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Unlimited Satchel

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Executive Summary

When shipping domestically inside Australia using compostable satchels from Sendle lets you send as much as you can fit in it, with any weight, while paying the same shipping fee that you would for a regular 500g satchel.

Feature details

Sending orders with Unlimited Satchel

This is how to book an Unlimited Satchel order:

Get Products

The Get Products Endpoint returns a list of quotes and products available for the given the route and package size and weight.

In order to retrieve quotes and products specifically for Unlimited Satchel, specify packaging_type as unlimited satchel and weight and dimensions to receive the quote for Unlimited Satchel.

Create an order

The Create an order Endpoint lets you create an order. You book the order just like any other, but:

  • Make sure to include packaging_type set to unlimited satchel
  • Both weight and dimensions fields are required and should be the actual dimensions and weight of the package.

Example

Request example:

{
  "pickup_date": "2024-05-21",
  "first_mile_option": "pickup",
  "description": "A useful description for the order",
   "weight": {
    "units": "kg",
    "value": "1.0"
  },
  "volume": {
    "units": "m3",
    "value": "0.01"
  },
  "dimensions": {
    "length": "30.0",
    "width": "20.0",
    "height": "17.0",
    "units": "cm"
  },
  "packaging_type": "unlimited satchel",
  "customer_reference": "Order 12345",
  "metadata": {},
  "sender": {
    ...
  },
  "receiver": {
   ...
  },
  
}

Response example:

{
  "order_id": "f5233746-71d4-4b05-bf63-56f4abaed5f6",
  "state": "Pickup",
  "order_url": "https://api.sendle.com/api/orders/f5233746-71d4-4b05-bf63-56f4abaed5f6",
  "sendle_reference": "SNFJJ3",
  "tracking_url": "https://track.sendle.com/tracking?ref=SNFJJ3",
  "metadata": {
    "partner_id": "your partner id"
  },
  "labels": [{
    ..
  }
  ],
  "scheduling": {
   ..
  },
  "hide_pickup_address": true,
  "description": "A useful description for the order",
  "kilogram_weight": "0.5",
  "weight": {
    "units": "g",
    "value": "500.0"
  },
  "cubic_metre_volume": "0.002",
  "volume": {
    "units": "l",
    "value": "2.0"
  },
  "dimensions": {
    "length": "25.0",
    "width": "16.0",
    "height": "5.0",
    "units": "cm"
  },
  "customer_reference": "Order 12345",
  "sender": {
    ...
  },
  "receiver": {
   ...
  },
  "route": {
    ...
  },
  "price": {
   ...
  },
  "price_breakdown": {
   ...
  },
  "tax_breakdown": {
   ...
  },
  "packaging_type": "unlimited satchel"
}

Also try looking at our changelog, Sendle's Satchels Help Centre article, and see if you can book an Unlimited Satchel via the dashboard.

Label responses can be found on the Getting Labels guide.

Updated about 1 month ago