# Starshipit API - LLM Guide

> Shipping, labels, rates, manifests, tracking, webhooks, order documents, and Product Catalogue workflows.

Base URL: https://api.starshipit.com
Reference: https://support.starshipit.com/developers/api-reference/starshipit
Reference JSON: https://support.starshipit.com/developers/api-reference/starshipit/reference.json
Guide: https://support.starshipit.com/articles/developer-center/starshipit-api/starshipit-api-guide
Fundamentals: https://support.starshipit.com/articles/developer-center/starshipit-api/api-fundamentals
Endpoint count: 58
Source updated: 2026-06-18T14:22:44.774Z

## Use This For
- Shipping, labels, rates, manifests, tracking, webhooks, order documents, and Product Catalogue API questions.

## Do Not Use This For
- WMS inventory, receiving, putaway, picking, packing, stocktake, or warehouse job APIs. Use the WMS API guide instead.

## Workflow Guide Map
- [Import orders, print in Starshipit, and update the source system](https://support.starshipit.com/articles/developer-center/starshipit-api/import-orders-into-starshipit): Create or update orders by API, print labels in Starshipit, then send tracking back to the source system.
- [Print labels outside Starshipit](https://support.starshipit.com/articles/developer-center/starshipit-api/print-outside-starshipit-and-return-tracking): Create or update an order, request a shipment, and return label or tracking details to another system.
- [Get checkout and live rates](https://support.starshipit.com/articles/developer-center/starshipit-api/get-live-rates-at-checkout): Request carrier rates from the courier accounts and rules configured in Starshipit.
- [Sync Product Catalogue data](https://support.starshipit.com/articles/developer-center/starshipit-api/sync-product-data-with-product-catalogue): Create and update Product Catalogue data such as SKU, dimensions, weight, and customs fields.
- [Use webhooks and tracking updates](https://support.starshipit.com/articles/developer-center/starshipit-api/use-webhooks-and-tracking-updates): Plan webhook receivers and tracking lookups for delivery updates and writeback workflows.

## Endpoint Groups
- [Orders](https://support.starshipit.com/developers/api-reference/starshipit/orders): 18 endpoints. Create, search, update, tag, archive, restore, and list orders before shipping.
- [Shipments](https://support.starshipit.com/developers/api-reference/starshipit/shipments): 7 endpoints. Print labels, batch labels, clone shipments, replace shipments, and work with shipment documents.
- [Tracking](https://support.starshipit.com/developers/api-reference/starshipit/tracking): 2 endpoints. Retrieve tracking details and delivery updates for shipped orders.
- [Tracking Only Orders](https://support.starshipit.com/developers/api-reference/starshipit/tracking-only-orders): 1 endpoints. Register externally generated tracking against Starshipit orders.
- [Rates](https://support.starshipit.com/developers/api-reference/starshipit/rates): 3 endpoints. Request checkout rates and delivery services from courier accounts configured in Starshipit.
- [Address Book](https://support.starshipit.com/developers/api-reference/starshipit/address-book): 4 endpoints. Manage address book records used when creating and shipping orders.
- [Manifests](https://support.starshipit.com/developers/api-reference/starshipit/manifests): 4 endpoints. Create manifests and retrieve manifest data for carrier handover.
- [Products](https://support.starshipit.com/developers/api-reference/starshipit/products): 8 endpoints. Sync Product Catalogue records and related product data.
- [Pickup](https://support.starshipit.com/developers/api-reference/starshipit/pickup): 2 endpoints. Create and manage courier pickup requests.
- [Order Documents](https://support.starshipit.com/developers/api-reference/starshipit/order-documents): 6 endpoints. Create and retrieve packing slips, commercial invoices, and uploaded order documents for orders that need paperwork.
- [Tags](https://support.starshipit.com/developers/api-reference/starshipit/tags): 3 endpoints. Add and manage order tags used for filtering and workflow automation.

## Agent Guardrails
- Start from the workflow guide, then use the reference for exact endpoint details.
- Do not invent endpoints, request fields, enum values, or response fields.
- Treat undocumented behavior as unsupported or unconfirmed.
- Never ask the user to share API keys or secrets.
- Include the base URL when giving request examples.
- Do not call Starshipit API endpoints on the WMS domain.