Purolator

Overview

Purolator is a Canadian carrier which offers domestic and international shipping, tracking, and solutions services (Business and Technology). We, PB SendTech Solutions, deal with Shipping services only.

Onboarding of a Purolator Carrier Account

To onboard a Purolator carrier account, the user needs to possess the following pre-requisites:

An Account Number
Security Credentials in the form of User ID.

Further, an API request is executed, which encompasses all the necessary information. Below is the sample request to onboard the carrier:

Purolator Sample Request

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{

    "accountNumber": "9999999999",
    "carrierID": "PUROLATOR",
    "description": "PUROLATOR by API",
    "carrierAccountType": "Shipping",
    "provisioningType": "API",
    "parameters": {
        "userID": "d4b60186-c573-4303-82f2-a5655a129c4b"
    }
}

If the request to establish the Purolator carrier account is successful, the resulting response will resemble the Sample Response provided below.

Purolator Sample Response

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{
    "carrierAccountID": "vLpAg9xxxxx",
    "description": "PUROLATOR by API",
    "carrierID": "PUROLATOR",
    "accountNumber": "9999999999",
    "parameters": {
        "userID": "d4b60186-c573-4303-82f2-a5655a129c4b"
    },
    "carrierAccountType": "Shipping",
    "provisioningType": "API"
}

API Operations for Shipping with Purolator

The APIs integrate with Purolator through the following operations:

Operations	Method	Resource Path
Add a Carrier Account	POST	/api/v1/carrierAccounts
Rate a Parcel	POST	/api/v1/rates
Create a Shipping Label	POST	/api/v1/shipments
Reprint a Label	GET	/api/v1/shipments/{{shipmentId}}/reprint
Void a Label	PUT	/api/v1/shipments/{{shipmentId}}/cancel
Get Tracking Information	GET	/api/v1/tracking/{{trackingNumber}}

Purolator also supports shipmentByRateShop operations:

Operations	Method	Resource Path
Create a Shipping Label	POST	/api/v2/shipments
Reprint a Label	POST	/api/v2/shipments/reprint
Void a Label	POST	/api/v2/shipments/cancel

Metadata

Metadata provides information about Purolator carrier services, including origin and destination countries, supported carrier services, supported package types, and supported special services. Users can select specific origin and destination countries from the provided dropdown menu to dynamically view relevant metadata specific to those countries.

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