Seeking Help to Automate Packing Slip Generation and Printing for Shopify Orders in ShipStation

Hi @Odiyahoo 

For Shipstation, you would have to use the ShipStation API: https://www.shipstation.com/docs/api/#shipstation-api

You can use this Zap action: ShipStation - API Request

@Odiyahoo 

You can use a GDocs template to create a PDF.

Zap action: GDocs - Create Doc from Template

Guide: https://zapier.com/blog/create-autopopulate-google-docs-template/

Hi Fiona,

I created this template in Google Docs. Honestly, I thought that given it’s so easy to manually create a packing slip in Shopify and ShipStation, a simple call to an API would give me the whole thing. I had no idea that this would require me to call on my (limited) knowledge of Zapier, APIs etc. to build it from scratch 🫤

Packing Slip

Date: {{orderDate}}

Order Number: {{orderNumber}}

Ship To:

• Name: {{shipTo.name}}
• Address: {{shipTo.street1}}
• City: {{shipTo.city}}
• State: {{shipTo.state}}
• Postal Code: {{shipTo.postalCode}}
• Country: {{shipTo.country}}
• Phone: {{shipTo.phone}}

Bill To:

• Name: {{billTo.name}}
• Phone: {{billTo.phone}}

Order Details:

{% for item in items %}

• Item Name: {{item.name}}
• SKU: {{item.sku}}
• Quantity: {{item.quantity}}

Weight: {{item.weight.value}} {{item.weight.units}}

• {% endfor %}

Shipping Method: {{requestedShippingService}}

Carrier: {{carrierCode}}

Package Type: {{packageCode}}

Notes:

{{customerNotes}}

Additional Information:

• Order Status: {{orderStatus}}

Ship By Date: {{shipByDate | default: 'N/A'}}

At the moment it’s easy for me to select all orders I have to prepare in ShipStation and send them to the printer in one batch. This automation is meant to further save time as I want all packing slips to be ready when I arrive at the warehouse.