Endicia Developer Guide & API Credentials

Overview

This developer guide outlines how you can access Endicia Label Server API via AfterShip Shipping. The guide also provides the list of required API credentials and keys for Endicia Label Server API integration.

Get Endicia API Credentials (Production)

Register for an Endicia account.
Note down the  Username and`Password` entered during sign-up.  They will be used to login Endicia website and make API requests.
Upon successful registration, you will receive an email from Endicia with the Username.
In case you forget your Username or Password, visit the Endicia page to restore them.

Required Endicia Label Server API credentials

Account ID : The Username used to login Endicia website.
Passphrase: The Password used to login Endicia website.

Optional Endicia Label Service API settings

Bypass address validation

If you select this checkbox, it will bypass the Endicia address validation for the label generation. it will show the full shipping address on the label as you send to AfterShip Shipping system, but there may be delivery risk.
If you don’t select this checkbox, Endicia will do address validation and auto-correction for the shipping label generation. As a result, your shipping address will be corrected to the valid address and that will be shown on the label, it maybe somehow different from your input. This is only supported for USA addresses.

Set up Endicia Auto-Purchase of Postage via Endicia.com

Endicia is a pre-paid service, so you must set up Auto-Fund to ensure your account always has enough credit.

For detailed instructions on how to set up Auto-Fund, refer to the Endicia Help guide.

How to solve issue when use service_option: insurance

Endicia has updated the insurance from Endicia Package Insurance to ParcelGuard. This may cause error when using `endicia with service_option: insurance.`The error will be You must agree to the Terms and Conditions in order to use Parcel Guard. Error encountered (Log ID: 8048).

In order to solve this, please log in to your endicia account and click Accept in https://account.web.endicia.com/terms/parcelguard/showAccept.

Endicia Label Server API Developer Resources

Read Endicia docs
Supported Endicia service types and service options
AfterShip Shipping Endicia technical support:  support+shipping@aftership.com

Updated on: 14/11/2024