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GetRates

The Get Rates touchpoint allows you to rate shipments, to calculate shipping amounts.

The Get Rates allows you to obtain up to 5 rates per request.

Carrier IDs

The Carrier IDs to rate a shipment can be found in ShipEngine.

To specify multiple carriers, separate them with a vertical pipe/bar |.

Carrier IDs in ShipEngine

Obtaining the Rates

To rate a shipment map the following fields (at minimum):

  • From Address, From Phone, To Address & To Phone
  • Weight and Weight UoM

Rating Reply Fields

The field list provides numerous fields which are returned as part of the rating process. Each of the reply fields are indicated with Reply and a 1-5 (indicating the first, second, third, fourth, fifth returned rates).

The rating reply fields

To obtain the rates it is necessary to map the fields to the various reply fields.

Mapping fields to the reply fields

When the screen is Refreshed the mapped fields will be populated (as shown below).

The populated rates after a refresh