AfterShip Tracking API library for Ruby

This library allows you to quickly and easily use the AfterShip Tracking API via Ruby.

For updates to this library, see our GitHub release page.

If you need support using AfterShip products, please contact [email protected].

Table of Contents

Before you begin

Before you begin to integrate:

API and SDK Version

Each SDK version is designed to work with a specific API version. Please refer to the table below to identify the supported API versions for each SDK version, ensuring you select the appropriate SDK version for the API version you intend to use.

SDK Version Supported API Version Branch
9.x.x 2024-10 https://github.com/AfterShip/tracking-sdk-ruby/tree/2024-10
8.x.x 2024-07 https://github.com/AfterShip/tracking-sdk-ruby/tree/2024-07
7.x.x 2024-04 https://github.com/AfterShip/tracking-sdk-ruby/tree/2024-04
<=6.x.x Legacy API https://github.com/AfterShip/aftership-sdk-ruby

Quick Start

Installation

gem install aftership-tracking-sdk

Or add a line to your Gemfile

gem 'aftership-tracking-sdk', '~> 9.0.0'

Constructor

Create AfterShip instance with options

Name Type Required Description
api_key string ✔ Your AfterShip API key
auth_type enum Default value: AuthType.API_KEY
AES authentication: AuthType.AES
RSA authentication: AuthType.RSA
api_secret string Required if the authentication type is AuthType.AES or AuthType.RSA
domain string AfterShip API domain. Default value: https://api.aftership.com
user_agent string User-defined user-agent string, please follow RFC9110 format standard.
proxy string HTTP proxy URL to use for requests.
Default value: null
Example: http://192.168.0.100:8888
max_retry number Number of retries for each request. Default value: 2. Min is 0, Max is 10.
timeout number Timeout for each request in milliseconds.

Example

require 'aftership-tracking-sdk'

AftershipAPI.configure do |config|
    config.as_api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"
end

begin
    resp = AftershipAPI::Tracking.get_trackings
    p resp
rescue AftershipAPI::ApiError => e
    p e.message
end

Rate Limiter

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

Error Handling

The SDK will return an error object when there is any error during the request, with the following specification:

Name Type Description
message string Detail message of the error
code enum Error code enum for API Error.
meta_code number API response meta code.
status_code number HTTP status code.
response_body string API response body.

Error List

code meta_code status_code message
INVALID_REQUEST 400 400 The request was invalid or cannot be otherwise served.
INVALID_JSON 4001 400 Invalid JSON data.
TRACKING_ALREADY_EXIST 4003 400 Tracking already exists.
TRACKING_DOES_NOT_EXIST 4004 404 Tracking does not exist.
TRACKING_NUMBER_INVALID 4005 400 The value of tracking_number is invalid.
TRACKING_REQUIRED 4006 400 tracking object is required.
TRACKING_NUMBER_REQUIRED 4007 400 tracking_number is required.
VALUE_INVALID 4008 400 The value of [field_name] is invalid.
VALUE_REQUIRED 4009 400 [field_name] is required.
SLUG_INVALID 4010 400 The value of slug is invalid.
MISSING_OR_INVALID_REQUIRED_FIELD 4011 400 Missing or invalid value of the required fields for this courier. Besides tracking_number, also required: [field_name]
BAD_COURIER 4012 400 The error message will be one of the following:
1. Unable to import shipment as the carrier is not on your approved list for carrier auto-detection. Add the carrier here: https://admin.aftership.com/settings/couriers
2. Unable to import shipment as we don’t recognize the carrier from this tracking number.
3. Unable to import shipment as the tracking number has an invalid format.
4. Unable to import shipment as this carrier is no longer supported.
5. Unable to import shipment as the tracking number does not belong to a carrier in that group.
INACTIVE_RETRACK_NOT_ALLOWED 4013 400 Retrack is not allowed. You can only retrack an inactive tracking.
NOTIFICATION_REUQIRED 4014 400 notification object is required.
ID_INVALID 4015 400 The value of id is invalid.
RETRACK_ONCE_ALLOWED 4016 400 Retrack is not allowed. You can only retrack each shipment once.
TRACKING_NUMBER_FORMAT_INVALID 4017 400 The format of tracking_number is invalid.
API_KEY_INVALID 401 401 The API key is invalid.
REQUEST_NOT_ALLOWED 403 403 The request is understood, but it has been refused or access is not allowed.
NOT_FOUND 404 404 The URI requested is invalid or the resource requested does not exist.
TOO_MANY_REQUEST 429 429 You have exceeded the API call rate limit. The default limit is 10 requests per second.
INTERNAL_ERROR 500 502 503 504 500 502 503 504 Something went wrong on AfterShip's end.

Endpoints

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

  • courier - Get a list of our supported couriers.
  • tracking - Create trackings, update trackings, and get tracking results.
  • estimated-delivery-date - Get estimated delivery date for your order.

/trackings

POST /trackings

begin
    req = AftershipAPI::Model::CreateTrackingRequest. new
    req.tracking_number = "<tracking_number>"
    req.slug = "<slug>"

    resp = AftershipAPI::Tracking.create_tracking(body: req)
    p resp
rescue AftershipAPI::ApiError => e
    p e.message
end

DELETE /trackings/:id

resp = AftershipAPI::Tracking.delete_tracking_by_id(id: "<tracking_id>")
p resp.to_json

GET /trackings

resp = AftershipAPI::Tracking.get_trackings(opts: {keyword: "123"})
p resp.to_json

GET /trackings/:id

resp = AftershipAPI::Tracking.get_tracking_by_id(id: "<tracking_id>")
p resp.to_json

PUT /trackings/:id

req = AftershipAPI::Model::UpdateTrackingByIdRequest.new
req.note = "test update"
resp = AftershipAPI::Tracking.update_tracking_by_id(id: "<tracking_id>", body: req)
p resp.to_json

POST /trackings/:id/retrack

resp = AftershipAPI::Tracking.retrack_tracking_by_id(id: "<tracking_id>")
p resp.to_json

POST /trackings/:id/mark-as-completed

req = AftershipAPI::Model::MarkTrackingCompletedByIdRequest.new
req.reason = "DELIVERED"
resp = AftershipAPI::Tracking.mark_tracking_completed_by_id(id: "<tracking_id>", body: req)
p resp.to_json

/couriers

GET /couriers

resp = AftershipAPI::Courier.get_user_couriers()
p resp.to_json

GET /couriers/all

resp = AftershipAPI::Courier.get_all_couriers()
p resp.to_json

POST /couriers/detect

req = AftershipAPI::Model::DetectCourierRequest.new
req.tracking_number = "<tracking_number>"
resp = AftershipAPI::Courier.detect_courier(body: req)
p resp.to_json

/estimated-delivery-date

POST /estimated-delivery-date/predict-batch

edd = AftershipAPI::Model::EstimatedDeliveryDateRequest.new
edd.slug = "<slug>"
edd.pickup_time = "2024-08-01 06:42:30"
origin = AftershipAPI::Model::OriginAddressEstimatedDeliveryDateRequest.new
origin.country = "<ISO 3166-1 country/region code>"
origin.state = "<ISO 3166-1 country/region code>"

dest = AftershipAPI::Model::DestinationAddressEstimatedDeliveryDateRequest.new
dest.country = "<ISO 3166-1 country/region code>"
dest.state = "<ISO 3166-1 country/region code>"

edd.origin_address = origin
edd.destination_address = dest

req = AftershipAPI::Model::PredictBatchRequest.new
req.estimated_delivery_dates = [edd]
resp = AftershipAPI::EstimatedDeliveryDate.predict_batch(body: req)
p resp.to_json

Help

If you get stuck, we're here to help:

  • Issue Tracker for questions, feature requests, bug reports and general discussion related to this package. Try searching before you create a new issue.
  • Contact AfterShip official support via [email protected]

License

Copyright (c) 2024 AfterShip

Licensed under the MIT license.