# Quote available shipping services

**POST** `/v1/rates/quote`

Base URL: `https://api.parcel-events.example`

Tags: `Rates`

## Authorization

Any ONE of the following options authorizes this operation; every scheme listed within an option is required together.

| Option | Scheme | Type | Sent as | Scopes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Option 1 | `ApiKey` | `apiKey` | header `Parcel-API-Key` | — |
| Option 2 | `BearerToken` | `http` | `Authorization: Bearer <token>` (opaque) | — |

## Request body

Required. Media type: `application/json`

### Example request body

```json
{
  "parcels": [
    {
      "contents": [
        {
          "customs_code": "610910",
          "description": "Synthetic cotton shirt",
          "quantity": 2,
          "unit_value": {
            "amount": "12.50",
            "currency": "XTS"
          }
        }
      ],
      "height_cm": 12,
      "length_cm": 30.5,
      "weight_grams": 1750,
      "width_cm": 20
    }
  ],
  "recipient": {
    "city": "Exampleton",
    "company": "Northstar Supplies",
    "country": "ZZ",
    "line1": "14 Fictional Quay",
    "line2": "Unit 7",
    "name": "Rowan Example",
    "phone": "+00000000000",
    "postal_code": "EX4 2PL",
    "region": "Test Province"
  },
  "sender": {
    "city": "Exampleton",
    "company": "Northstar Supplies",
    "country": "ZZ",
    "line1": "14 Fictional Quay",
    "line2": "Unit 7",
    "name": "Rowan Example",
    "phone": "+00000000000",
    "postal_code": "EX4 2PL",
    "region": "Test Province"
  }
}
```

## Responses

| Status | Description | Media type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `200` | Ranked rate quotes | `application/json` |
| `422` | One or more fields failed semantic validation | `application/problem+json` |

### Example response: 200 — Ranked rate quotes

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "amount": {
        "amount": "12.50",
        "currency": "XTS"
      },
      "carrier": "Example Parcel Network",
      "estimated_delivery_date": "2026-09-07",
      "expires_at": "2026-06-09T00:00:00Z",
      "id": "rate_00000000000000000001",
      "service": "synthetic_express"
    }
  ]
}
```

### Example response: 422 — One or more fields failed semantic validation

```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "must be a synthetic postal code",
      "path": "recipient.postal_code"
    }
  ],
  "request_id": "req_00000000000000000006",
  "status": 422,
  "title": "Synthetic request validation failed",
  "type": "https://parcel-events.example/problems/validation"
}
```

## Related pages

- [Buy and render a shipping label](./createlabel.md)
- [Cancel a pickup](./cancelpickup.md)
- [Cancel a shipment before handoff](./cancelshipment.md)
- [Create a shipment](./createshipment.md)
- [Delete a webhook endpoint](./deletewebhookendpoint.md)
- [Labels](./tags/labels.md)
- [List scheduled pickups](./listpickups.md)
- [List shipments](./listshipments.md)
- [List tracking events for a shipment](./listshipmentevents.md)
- [List webhook endpoints](./listwebhookendpoints.md)

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