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The official AfterShip Tracking .net API library
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The official AfterShip Tracking .net API library
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/aftership/tracking-sdk-net
- Owner: AfterShip
- License: mit
- Created: 2024-07-01T11:55:12.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: 2025-07
- Last Pushed: 2026-01-13T08:08:19.000Z (5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-01-13T10:37:20.026Z (5 months ago)
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- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 11
- Forks: 4
- Open Issues: 1
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- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.txt
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# AfterShip Tracking API library for C#
This library allows you to quickly and easily use the AfterShip Tracking API via C#.
For updates to this library, see our [GitHub release page](https://github.com/AfterShip/tracking-sdk-net/releases).
If you need support using AfterShip products, please contact support@aftership.com.
## Table of Contents
- [AfterShip Tracking API library for C#](#aftership-tracking-api-library-for-c)
- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
- [Before you begin](#before-you-begin)
- [API and SDK Version](#api-and-sdk-version)
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Constructor](#constructor)
- [Example](#example)
- [Rate Limiter](#rate-limiter)
- [Error Handling](#error-handling)
- [Error List](#error-list)
- [Endpoints](#endpoints)
- [/trackings](#trackings)
- [/couriers](#couriers)
- [/estimated-delivery-date](#estimated-delivery-date)
- [Help](#help)
- [License](#license)
## Before you begin
Before you begin to integrate:
- [Create an AfterShip account](https://admin.aftership.com/).
- [Create an API key](https://organization.automizely.com/api-keys).
- [Install .Net](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0) version 6.0 or later.
### API and SDK Version
Each SDK version is designed to work with a specific API version. Please refer to the table below to identify the supported API versions for each SDK version, ensuring you select the appropriate SDK version for the API version you intend to use.
| SDK Version | Supported API Version | Branch |
| ----------- | --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| 10.x.x | 2025-01 | https://github.com/AfterShip/tracking-sdk-net/tree/2025-01 |
| 9.x.x | 2024-10 | https://github.com/AfterShip/tracking-sdk-net/tree/2024-10 |
| 8.x.x | 2024-07 | https://github.com/AfterShip/tracking-sdk-net/tree/2024-07 |
| 7.x.x | 2024-04 | https://github.com/AfterShip/tracking-sdk-net/tree/2024-04 |
| <=6.x.x | Legacy API | https://github.com/AfterShip/aftership-sdk-net |
## Quick Start
### Installation
Using the [.NET Core command-line interface (CLI) tools]:
```sh
dotnet add package AfterShipTracking
```
Using the [NuGet Command Line Interface (CLI)]:
```sh
nuget install AfterShipTracking
```
From within Visual Studio:
1. Open the Solution Explorer.
2. Right-click on a project within your solution.
3. Click on *Manage NuGet Packages...*
4. Click on the *Browse* tab and search for "AfterShipTracking".
5. Click on the AfterShipTracking package, select the appropriate version in the
right-tab and click *Install*.
For with Visual Studio Code:
1. Open the Command Palette then type "NuGet Package Manager"
2. In the opened window, search for "AfterShipTracking".
3. Select the AfterShipTracking package and the package version.
## Constructor
Create AfterShip instance with options
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| ---------- | ------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| api_key | string | ✔ | Your AfterShip API key |
| auth_type | enum | | Default value: `AfterShipConfiguration.AUTHENTICATION_TYPE_API_KEY`
AES authentication: `AfterShipConfiguration.AUTHENTICATION_TYPE_AES`
RSA authentication: `AfterShipConfiguration.AUTHENTICATION_TYPE_RSA` |
| api_secret | string | | Required if the authentication type is `AfterShipConfiguration.AUTHENTICATION_TYPE_AES` or `AfterShipConfiguration.AUTHENTICATION_TYPE_RSA` |
| domain | string | | AfterShip API domain. Default value: https://api.aftership.com |
| user_agent | string | | User-defined user-agent string, please follow [RFC9110](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110#field.user-agent) format standard. |
| proxy | string | | HTTP proxy URL to use for requests.
Default value: `null`
Example: `http://192.168.0.100:8888` |
| max_retry | number | | Number of retries for each request. Default value: 2. Min is 0, Max is 10. |
| timeout | number | | Timeout for each request in milliseconds. |
### Example
```csharp
using AfterShipTracking;
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
try
{
AfterShipClient client = new AfterShipClient(
apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
apiSecret: "YOUR_AES_SECRET",
authenticationType: AfterShipConfiguration.AUTHENTICATION_TYPE_AES
);
CreateTrackingOptions options = new CreateTrackingOptions();
options.CreateTrackingRequest = new CreateTrackingRequest();
CreateTrackingRequest newTracking = new CreateTrackingRequest();
newTracking.TrackingNumber = "";
newTracking.Slug = "";
options.CreateTrackingRequest = newTracking;
Tracking tracking = client.Tracking.CreateTracking(options);
if (tracking != null)
{
Console.WriteLine(tracking.Id);
}
}catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
}
```
## Rate Limiter
See the [Rate Limit](https://www.aftership.com/docs/tracking/2025-01/quickstart/rate-limit) to understand the AfterShip rate limit policy.
## Error Handling
The SDK will return an error object when there is any error during the request, with the following specification:
| Name | Type | Description |
| ------------- | ------ | ------------------------------ |
| message | string | Detail message of the error |
| code | enum | Error code enum for API Error. |
| meta_code | number | API response meta code. |
| status_code | number | HTTP status code. |
| response_body | string | API response body. |
### Error List
| code | meta_code | status_code | message |
| --------------------------------- | --------------- | --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| INVALID_REQUEST | 400 | 400 | The request was invalid or cannot be otherwise served. |
| INVALID_JSON | 4001 | 400 | Invalid JSON data. |
| TRACKING_ALREADY_EXIST | 4003 | 400 | Tracking already exists. |
| TRACKING_DOES_NOT_EXIST | 4004 | 404 | Tracking does not exist. |
| TRACKING_NUMBER_INVALID | 4005 | 400 | The value of tracking_number is invalid. |
| TRACKING_REQUIRED | 4006 | 400 | tracking object is required. |
| TRACKING_NUMBER_REQUIRED | 4007 | 400 | tracking_number is required. |
| VALUE_INVALID | 4008 | 400 | The value of [field_name] is invalid. |
| VALUE_REQUIRED | 4009 | 400 | [field_name] is required. |
| SLUG_INVALID | 4010 | 400 | The value of slug is invalid. |
| MISSING_OR_INVALID_REQUIRED_FIELD | 4011 | 400 | Missing or invalid value of the required fields for this courier. Besides tracking_number, also required: [field_name] |
| BAD_COURIER | 4012 | 400 | The error message will be one of the following:
1. Unable to import shipment as the carrier is not on your approved list for carrier auto-detection. Add the carrier here: https://admin.aftership.com/settings/couriers
2. Unable to import shipment as we don’t recognize the carrier from this tracking number.
3. Unable to import shipment as the tracking number has an invalid format.
4. Unable to import shipment as this carrier is no longer supported.
5. Unable to import shipment as the tracking number does not belong to a carrier in that group. |
| INACTIVE_RETRACK_NOT_ALLOWED | 4013 | 400 | Retrack is not allowed. You can only retrack an inactive tracking. |
| NOTIFICATION_REUQIRED | 4014 | 400 | notification object is required. |
| ID_INVALID | 4015 | 400 | The value of id is invalid. |
| RETRACK_ONCE_ALLOWED | 4016 | 400 | Retrack is not allowed. You can only retrack each shipment once. |
| TRACKING_NUMBER_FORMAT_INVALID | 4017 | 400 | The format of tracking_number is invalid. |
| API_KEY_INVALID | 401 | 401 | The API key is invalid. |
| REQUEST_NOT_ALLOWED | 403 | 403 | The request is understood, but it has been refused or access is not allowed. |
| NOT_FOUND | 404 | 404 | The URI requested is invalid or the resource requested does not exist. |
| TOO_MANY_REQUEST | 429 | 429 | You have exceeded the API call rate limit. The default limit is 10 requests per second. |
| INTERNAL_ERROR | 500 502 503 504 | 500 502 503 504 | Something went wrong on AfterShip's end. |
## Endpoints
The AfterShip instance has the following properties which are exactly the same as the API endpoints:
- courier - Get a list of our supported couriers.
- tracking - Create trackings, update trackings, and get tracking results.
- estimated-delivery-date - Get estimated delivery date for your order.
### /trackings
**POST** /trackings
```csharp
CreateTrackingOptions options = new CreateTrackingOptions();
options.CreateTrackingRequest = new CreateTrackingRequest();
CreateTrackingRequest newTracking = new CreateTrackingRequest();
newTracking.TrackingNumber = "";
newTracking.Slug = "";
options.CreateTrackingRequest = newTracking;
Tracking tracking = client.Tracking.CreateTracking(options);
if (tracking != null)
{
Console.WriteLine(tracking.Id);
}
```
**DELETE** /trackings/:id
```csharp
DeleteTrackingByIdOptions deleteOptions = new DeleteTrackingByIdOptions();
Tracking resp = client.Tracking.DeleteTrackingById("");
if (resp != null)
{
Console.WriteLine(resp.Id);
}
```
**GET** /trackings
```csharp
GetTrackingsOptions options = new GetTrackingsOptions();
options.Keyword = "test";
GetTrackingsResponseTrackingListData trackingsData = client.Tracking.GetTrackings(options);
if (trackingsData != null && trackingsData.Trackings != null)
{
for (int i = 0; i < trackingsData.Trackings.Length; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine(trackingsData.Trackings[i].Id);
}
}
```
**GET** /trackings/:id
```csharp
Tracking tracking = client.Tracking.GetTrackingById("");
if (tracking != null)
{
Console.WriteLine(tracking.TrackingNumber);
}
```
**PUT** /trackings/:id
```csharp
UpdateTrackingByIdOptions updateOptions = new UpdateTrackingByIdOptions();
updateOptions.UpdateTrackingByIdRequest = new UpdateTrackingByIdRequest();
UpdateTrackingByIdRequest trackingToUpdate = new UpdateTrackingByIdRequest();
trackingToUpdate.Title = "this is a test new title";
trackingToUpdate.Note = "some note";
updateOptions.UpdateTrackingByIdRequest = trackingToUpdate;
Tracking tracking = client.Tracking.UpdateTrackingById("", updateOptions);
if (tracking != null)
{
Console.WriteLine(tracking.Title);
Console.WriteLine(tracking.Note);
}
```
**POST** /trackings/:id/retrack
```csharp
RetrackTrackingByIdOptions options = new RetrackTrackingByIdOptions();
Tracking tracking = client.Tracking.RetrackTrackingById("");
Console.WriteLine(tracking.TrackingNumber);
```
**POST** /trackings/:id/mark-as-completed
```csharp
MarkTrackingCompletedByIdOptions options = new MarkTrackingCompletedByIdOptions();
Tracking tracking = client.Tracking.RetrackTrackingById("");
Console.WriteLine(tracking.TrackingNumber);
```
### /couriers
**GET** /couriers
```csharp
GetUserCouriersOptions options = new GetUserCouriersOptions();
GetUserCouriersResponse resp = client.Courier.GetUserCouriers(options);
Console.WriteLine(resp.Total);
```
**GET** /couriers/all
```csharp
GetAllCouriersOptions options = new GetAllCouriersOptions();
GetAllCouriersResponse resp = client.Courier.GetAllCouriers(options);
Console.WriteLine(resp.Total);
```
**POST** /couriers/detect
```csharp
DetectCourierOptions options = new DetectCourierOptions();
DetectCourierRequest tracking = new DetectCourierRequest();
tracking.TrackingNumber = "";
options.DetectCourierRequest = tracking;
DetectCourierResponse resp = client.Courier.DetectCourier(options);
Console.WriteLine(resp.Total);
```
### /estimated-delivery-date
**POST** /estimated-delivery-date/predict-batch
```csharp
PredictBatchOptions options = new PredictBatchOptions();
PredictBatchRequest request = new PredictBatchRequest();
EstimatedDeliveryDateRequest estimatedDeliveryDateRequest = new EstimatedDeliveryDateRequest();
DestinationAddressEstimatedDeliveryDateRequest dest = new DestinationAddressEstimatedDeliveryDateRequest();
dest.CountryRegion = "";
dest.State = "";
estimatedDeliveryDateRequest.DestinationAddress = dest;
OriginAddressEstimatedDeliveryDateRequest origin = new OriginAddressEstimatedDeliveryDateRequest();
origin.CountryRegion = "";
origin.State = "";
estimatedDeliveryDateRequest.OriginAddress = origin;
estimatedDeliveryDateRequest.Slug = "";
estimatedDeliveryDateRequest.PickupTime = "2024-08-01 06:42:30";
request.EstimatedDeliveryDates = new EstimatedDeliveryDateRequest[] { estimatedDeliveryDateRequest };
options.PredictBatchRequest = request;
EstimatedPickupEstimatedDeliveryDateRequest r2 = new EstimatedPickupEstimatedDeliveryDateRequest();
r2.BusinessDays = new int?[] { 0 };
PredictBatchResponse resp = client.EstimatedDeliveryDate.PredictBatch(options);
Console.WriteLine(resp.EstimatedDeliveryDates[0].PickupTime);
```
## Help
If you get stuck, we're here to help:
- [Issue Tracker](https://github.com/AfterShip/tracking-sdk-net/issues) for questions, feature requests, bug reports and general discussion related to this package. Try searching before you create a new issue.
- Contact AfterShip official support via support@aftership.com
## License
Copyright (c) 2024 AfterShip
Licensed under the MIT license.