Create Order with ShipStation API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Create Order with the ShipStation API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Create Order action
1. Connect your ShipStation account
2. Configure Order Number
3. Configure Order Date
4. Select a Order Status
5. Configure Bill To
6. Configure Ship To
7. Optional- Configure Customer Username
8. Optional- Select a Customer Email
9. Optional- Configure Items
10. Optional- Configure Gift
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

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Create Order on ShipStation

Description:Create a new order. [See docs here](https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/orders/create-update-order)

Version:0.0.1

Key:shipstation-create-order

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Code#

import shipstation from "../../shipstation.app.mjs";
import constants from "../common/constants.mjs";
import utils from "../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "shipstation-create-order",
  name: "Create Order",
  description: "Create a new order. [See docs here](https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/orders/create-update-order)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    shipstation,
    orderNumber: {
      label: "Order Number",
      description: "A user-defined order number used to identify an order.",
      type: "string",
    },
    orderDate: {
      label: "Order Date",
      description: "The date the order was placed. E.g. 2015-06-29T08:46:27.0000000",
      type: "string",
    },
    orderStatus: {
      label: "Order Status",
      description: "The order's status.",
      type: "string",
      options: constants.ORDER_STATUSES,
    },
    billTo: {
      label: "Bill To",
      description: "The recipients billing address. Use the [Address](https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/models/address) model.",
      type: "string",
    },
    shipTo: {
      label: "Ship To",
      description: "The recipient's shipping address. Use the [Address](https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/models/address) model.",
      type: "string",
    },
    customerUsername: {
      label: "Customer Username",
      description: "The customer's username. Note: This property needs to be defined in order to generate a customer profile",
      type: "string",
      optional: true,
    },
    customerEmail: {
      label: "Customer Email",
      description: "The customer's email address.",
      optional: true,
      propDefinition: [
        shipstation,
        "customerEmail",
      ],
    },
    items: {
      label: "Items",
      description: "An array of item objects. Use an array of [OrderItem](https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/models/order-item) models.",
      type: "string[]",
      optional: true,
    },
    gift: {
      label: "Gift",
      description: "Specifies whether or not this Order is a gift",
      type: "boolean",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      orderNumber,
      orderDate,
      orderStatus,
      billTo,
      shipTo,
      customerUsername,
      customerEmail,
      items,
      gift,
    } = this;

    const parsedItems = typeof items !== "string" && items?.length
      ? items.map((item) => utils.parseStringToJSON(item))
      : utils.parseStringToJSON(items, []);

    const response = await this.shipstation.createOrder({
      data: {
        orderNumber,
        orderDate,
        orderStatus,
        billTo: utils.parseStringToJSON(billTo),
        shipTo: utils.parseStringToJSON(shipTo),
        customerUsername,
        customerEmail,
        items: parsedItems,
        gift,
      },
      $,
    });

    $.export("$summary", "Successfully created order.");

    return response;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
ShipStation	`shipstation`	`app`	This component uses the ShipStation app.
Order Number	`orderNumber`	`string`	A user-defined order number used to identify an order.
Order Date	`orderDate`	`string`	The date the order was placed. E.g. 2015-06-29T08:46:27.0000000
Order Status	`orderStatus`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`awaiting_paymentawaiting_shipmentshippedon_holdcancelled`
Bill To	`billTo`	`string`	The recipients billing address. Use the Address model.
Ship To	`shipTo`	`string`	The recipient's shipping address. Use the Address model.
Customer Username	`customerUsername`	`string`	The customer's username. Note: This property needs to be defined in order to generate a customer profile
Customer Email	`customerEmail`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Items	`items`	`string[]`	An array of item objects. Use an array of OrderItem models.
Gift	`gift`	`boolean`	Specifies whether or not this Order is a gift