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# Create Fulfillment

> Fulfill line items with tracking information as a vendor

<Note>
  **V2 Alpha** — This endpoint is part of the V2 API preview. Breaking changes may occur.
</Note>

## Overview

Create a fulfillment for one or more line items belonging to the authenticated vendor. This creates a fulfillment in Shopify and updates the line item records in PuppetVendors. Optionally sends a shipping notification to the customer.

<Note>
  **Vendor Token Required** — This endpoint requires a vendor-scoped JWT token. Merchant tokens will receive a 403 error.
</Note>

### Use Cases

* **Automate fulfillment** from a vendor's warehouse or 3PL system
* **Bulk-fulfill orders** by scripting API calls from a shipping platform
* **Connect external fulfillment services** to the vendor's workflow

## Request Body

<ParamField body="lineItemIds" type="string[]" required>
  Array of PuppetVendors line item IDs (`_id` values) to fulfill. At least one is required. All line items must belong to the authenticated vendor.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="trackingNumber" type="string">
  Shipment tracking number.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="shippingCarrier" type="string">
  Shipping carrier name (e.g. `"Royal Mail"`, `"UPS"`, `"FedEx"`).
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="trackingUrl" type="string">
  URL for tracking the shipment. Must be a valid URL.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="notifyCustomer" type="boolean" default="false">
  Whether to send a shipping notification email to the customer.
</ParamField>

## Response

```json 200 theme={null}
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "success": true,
    "fulfillments": [
      {
        "type": "success",
        "lineItemId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439015",
        "message": "Fulfillment completed successfully."
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

### Partial Failure

If some items fail to fulfill, each item reports individually:

```json 200 theme={null}
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "success": true,
    "fulfillments": [
      { "type": "success", "lineItemId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439015", "message": "Fulfillment completed successfully." },
      { "type": "error", "lineItemId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439016", "message": "Already fulfilled" }
    ]
  }
}
```

### Error Responses

```json 400 theme={null}
{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "message": "Failed to create fulfillments",
    "code": "FULFILLMENT_FAILED"
  }
}
```

## Example

```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST https://staging-api.puppetvendors.com/fulfillments \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-access-token: YOUR_VENDOR_JWT_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "lineItemIds": ["507f1f77bcf86cd799439015", "507f1f77bcf86cd799439016"],
    "trackingNumber": "RM123456789GB",
    "shippingCarrier": "Royal Mail",
    "trackingUrl": "https://tracking.royalmail.com/RM123456789GB",
    "notifyCustomer": true
  }'
```

### More Examples

**Fulfill with tracking and notify customer**

```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST https://staging-api.puppetvendors.com/fulfillments \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-access-token: YOUR_VENDOR_JWT_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "lineItemIds": ["665a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e", "665a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0f"],
    "trackingNumber": "9400111899223100012345",
    "shippingCarrier": "USPS",
    "trackingUrl": "https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?tLabels=9400111899223100012345",
    "notifyCustomer": true
  }'
```