Remove a line from a shipment
AI agents: read /llms.txt; add .md to any page URL. This page as Markdown: /reference/shipment-line-items/v2-shipment-item-destroy.md. Index of every page and the rules for every call: /llms.txt. Guides and concepts in one file: /llms-full.txt. OpenAPI: /openapi.json.
DELETE/
Removes one line from a shipment and recalculates it. Returns the action envelope (DELETED; NONE if it was already removed). Labels and packages are not touched.
Business rules
- A locked Shopify shipment (or one with a broken Shopify link): 422
validation_error"Cannot delete Shopify-synced shipment item from API." A line fulfilled by a third party can't be removed either. - An externally synced shipment on a draft order: "Publish this order before deleting an externally synced shipment item."
Side effects
- Recalculates the shipment's cost and billable fee totals and the order's shipping totals.
- Updates each order line's shipped status (not allocated, partly, fully or over-allocated).
- On an Auto Invoice order, shipping cost lines are mirrored as shipping fees on the managed invoice.
- Open Admin Portal pages refresh, and so do Customer Portal pages the order's customer has open. No webhook or email is sent.
Path parameters
Your team slug, shown as Team ID next to your API key in Profile.
- Example
your-team
- Example
The shipment line's
id(a hash id), as its answers show it. Its unique key (shpitm_...) also works, but API answers don't include it.- Example
u8mEG7LHUtS55s
- Example
Request body
This operation takes no request body.
Response
200Successful response.
What happened, and the line.
Child fields (5)
object_typestring- Always
"shipment_item"
- Always
action_performedstringNONEwhen nothing changed.- One of:
"CREATED","UPDATED","DELETED","NONE"
- One of:
has_changesbooleanitemobjectA shipment line.
Child fields (16)
_metaobjectRead-only details of the line.
auto_invoice_managedbooleanbillable_fee_totaldecimal pairShipping cost lines only: what is billed (after override, markup or margin);
pricing.product_cost.totalis the cost. A decimal pair: the amount isvalue÷ 10^dp({ "value": 1250, "dp": 2 }is 12.50). Readdpevery time: it can differ between fields and records.- See Money and quantities.
external_idsarray of objectsLinks to external systems; usually empty.
external_typestring | nullfrom_legacybooleanidstringThe shipment line.
is_externalbooleanlock_versionintegerReturned but not checked on shipment lines.
positionintegerpricingobjectFor
system,_meta.unit_priceis the order line's unit price and_meta.subtotalis that price × this shipment line's quantity (_meta.totalis always 0); forshipment_cost,product_costhasoverride(always true for lines saved through the API),total(the cost),pricing_modeandpricing_mode_total(decimal pairs at 6 decimal places).Child fields (1)
typestring- One of:
"system","shipment_cost"
- One of:
productobjectChild fields (3)
_metaobjectRead-only details; for
order_item,parentdescribes the order line.propertiesobjectFor
order_item,idis the order line; forshipment_cost,name,description,shipment_package_id,shipment_estimate_id.typestring- One of:
"order_item","shipment_cost"
- One of:
quantityobjectChild fields (2)
typestring- Always
"unit"
- Always
totaldecimal pairThe quantity. A decimal pair: the amount is
value÷ 10^dp({ "value": 1250, "dp": 2 }is 12.50). Readdpevery time: it can differ between fields and records.- See Money and quantities.
shipment_idstringThe shipment.
typestringSame as
product.type.weightobjectThe order line's weight (
_meta.total,_meta.unit).
lock_versionobjectLock versions after the change.
Errors
401The API key is missing or wrong (
unauthenticated).403You are not allowed to do this.
api_access_not_in_plan: your team's plan doesn't include API access (Pro and above, with an active subscription or trial), so every request answers this until the team upgrades. When your role lacks the permission the operation needs, the body is only{"message": "Insufficient Permission"}. Other refusals use the error envelope, withunauthorizedoruser_is_not_authorized.- When
- Your role can't edit this order.
- Fix
- Ask the team owner to adjust your role or assign you to the order.
404Not found.
page_not_found: the team slug is unknown, you are not a member of the team, or an id in the path is not one of this team's.code: null, with a message that starts "No query results for": there is no record with that id.- When
- The line isn't your team's.
- Fix
- Check the id.
422The request was refused and changed nothing.
validation_failedlists what to fix inerror.fields; other codes name a business rule, explained inerror.message. A few checks answer with only{"message": "..."}. An operation that calls another service (a payment provider, a carrier, an accounting app) can answerconnect_timeout("Please retry again") when that service does not answer in time: the change may or may not have happened there, so read the record back before you retry.- When
- A Shopify or draft rule (see rules).
- Fix
- Handle it in Shopify, or publish the order.
Related
- GETList the lines of a shipment
/v2/ api/ store/ {team_slug}/ v2/ shipment/ {unique_key}/ item
