Mothership API

Mothership provides a RESTful API that enables third-party developers to quote, purchase, and track shipments for their respective Mothership shipping accounts.

The API responds with JSON-encoded data and standard response codes. Additionally, webhooks are available to provide real-time status updates for shipments.

Accessing the API

Customers may retrieve their sandbox and production API tokens by visiting the API settings in the dashboard

Environments

There are two environments available to developers.

Environment

URL

Description

Sandbox

https://sandbox.api.mothership.com

The sandbox is a safe environment to test endpoints without actually purchasing a shipment.

Some parameters are restricted to specific values. Details for each endpoint's limitations can be found in the API reference documentation.

Production

https://api.mothership.com

The production environment is, as you might expect, used to actually leverage Mothership's API.

The parameter limitations in the sandbox environment are not present in the production environment.

OpenAPI Specification

An OpenAPI v3 specification for Mothership's API can be downloaded for use in auto-generation of client code.

Support

If you run into any issues or have any questions while using the Mothership API, please send an email to developers@mothership.com.