Using the Whiplash API, you can create an application to do any task you would normally do via the app UI—and more.
Overview
The most common type of integration is notifying Whiplash of an order that needs to ship. In that scenario, there are four basic steps to cover:
- Authenticate your connection
- Create an Item, which represents a product in a specific size, style, and color
- Create an Order, which contains the address and shipping method
- Create an OrderItem, which references both the Order and the Item, telling Whiplash what product to ship.
Note that your implementation of each of these steps should check for the existence of the Whiplash object prior to your application creating it. For example, an item is created once and shared by many orders.
Pro Tip: You can save your own order/item ID as originator_id which will make it easier to look up your orders later. Using the Originator ID will also act as a safeguard to prevent your application from creating multiple copies of the same order/item.
Getting started
Testing Environment
We provide a testing server at https://sandbox.getwhiplash.com.
You can test things out with our shared Sandbox customer account, using the authentication key kQmwEGWwPRtzEQzSeCvG, or you can fill in this form for your own test account.
Learn more about testing the v2 API.
API Libraries
There are a number of libraries allowing you to easily connect to the Whiplash API.