# Shipments

Physical shipments of items within an order and their tracking events.

## Create a shipment

 - [POST /shipments](https://docs.useonward.com/apis/onward/shipments/createshipment.md): When a you ship items for an order, create that shipment in Onward.

## Update a shipment

 - [PATCH /shipments/{shopShipmentId}](https://docs.useonward.com/apis/onward/shipments/updateshipment.md): When shipment details change in your e-comm platform, update the shipment in Onward.

## Create a shipment event

 - [POST /shipments/{shopShipmentId}/events](https://docs.useonward.com/apis/onward/shipments/createshipmentevent.md): When a shipment status changes (e.g. it is shipped or out for delivery), notify Onward of that event.