console.log(e));

POST /trackings/:slug/:tracking_number/mark-as-completed

aftership.tracking
  .markAsCompleted({
    slug: "ups",
    tracking_number: "1234567890",
  }, {
    reason: "DELIVERED"
  })
  .then((result) => console.log(result))
  .catch((e) => console.log(e));

/last_checkpoint

GET /last_checkpoint/:slug/:tracking_number

aftership.last_checkpoint.getLastCheckpoint({
    slug: 'ups',
    tracking_number: '1234567890',
  })
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(e => console.log(e));

/notifications

GET /notifications/:slug/:tracking_number

aftership.notification.getNotification({
    slug: 'ups',
    tracking_number: '1234567890',
  })
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(e => console.log(e));

POST /notifications/:slug/:tracking_number/add

const payload = {
  'notification': {
    'emails': ['user1@gmail.com','user2@gmail.com','invalid EMail @ Gmail. com'],
    'smses': ['+85291239123', '+85261236123', 'Invalid Mobile Phone Number']
  }
};
aftership.notification.addNotification({
    slug: 'ups',
    tracking_number: '1234567890',
  }, payload)
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(e => console.log(e));

POST /notifications/:slug/:tracking_number/remove

const payload = {
  'notification': {
    'emails': ['user1@gmail.com','user2@gmail.com','invalid EMail @ Gmail. com'],
    'smses': ['+85291239123', '+85261236123', 'Invalid Mobile Phone Number']
  }
};
aftership.notification.removeNotification({
    slug: 'ups',
    tracking_number: '1234567890',
  }, payload)
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(e => console.log(e));

Migrations

// v5 (old version)
const Aftership = require('aftership')('YOUR_API_KEY');

Aftership.call('GET', '/couriers/all').then(function (result) {
  console.log(result);
}).catch(function (err) {
  console.log(err);
});

// v6 (new version)
const { AfterShip } = require('aftership');
const aftership = new AfterShip('YOUR_API_KEY');

aftership.courier.listAllCouriers()
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(err => console.log(err));

Help

If you get stuck, we're here to help. The following are the best ways to get assistance working through your issue:

Issue Tracker for questions, feature requests, bug reports and general discussion related to this package. Try searching before you create a new issue.
Slack AfterShip-SDKs: a Slack community, you can find the maintainers and users of this package in #aftership-sdks.