Ship an order

To ship one or more order lines, use the Ship order lines API. The exception is that orders fulfilled with Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) cannot be shipped or updated.

Make sure to provide theshipDateTime parameter value in UTC.

This API updates the status of order lines to Shipped and triggers the charge to the customer. Orders must be acknowledged before shipping to avoid underselling.

Upon success, the API response contains the order with the shipped line item.

Once an order ships, you can update the order with the Process Mode.

Update an order after it ships with Process Mode

The processMode parameter allows the seller to track and update any shipment information after the order has already shipped. This parameter is used to differentiate between the first shipment and subsequent shipments, and track information updates post shipment. The seller can update the shipment within 4 hours of sending the first shipping information. The status of the order line should be “Shipped.” This is an optional parameter, and if not passed it will be considered as a regular shipment update.

The supported value for processMode is listed in this table: