Create a Pitney Bowes Manifest

HTTP Request

POST /v1/manifests

Summary

This operation manifests trackable shipments for either PB Expedited or PB Standard.

PB Expedited Manifest (USPS SCAN Form)

For PB Expedited, this operation creates a USPS® SCAN form (Shipment Confirmation Acceptance Notice) that combines all trackable shipments into a single form with a single bar code. When the carrier scans the barcode, all shipments for that barcode receive an Acceptance event from USPS. If the SCAN form includes shipments from multiple different induction postal codes, this operation generates a multi-page form with one bar code per page.

PB Standard Delivery Manifest (Closeout)

For PB Standard, this operation closes out the day by electronically notifying Pitney Bowes how many parcels await. By default, this operation closes out all parcels generated since the previous closeout. You can optionally specify which parcels to close out using their tracking numbers. This operation does not generate a pickup slip nor print a container label. To print a container label, which is required by PB Standard Delivery, see the Create Container Label API. Note that to print PB Standard Delivery labels, the merchant must be onboarded with PB Standard.

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Request URLs

Sandbox: https://shipping-api-sandbox.pitneybowes.com/shippingservices/v1/manifests
Production: https://shipping-api.pitneybowes.com/shippingservices/v1/manifests

Request URLs for PB Standard’s APAC Services

PB Standard’s APAC Services provide regional URLs to optimize performance for requests that originate in the Asia-Pacific Region. If you use APAC Services to create a PB Standard Delivery shipment, you must also use APAC Services to manifest the shipment.

To manifest PB Standard Delivery shipments created using APAC Services, use the following URLs. You can use these URLs only if the shipments were created using APAC Services:

Sandbox URL APAC: https://apac-sandbox.shippingapi.pitneybowes.com/shippingservices/v1/manifests?carrier=Newgistics
Production URL APAC: https://apac.shippingapi.pitneybowes.com/shippingservices/v1/manifests?carrier=Newgistics

Query Parameter

Name

Description

carrier

APAC Services Only. If your PB Standard manifest request originates in the Asia-Pacific Region and if you use the Request URLs for PB Standard’s APAC Services, you must set the carrier query parameter to Newgistics.

Request Headers

Name

Description

Authorization

Required. OAuth token generated using the Generate an OAuth Token API.

Content-Type

Required. The media type of the request entity. Set this to application/json.

X-PB-TransactionId

Required. A unique identifier for the transaction, up to 25 characters.

Important: You must ensure this is a unique id.

X-PB-UnifiedErrorStructure

Recommended. Set this to true to use the standard error object if an error occurs.

Request / Response Elements

The API call sends and receives a Manifest Object. The following table describes all possible fields in a Manifest Object.

Important

Make sure to read the API Considerations before invoking this API.

Note

Some fields in the Manifest Object might not apply to your operation and are marked accordingly.

Name

Data Type

Description

carrier

String

Required. The carrier to which the manifest applies. For some operations, this field is not present in the response.

Valid values:

  • USPS: PB Expedited or PMOD

  • PBCS (previously NEWGISTICS): PB Standard

  • PBPresort: PB Presort

submissionDate

String

Required. The date the shipments are to be tendered to the carrier, entered as YYYY-MM-DD.

fromAddress

Address Object

Conditional. The shipment origin address.

Required for:

inductionPostalCode

String

Conditional. Postal code where the shipments are tendered to the carrier.

This field does not apply to PB Standard manifests.

parcelTrackingNumbers

Array[String]

Identifies shipments by their tracking numbers. List one or more tracking numbers, separated by commas. Enter each tracking number as a separate String.

If the carrier field is set to PBCS, use the long version of the tracking number.

parameters

Array[Object]

Conditional. Each object in the array defines a different manifest parameter. This field is used only in the request and is not returned in the response.

Required for PB Standard Manifests (Closeouts).

        name

String

The name of the manifest parameter.

        value

String

The value of the manifest parameter.

manifestId

String

RESPONSE ONLY. The unique manifest ID. This field is not returned for APAC Services.

This field is not returned for APAC Services.

manifestTrackingNumber

String

RESPONSE ONLY. The manifest tracking number. This is returned only if carrier has a value of USPS.

documents

Array[Documents Object]

RESPONSE ONLY. The manifest.

This field is not returned for a PB Standard manifest.


Considerations

This section describes the following:

PB Expedited SCAN Form Considerations

The following considerations apply to PB Expedited SCAN forms:

  1. PB Expedited (USPS) Delivery shipments with the ADD_TO_MANIFEST shipment option set to true are eligible for inclusion in a SCAN form.

  2. To create a SCAN form for the current day, you must issue the Create Manifest request before 8 p.m. local time. If you issue the Create Manifest request after 8 p.m., you must assign the next day’s date in the submissionDate field. For more information, see What are the cutoff times for USPS shipments and manifests?

  3. If an eligible shipment is not included in a SCAN form by 6 a.m. UTC/GMT the next calendar day, it is instead auto-manifested. Shipments, once manifested, cannot be re-manifested.

    Note: To prevent a shipment from being auto-manifested, set the shipment’s FUTURE_SHIPMENT_DATE option when creating the shipment. For details, see Can I choose to manifest a shipment at a later date?

  4. Up to 7000 shipments can be included in a single Create Manifest request.

  5. You can add shipments to the SCAN form by specifying Shipper ID, tracking numbers, or both:

    • If you specify Shipper ID, the form will include all eligible shipments created with that Shipper ID. To specify Shipper ID, add the SHIPPER_ID parameter to the parameters array.

    • If you specify tracking numbers, the form will include all eligible shipments with those tracking numbers. To specify tracking numbers, use the parcelTrackingNumbers array.

    Note: If you specify both Shipper ID and tracking numbers, ensure the tracking numbers belong to the Shipper ID or the API will return an error.

  6. You can filter further by specifying an inductionPostalCode. When specified, the inductionPostalCode value in the manifest request must match the rates.inductionPostalCode value of the shipment. If a shipment has no rates.inductionPostalCode, the value in the manifest request must match the shipment’s fromAddress.postalCode.

    If you specify an inductionPostalCode in the manifest request, only shipments that meet the above criteria are included in the manifest.

  7. If a manifest request contains shipments with different inductionPostalCode values, then a multi-page manifest is created, with one inductionPostalCode value per page. The pages are accessed via a single PDF.

  8. The following PB Expedited shipments cannot be added to the SCAN form:

    • First-Class Mail Flats (Service ID: FCM, Parcel Type: FLAT)

    • First-Class Mail Letters (Service ID: FCM, Parcel Type: LETTER)

    • PB Expedited Returns

  9. The following address fields are required in the fromAddress object:

    • addressLines

    • postalCode

    • countryCode

  10. The MANIFEST_TYPE parameter is not required. It can be either left out or set to NORMAL.

  11. USPS SCAN forms retrieved through URLs (i.e., documents.contentType is set to URL) are available for 24 hours after creation.

PB Standard Manifest Considerations

The following considerations apply to PB Standard manifests:

  1. When issuing the API call, you must set the following:

    Field

    Value

    carrier

    PBCS (PB Standard)

    Note that the deprecated value Newgistics also still works.

    submissionDate

    The date the shipments are to be tendered to the carrier.

    parameters

    You must include the following Manifest Parameters:

    • SHIPPER_ID: The merchant’s Pitney Bowes Shipper ID.

    • CLIENT_ID: The merchant’s unique PB Standard client ID, which was assigned when the merchant onboarded with PB Standard.

      If testing the Manifest API in Sandbox, set this to NGST.

  2. You can optionally close out specific parcels by specifying the parcel tracking numbers in the parcelTrackingNumbers array.

  3. You can optionally close out only those parcels corresponding to specific facilities by including the CARRIER_FACILITY_ID_<#> parameter in the parameters array. You can specify up to five facilities. Each requires a separate object in the parameters array.

    If testing the Manifest API in Sandbox, set this to 1585.

  4. Manifest requests for PB Standard Delivery do not support filtering by induction postal code.

  5. The manifest response does not contain a pickup slip.

  6. You cannot reprint or retry a PB Standard Delivery manifest.


Sample Requests

Important

Make sure to read the API Considerations before invoking this API.

See the following sample requests:

PB Expedited SCAN Form by Shipper ID

curl -X POST .../v1/manifests \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <oauth_token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PB-TransactionId: <unique_transaction_id>" \
-H "X-PB-UnifiedErrorStructure: true" \
-d '
{
    "carrier": "USPS",
    "submissionDate": "2021-07-23",
    "fromAddress": {
        "addressLines": [
            "2352 Bent Creek Rd"
        ],
        "postalCode": "36830-6433",
        "countryCode": "US"
    },
    "parameters": [ {
        "name": "SHIPPER_ID",
        "value": "9024324564"
    } ]
}'
Sample Response
{
    "carrier": "USPS",
    "documents": [ {
        "contentType": "URL",
        "contents": "https://.../scanform/b2f4a1ad0e7046669540562f73da79e8.pdf",
        "type": "MANIFEST"
    } ],
    "fromAddress": {
        "company": "",
        "name": "",
        "residential": false,
        "addressLines": [
            "2352 Bent Creek Rd"
        ],
        "cityTown": "Auburn",
        "stateProvince": "AL",
        "postalCode": "36830",
        "countryCode": "US"
    },
    "manifestId": "9475709899581000182251",
    "manifestTrackingNumber": "9475709899581000182251",
    "parameters": [ {
        "name": "SHIPPER_ID",
        "value": "9024324564"
    } ],
    "submissionDate": "2021-07-23"
}


PB Expedited SCAN Form by Tracking Numbers

curl -X POST .../v1/manifests \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <oauth_token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PB-TransactionId: <unique_transaction_id>" \
-H "X-PB-UnifiedErrorStructure: true" \
-d '
{
    "carrier": "USPS",
    "submissionDate": "2021-07-23",
    "fromAddress": {
        "addressLines": [
            "545 Market St"
        ],
        "postalCode": "94105",
        "countryCode": "US"
    },
    "parameters": [ {
        "name": "SHIPPER_ID",
        "value": "9024324564"
    } ],
    "parcelTrackingNumbers": [
        "9405509898641492021204",
        "9405509898641492021150",
        "9405509898641492021211"
    ]
}'
Sample Response
{
    "carrier": "USPS",
    "documents": [ {
        "contentType": "URL",
        "contents": "https://..../scanform/b3368cba764a46f9b368aa0bc9483105.pdf",
        "type": "MANIFEST"
    } ],
    "fromAddress": {
        "company": "",
        "name": "",
        "residential": false,
        "addressLines": [
            "545 Market St"
        ],
        "cityTown": "San Francisco",
        "stateProvince": "CA",
        "postalCode": "94105",
        "countryCode": "US"
    },
    "manifestId": "9475709899581009777182",
    "manifestTrackingNumber": "9475709899581009777182",
    "parameters": [ {
        "name": "SHIPPER_ID",
        "value": "9024324564"
    } ],
    "parcelTrackingNumbers": [
        "9405509898641492021204",
        "9405509898641492021150",
        "9405509898641492021211"
    ],
    "submissionDate": "2021-07-23"
}


PB Standard Closeout by Shipper ID

Request
curl -X POST .../v1/manifests \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <oauth_token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PB-TransactionId: <transaction-id>" \
-H "X-PB-UnifiedErrorStructure: true" \
-d '
{
    "carrier": "PBCS",
    "submissionDate": "2021-07-23",
    "parameters": [ {
        "name": "SHIPPER_ID",
        "value": "9024324564"
    },{
        "name": "CLIENT_ID",
        "value": "NGST"
    } ]
}'
Sample Response
{
    "carrier": "pbcs",
    "manifestId": "NEWGISTICS07231627070957381",
    "parameters": [ {
        "name": "SHIPPER_ID",
        "value": "9024324564"
    },{
        "name": "CLIENT_ID",
        "value": "NGST"
    } ],
    "submissionDate": "2021-07-23"
}


PB Standard Closeout by Tracking Numbers

Request to Close Out by Tracking Number
curl -X POST .../v1/manifests \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <oauth_token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PB-TransactionId: <transaction-id>" \
-H "X-PB-UnifiedErrorStructure: true" \
-d '
{
    "carrier": "PBCS",
    "submissionDate": "2021-07-23",
    "parameters": [ {
        "name": "SHIPPER_ID",
        "value": "9024324564"
    },{
        "name": "CLIENT_ID",
        "value": "NGST"
    } ],
    "parcelTrackingNumbers": [
        "4206740192612123456789000008534003",
        "4206740192612123456789000008524226",
        "4206740192612123456789000008526541"
    ]
}'
Sample Response
{
    "carrier": "pbcs",
    "manifestId": "NEWGISTICS07231627071131109",
    "parameters": [ {
        "name": "SHIPPER_ID",
        "value": "9024324564"
    },{
        "name": "CLIENT_ID",
        "value": "NGST"
    } ],
    "parcelTrackingNumbers": [
        "4206740192612123456789000008534003",
        "4206740192612123456789000008524226",
        "4206740192612123456789000008526541"
    ],
    "submissionDate": "2021-07-23"
}


Error Codes

For a list of all PB Shipping APIs error codes, please see Error Codes.