Update shipment line items | ShipBob Developer API

import requests
url = "https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2025-07/shipments/1:updateLineItems"
payload = { "items": [
        {
            "inventory_id": 789012,
            "quantity": 2,
            "fulfillment_center_id": 8,
            "id": 123456,
            "is_manually_assigned_lot": False,
            "lot_date": "2024-06-01",
            "lot_number": "LOT-2024-001"
        }
    ] }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

{
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_PARAMETER",
    "message": "string"
  },
  "id": 0,
  "is_success": true,
  "shipment_line_items": [
    {
      "action": "string",
      "inventory_id": 0,
      "new_value": "string",
      "previous_value": "string"
    }
  ]
}

Updates the line items for a specific shipment. The request body must include the complete list of line items as returned by the GET /{shipmentId}:getLineItems endpoint — partial updates are not supported. Retrieve the current line items first, modify the desired fields, and submit the full payload.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Authentication using Personal Access Token (PAT) token

AuthorizationBearer

OAuth2 authentication using JWT tokens

Path parameters

shipmentIdintegerRequired

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

itemslist of objectsRequired

Response

errorobject

idlong

is_successboolean

shipment_line_itemslist of objects or null