Get the paperwork of a manifest
If a carrier has requested that a copy of the manifest is handed to the driver who will pick up a consignment from a warehouse, you can generate the paperwork of a manifest. Generating the paperwork of manifest creates a PDF file, which must then be printed. It does not transmit a manifest to the specified carrier.
Get manifest paperwork request
You need the following to make a get manifest paperwork request.
| Parameter |
Value |
Description |
|---|---|---|
manifestCode |
The manifest identifier returned by the Create a manifest for future despatch operation. | |
status |
MANIFESTED |
The consignment lifecycle status. |
Using the Get manifest paperwork operation, enter the manifestCode of the manifest for which you want to generate a PDF file.
Example request
GET /shipping/v1/manifests/DMM1W29ZV/paperwork HTTP/1.1
Host: api.metapack.com
API-Key: Basic Base64-encoded <username>:<password>
Content-Type: application/jsonGet manifest paperwork response
200 (OK)
Significant parameters in a successful response are as follows.
| Parameter | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
manifest |
Use this string to print the PDF file. |