FedEx Ship API
★ Only Publicly Available OpenAPI DocumentE CommerceShipping Logisticsbearer6 EndpointsREST
For Agents
Create, validate, and cancel FedEx shipments and manage tags for FedEx Express and Ground services through a bearer-authenticated REST API.
Use for: I need to create a FedEx shipment and get the label, Validate a FedEx shipment request before submitting it, Cancel a FedEx shipment by tracking number, Retrieve the result of an asynchronous FedEx ship job
Not supported: Does not handle freight bookings, billing reconciliation, or rate quoting - use for FedEx Express and Ground shipment creation, validation, cancellation, and tag management only.
Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for FedEx Ship API, keeping it validated and agent-ready. The FedEx Ship API supports creation, validation, and cancellation of shipments and tag management for FedEx Express and Ground services. Six endpoints cover synchronous and asynchronous shipment creation, address and rule validation, cancellation, and tag operations so e-commerce platforms, 3PLs, and ERPs can produce shipping labels and recover from errors without scraping the FedEx web portal.
Install Jentic One Beta
Connect the FedEx Ship API to your agent
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the FedEx Ship API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
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Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Ffedex.com%2Ffedex" | sh2
Step 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Ffedex.com%2Ffedex" | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
Capabilities
What an agent can do with FedEx Ship API.
Create FedEx Express and Ground shipments and receive label data
Validate a shipment payload before booking to catch address and rule errors
Retrieve the result of an asynchronous shipment job by jobId
Cancel a shipment using its tracking number
Create and cancel FedEx tags for one-off pickups
Drive label generation from order management or ERP systems
Use Cases
Patterns agents use FedEx Ship API for, with concrete tasks.
★ E-Commerce Order Fulfilment
Online stores call POST /ship/v1/shipments to create a FedEx label as soon as an order is paid, then POST /ship/v1/shipments/validate when address details are flagged uncertain. The validation step surfaces incorrect postcodes or service-incompatible weights before they fail at booking, reducing failed shipments and customer service load.
When an order is marked paid, call POST /ship/v1/shipments with the package and recipient details and store the returned tracking number on the order.
Returns and Tag Management
Retailers offer customer returns by issuing FedEx tags via POST /ship/v1/tags so the customer can hand the package to a FedEx driver without printing anything. If the return is no longer needed, DELETE /ship/v1/tags/{confirmationNumber} releases the tag, avoiding unnecessary pickup fees.
Call POST /ship/v1/tags with the customer address and parcel details, email the confirmation to the customer, and call DELETE /ship/v1/tags/{confirmationNumber} if the return is cancelled.
Asynchronous Bulk Label Generation
Warehouses processing thousands of shipments at end-of-day book asynchronously and pick up results later. After submitting batches, GET /ship/v1/shipments/async/{jobId} retrieves the job result so the WMS can attach labels to the correct outbound parcels without holding open a long-running connection.
Submit the end-of-day shipment batch and poll GET /ship/v1/shipments/async/{jobId} until each job completes, then attach labels to outbound parcels.
Agent-Driven Shipping Decisions
An AI agent assisting a small online seller can use Jentic to discover the FedEx Ship API operations, validate a draft shipment, create the booking, and cancel and rebook if a service-level error is returned - keeping the FedEx OAuth bearer credential inside your Jentic One instance.
Use Jentic to search 'create a fedex shipment' and execute POST /ship/v1/shipments with the validated package and recipient payload.
Key Endpoints
6 endpoints — jentic publishes the only available openapi specification for fedex ship api, keeping it validated and agent-ready.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
POST
/ship/v1/shipments
Create a shipment
POST
/ship/v1/shipments/validate
Validate a shipment payload
GET
/ship/v1/shipments/async/{jobId}
Retrieve async shipment job result
DELETE
/ship/v1/shipments/{trackingNumber}
Cancel a shipment
POST
/ship/v1/tags
Create a FedEx tag for pickup
DELETE
/ship/v1/tags/{confirmationNumber}
Cancel a FedEx tag
POST
/ship/v1/shipments
Create a shipment
POST
/ship/v1/shipments/validate
Validate a shipment payload
GET
/ship/v1/shipments/async/{jobId}
Retrieve async shipment job result
DELETE
/ship/v1/shipments/{trackingNumber}
Cancel a shipment
POST
/ship/v1/tags
Create a FedEx tag for pickup
DELETE
/ship/v1/tags/{confirmationNumber}
Cancel a FedEx tag
Why Jentic?
What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.
Setup
Wiring the FedEx Ship API by hand means running the OAuth 2.0 flow, refreshing bearer tokens before they expire, and assembling deeply nested shipment payloads yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import FedEx Ship from the API Directory, store the client credentials once, and your agent calls it.
Permission scoping
FedEx Ship is organised around shipment and tag operations where new shipments are created before an id exists, so limit the agent to the operations it needs, such as creating and validating a shipment. You choose which operations it may call, so destructive ones like cancelling a shipment or deleting a tag are included only when you add them.
Credential isolation
Your FedEx client credentials are stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance, which refreshes and injects the bearer Authorization header at execution time. They never enter the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'create a FedEx shipment', and Jentic returns the matching FedEx Ship endpoint with its input schema, including the nested shipment object structure, so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the docs.
Related APIs
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
FAQs
Specific to using FedEx Ship API through Jentic.
Why is there no official OpenAPI spec for FedEx Ship API?
FedEx publishes JSON examples and reference docs on developer.fedex.com but not a unified OpenAPI specification. Jentic generates and maintains this spec so that AI agents and developers can call FedEx Ship API via structured tooling. It is validated against the live API and kept up to date. Get started with Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer.
What authentication does the FedEx Ship API use?
The FedEx Ship API uses OAuth 2.0 bearer tokens issued by FedEx's authorization server. Through Jentic the bearer token is stored in the vault and injected into the Authorization header at call time so the agent never sees the raw secret.
Can I validate a FedEx shipment before booking it?
Yes. POST /ship/v1/shipments/validate runs the same business rules as creation but does not commit the shipment, letting you catch address or service errors before the label is produced.
What are the rate limits for the FedEx Ship API?
FedEx applies per-account throughput limits negotiated with each contract; numeric limits are not declared in this OpenAPI spec. Apply backoff on 429 and 503 responses and check your FedEx Developer Portal account for current quota.
How do I create a FedEx shipment through Jentic?
Run pip install jentic, search 'create a fedex shipment', load POST /ship/v1/shipments, and execute it with the package and recipient details to receive the tracking number and label data.
Can I cancel a shipment after creation?
Yes. DELETE /ship/v1/shipments/{trackingNumber} cancels a shipment that has not yet been picked up by FedEx, returning the tracking number to an unused state.
Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the FedEx Ship API?
Yes. Because Jentic One is self-hosted, you decide which FedEx Ship operations your agent may call and which credentials it uses, so you can grant only creating and validating shipments (POST /ship/v1/shipments and POST /ship/v1/shipments/validate) and leave everything else out. Destructive operations such as cancelling a shipment (DELETE /ship/v1/shipments/{trackingNumber}) or cancelling a tag (DELETE /ship/v1/tags/{confirmationNumber}) are available to the agent only when you add them. Your rules run on your own instance, so the agent can never reach an operation you have not allowed.
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