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Add Item Weight or Item Shipping Cost via API

mike109 — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:29:11 GMT

Is there a way to add an item's weight or shipping cost via the ecommerce API? I see I can add this field if I use Square's Online Store option and add a new item that way, but if I'm building my own, can I control this field somehow?

Re: Add Item Weight or Item Shipping Cost via API

Russell — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:23:35 GMT

Hey there @mike109

Currently shipping and pricing by weight are feature requests. I've let our Product Team know that you too are looking for these features.

Re: Add Item Weight or Item Shipping Cost via API

mike109 — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 01:40:51 GMT

Thanks @Russell. Just to make sure I said it correctly/clearly, when using Square's online store tool, each item has a field that lets me add an additional shipping amount specific to that item. But if I am building my own ecommerce site with the Square API, I can't seem to find this data/field within the API for an item. So while this data exists for each catalogue item I have entered it for, I can't figure out how to access it through the API.

Re: Add Item Weight or Item Shipping Cost via API

Russell — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 21:19:06 GMT

Hey again @mike109 -

The Square Online Store does offer some simple shipping options. We don't have an API available for shipping though.

I recommend checking to see if there is a third party shipping company that offers a shipping calculation API.

Re: Add Item Weight or Item Shipping Cost via API

claymayhem — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 18:50:17 GMT

did you ever figure this out? Im trying to link ship station...

Re: Add Item Weight or Item Shipping Cost via API

mike109 — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 21:06:02 GMT

Hi @claymayhem. I ended up just storing all the weights for the variations in my own database, as it looks like Square doesn't have this information available through their API.