Re: Add Item Weight or Item Shipping Cost via API

mike109 · ‎08-21-2017

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?

Russell · ‎08-24-2017

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.

mike109 · ‎09-24-2017

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.

Russell · ‎09-27-2017

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.

claymayhem · ‎02-07-2018

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

mike109 · ‎02-07-2018

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.