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Creates an inbound shipment.
The CreateInboundShipment operation creates an inbound shipment, based on information that was returned by the CreateInboundShipmentPlan operation. The CreateInboundShipment operation can include up to 200 items. If you need to create an inbound shipment that contains over 200 items, see Creating an inbound shipment containing over 200 items in Amazon MWS for FBA Sellers.
This operation is available in all marketplaces except Brazil.
The CreateInboundShipment operation has a maximum request quota of 30 and a restore rate of two requests every second. For definitions of throttling terminology and for a complete explanation of throttling, see Throttling: Limits to how often you can submit requests in the Amazon MWS Developer Guide.
For more information about the request parameters that are required for all Amazon MWS operations, see Required request parameters in the Amazon MWS Developer Guide.
Name | Description | Required | Values |
---|---|---|---|
ShipmentId | A shipment identifier originally returned by the CreateInboundShipmentPlan operation. | Yes | Type: xs:string |
InboundShipmentHeader | Header information for an inbound shipment. | Yes | Type: InboundShipmentHeader |
InboundShipmentItems | SellerSKU and QuantityShipped information for items in an inbound shipment. | Yes | Type: InboundShipmentItem |
Name | Description |
---|---|
ShipmentId | The ShipmentId submitted in the
request.
Type: xs:string |
For more examples of how CreateInboundShipment works with PrepOwners, see Preparation examples.
For information about standard request requirements, see Required request parameters.
https://mws.amazonaws.com/FulfillmentInboundShipment/2010-10-01 ?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAEIAL5QODNGQCJLSA &Action=CreateInboundShipment &SellerId=A135KKEKWF1J56 &SignatureVersion=2 &Timestamp=2015-11-29T22%3A51%3A09Z &Version=2010-10-01 &Signature=zzk0jdEopg7JgFAAjVrmESGYHKwvBJ2BhYdC1gLaUhc%3D &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256 &ShipmentId=FBA0000001 &InboundShipmentHeader.ShipmentName=SHIPMENT_NAME &InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.Name=NAME &InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.AddressLine1=ADDR_LINE1 &InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.City=Seattle &InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.StateOrProvinceCode=WA &InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.PostalCode=98121 &InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.CountryCode=US &InboundShipmentHeader.DestinationFulfillmentCenterId=ABE2 &InboundShipmentHeader.ShipmentStatus=WORKING &InboundShipmentHeader.LabelPrepPreference=SELLER_LABEL &InboundShipmentHeader.IntendedBoxContentsSource=FEED &InboundShipmentItems.member.1.QuantityShipped=1 &InboundShipmentItems.member.1.SellerSKU=SKU00001 &InboundShipmentItems.member.1.PrepDetailsList.member.1.PrepInstruction=Taping &InboundShipmentItems.member.1.PrepDetailsList.member.1.PrepOwner=AMAZON &InboundShipmentItems.member.2.QuantityShipped=2 &InboundShipmentItems.member.2.SellerSKU=SKU00002 &InboundShipmentItems.member.2.PrepDetailsList.member.1.PrepInstruction=Taping &InboundShipmentItems.member.2.PrepDetailsList.member.1.PrepOwner=SELLER
For information about standard response formatting, see Response format.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <CreateInboundShipmentResponse xmlns="http://mws.amazonaws.com/FulfillmentInboundShipment/2010-10-01/"> <CreateInboundShipmentResult> <ShipmentId>FBA2F50GYX</ShipmentId> </CreateInboundShipmentResult> <ResponseMetadata> <RequestId>2a1455aa-c5f9-4993-9b18-dc10407e09ba</RequestId> </ResponseMetadata> </CreateInboundShipmentResponse>