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 "categories": [
  "shipping",
  "logistics"
 ],
 "deployment": "saas",
 "evidence": [
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "The API index is ShipStation documentation for integrating with ShipStation.",
   "source": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "name",
   "note": "The page names ShipStation API V1 and ShipStation API V2.",
   "source": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "vendor",
   "note": "The requirements page is published as ShipStation documentation and points API support to apisupport@shipstation.com.",
   "source": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/requirements/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "The page says API V1 is available for certain plans. The product is commercial.",
   "source": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/requirements/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "deployment",
   "note": "The host is https://ssapi.shipstation.com/. The API is hosted.",
   "source": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/requirements/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "The index says V1 endpoints manage orders and shipments, create labels, and retrieve rates.",
   "source": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "The requirements page documents HTTPS endpoints, HTTP Basic authentication, and JSON error bodies.",
   "source": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/requirements/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[0]",
   "note": "V1 uses HTTP Basic. The API key is the username and the API secret is the password. The header is Authorization Basic plus the Base64 of key:secret.",
   "source": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/requirements/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "The index names orders, shipments, labels, and rates, and says V1 is one version beside an early-access V2. Plan availability and the 40-request limit apply. Coverage is partial.",
   "source": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "Opened as the current V1 requirements page.",
   "source": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/requirements/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "The 429 body is a JSON object with a message field.",
   "source": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/requirements/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "Documented Basic authentication, shipping operations, and a published rate limit are a usable production path. Plan gating and the 40-request cap keep the score at 6.",
   "source": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/requirements/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current API index, including the V1 scope and the V2 early-access note.",
   "source": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current V1 requirements page, including Basic authentication and the rate-limit headers.",
   "source": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/requirements/",
   "tier": "declared"
  }
 ],
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  "last_verified": "2026-10-16",
  "volatility": "medium",
  "watch": [
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/requirements/"
   }
  ]
 },
 "homepage": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/",
 "id": "shipstation",
 "license": "commercial",
 "modalities": {
  "agent_docs": {
   "llms_txt": "unknown"
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [
    "basic"
   ],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/requirements/",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "rest"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": "unknown"
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "json"
   ],
   "import": []
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": "unknown",
   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "unknown"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. ShipStation is a hosted shipping platform. The documented machine path opened here is API V1. API V2 is described as early access and its reference was not opened.\n",
   "ui_stack": [],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": "unknown",
   "languages": [],
   "official": "unknown"
  }
 },
 "name": "ShipStation",
 "platforms": [
  "web"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "easyship"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "ShipStation",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 6,
   "cli": null,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": null,
   "overall": 6,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "search": {
   "description": "ShipStation API V1 uses HTTP Basic with an API key and secret for orders, shipments, labels, and rates. The limit is 40 requests per minute.",
   "title": "ShipStation is automatable through API V1"
  },
  "summary": "ShipStation is automatable today through API V1. The requirements page says the host is https://ssapi.shipstation.com/. Authentication is HTTP Basic. The API key is the username and the API secret is the password, both found under Settings. The header is Authorization Basic and the Base64 of key:secret. The API is available on certain plans. It manages orders and shipments, creates labels, and retrieves rates. Responses include X-Rate-Limit-Limit, X-Rate-Limit-Remaining, and X-Rate-Limit-Reset. The documented limit is 40 requests per minute for each key and secret. HTTP 429 returns a JSON message Too Many Requests. Timestamps are ISO 8601 in PST/PDT. The V1 index says an early-access API V2 adds batch shipments, manifests, and return labels. That V2 reference was not opened. No ShipStation MCP server was established from the pages opened here. Connector catalogs were not opened. Computer-use viability is unassessed. The API scores 6 because order, shipment, label, and rate work is documented, and plan availability plus the 40-request limit remain.\n"
 }
}