1. Trackers
  2. Retrieve Trackers

Trackers

Retrieve Trackers

Retrieving a single tracker use the id of the tracker to get it. When you are retrieving multiple trackers, there are additional search and filter options available.

Retrieve Tracker

GET
`/v1/trackers/:tracker`

Get a single tracker using its id.

js
        const res = await fetch("https://api.packagex.io/v1/tracker/track_czhgjrk5JaVvyATPDbyURp", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "PX-API-KEY": process.env.PX_API_KEY,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
}).then((res) => res.json());

const tracker = res.data;

      

List Trackers

Example

GET
`/v1/trackers`

When you want to retrieve multiple trackers, your data property on the result will always be an array even if you don't have any trackers. The trackers are returned in descending order, meaning the latest tracker that was created will be first.

js
        const response = await fetch("https://api.packagex.io/v1/trackers", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "PX-API-KEY": process.env.PX_API_KEY,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
}).then((res) => res.json());

const trackers = response.data;
const pagination = response.pagination;

      

Pagination

If the has_more property on the pagination object is set to true, you know there are more deliveries in the database that have not been returned to you. The pagination object also has a page property indicating your current offset and a limit property.

By default the page is set to 1 and the limit is 25.

If we want to query for deliveries 26 - 50, we would request page 2 with a query parameter.

js
        const response = await fetch("https://api.packagex.io/v1/deliveries?page=2&limit=25", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "PX-API-KEY": process.env.PX_API_KEY,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
}).then((res) => res.json());

const trackers = response.data;
const pagination = response.pagination;

      

Filter

You can filter trackers by location_id, statuses, rate_types and recipient_contact_id.

  • location_id - Add the ID of one of your locations to get all of the deliveries currently mapped to that location. For example: location_id=loc_czhgjrk5JaVvyATPDbyURp
  • statuses - A comma separated list of shipment statuses. Keep in mind comma's in URLs are encoded as %2C, so we recommend using your platforms native URL encoding library. For example: statuses=delivered,picked_up
js
        const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.packagex.io/v1/trackers?location_id=loc_czhgjrk5JaVvyATPDbyURp&statuses=delivered,picked_up&page=3",
  {
    method: "GET",
    headers: {
      "PX-API-KEY": process.env.PX_API_KEY,
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
  }
).then((res) => res.json());

const trackers = response.data;
const pagination = response.pagination;

      

Sorting

Sorting describes in what order you want your responses to come in. You can select an available property by which to sort, as well as the direction.

  • order_by - The property by which to sort. Available properties are: created_at
  • direction - The direction to sort. Available directions are: asc and desc

By default, trackers will be sorted by in descending order, meaning the most recently created will be first.

js
        const response = await fetch("https://api.packagex.io/v1/trackers?order_by=created_at&direction=desc", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "PX-API-KEY": process.env.PX_API_KEY,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
}).then((res) => res.json());

const deliveries = response.data;
const pagination = response.pagination;

      

There are times when filtering is not enough and you want to find a specific tracker by some other attribute. In this case, you can do a fuzzy, typo-tolerant search of every tracker in the database. Below are the properties that are supported by our full text search for trackers.

  • id
  • tracking_number
  • sender.name
  • sender.phone
  • sender.email
  • sender.address.formatted_address
  • recipient.name
  • recipient.phone
  • recipient.email
  • recipient.address.formatted_address

To search, simply provide a string to search by using the search query param. If you want to highlight matching search results for a frontend, we provide a special property for search-returned shipment objects called _search which will have the matched text surrounded with <mark> handles.

js
        const response = await fetch("https://api.packagex.io/v1/trackers?search=jamie%jones", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "PX-API-KEY": process.env.PX_API_KEY,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
}).then((res) => res.json());

const tracker = response.data[0]; //Highest relevance score
console.log(tracker._search); //Special _search property