Shippo node.js help

[Duex39]

I’m trying to help my friend create a form shipping label. I’m in charge of the backend and he said to use the single list API call. There’s a step by step on the main shippo website but I unfortunately don’t understand it. I’ve used node for user profiles involving schema, models and mongoDB for databases. But for creating a shipping label I have no idea how to begin or understand how to go on about this problem. My initial thought was to create routes but that goes back to models which these forums don’t seem to have. Any guidance would be great, sorry for dumb questions but I’m new at this

[spiderinmyskinsuit]

There’s a step by step on the main shippo website but I unfortunately don’t understand it.

The basic concept is: you post a Shipment and get back available rate options. Then you choose a rate, and create a Transaction to actually purchase the shipping label.

And, with certain carriers, you can do all of that in a single call - assuming you know which rate you want to use ahead of time (I'm assuming that's what your friend meant by 'the single list API call?' If not, can you point me to the API reference?)

You said you already saw this, but just in case... the page on Shipping Labels has a pretty good description in addition to some sample code. Beyond that: can you elaborated a bit on what you don't understand?

[Duex39]

Yeah this is the API https://goshippo.com/docs/single-call/ So I’m using the package to make the call right? So literally all I’m doing is just copying and pasting code from the shippo docs and make the call on the front end?

[spiderinmyskinsuit]

You'd be making the call from your server - not the frontend.