Skip to main content

Blink API Docs

Integrated

Empower Your Dev Team with the Blink Tracking API via AfterShip.

Integrate seamless Blink tracking integration with robust RESTful API and webhooks to automate Blink delivery updates in real-time.

With an AfterShip developer account, you'll experience fast tracking updates and industry-leading 99.9% API uptime. Enhance your logistics now with the Blink Tracking API.

curl --request GET \
     --url https://api.aftership.com/tracking/2024-04/trackings/id \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json'
Blink
Delivery date March 10 Your order is
In transit Departed Shipping Partner Facility, Blink Awaiting Item
192 Glenlake Court
See more info

Why use AfterShip API for Blink Integration

Integrating directly with Blink's native API requires months of development, constant maintenance, and deep carrier-specific expertise. AfterShip offers a single unified RESTful API that supports Blink and 1,200+ global carriers—while reducing development overhead, handling documentation changes, and managing regional exceptions. With AfterShip, you can focus on scaling operations rather than separate carrier technical challenges.

  • Cost-saving and faster integration

    Integrating directly with Blink's native API requires months of development, constant maintenance, and deep carrier-specific expertise. AfterShip offers a single unified RESTful API that supports Blink and 1,200+ global carriers—while reducing development overhead, handling documentation changes, and managing regional exceptions. With AfterShip, you can focus on scaling operations rather than separate carrier technical challenges.

  • Comprehensive developer resources

    Access open, easy-to-follow API documentation with tutorials, code samples, and clearly-defined endpoints—ready for immediate implementation.

  • Multi-language SDK support

    Use open-source SDKs in your preferred programming language, including Go, Python, PHP, Java, JavaScript, and C#.

  • 24/7 live chat with technical support

    Resolve technical issues and integration questions with 24/7 live chat backed by our dedicated support team.

  • Unified carrier management

    Replace separate carrier integrations with one connection to Blink and 1,200+ other providers via AfterShip API, eliminating maintenance overhead.

Book a demo

AfterShip's Blink Tracking API: Building seamless shipment visibility

Easily integrate AfterShip's Blink shipment tracking API into your website or internal system to deliver a unified, real-time tracking experience across multiple touchpoints. With 8B+ shipments tracked and 99.99%+ API uptime, AfterShip ensures unmatched reliability and visibility across 1,200+ carriers globally.

  • Effortless global tech stack integrations

    Access 1,200+ international carriers, including FedEx, UPS, DHL, USPS, and many more, and track shipments across 70+ eCommerce platforms, such as Shopify, Magento, Salesforce Cloud Commerce, BigCommerce, supporting multiple languages and reducing implementation time.

  • Accurate and standardized tracking data

    Transform tracking data into 7 standardized delivery statuses & 33 sub-statuses and normalize different data formats, including pickup dates, delivery dates, and location names, improving reporting accuracy and enabling data-driven decisions.

  • AI-optimized data integrity

    Get full updates by automatically detecting multi-carrier shipments with a single tracking number and continuously recognizing new number patterns, resolving carrier data discrepancies through advanced algorithms.

  • Real-time and reliable data retrieval

    Retrieve dependable tracking data in <100 ms with 99.99%+ uptime. Enterprise-grade reliability ensured by diversified cloud storage, distributed data center, and security-first architecture, guaranteeing real-time visibility at scale.

Learn more about AfterShip Tracking API

AfterShip's Blink Shipping API: Automating multi-carrier logistics

Simplify global fulfillment by integrating AfterShip's Shipping API with Blink and 125 carriers worldwide. With a single scalable API built for eCommerce, you can streamline shipping and automate 80% of fulfillment with one portal—while managing all carriers to cut supply chain costs.

  • Automated shipping labels and orders

    Create shipping labels certified by carriers and place carrier orders in a single API request with access to 125 trusted and international carriers, helping you reduce manual work, eliminate errors, and speed up the shipping process with automated label generation.

  • Real-time shipping rate calculation

    Display and compare live rates across carriers to choose the best option based on cost and speed, allowing customers to select preferred services at checkout to increase conversions and reduce cart abandonment.

  • Cross-border fulfillment optimization

    Automatically add required information for the customs clearance, including item HS code and origin, shipping purpose, and terms of trade, and generate customs documents, including commercial invoices, to ensure smooth customs clearance and improve operational efficiency.

  • Carrier accounts management

    Connect your existing carrier accounts to retain your negotiated shipping rates. Enable only the services you need and offer flexible delivery options to fit your business and customers and avoid unnecessary service costs.

Learn more about AfterShip Shipping API

AfterShip's Blink Address API: Enhancing delivery accuracy

Ensure smooth order fulfillment and fewer delivery errors with AfterShip's Address API. Designed for eCommerce businesses, it verifies customer-entered addresses in real time—reducing failed deliveries, eliminating manual checks, and enhancing user experience at checkout. Integrate with AfterShip's Address API alongside your Blink to streamline the entire shipping process from cart to doorstep.

  • Real-time address validation

    Validate customer addresses in real time during checkout and the label generation process, flag potential errors for invalid or incomplete addresses, and suggest corrections—before the order is even placed, helping reduce delivery failures and operational costs.

  • Surcharge prevention & timely deliveries

    Avoid Blink address correction surcharges by catching errors early and ensuring packages arrive on time and at the correct destination to deliver a better post-purchase experience—leading to higher retention and better reviews.

Learn more about AfterShip Address API

Enterprise-grade security and privacy for Blink API integration

AfterShip's API infrastructure meets global compliance standards—ensuring secure, audit-ready Blink integration for enterprise workloads:

  • SOC 2 compliance

    We adhere to meet SOC 2 standards for ensuring our processes are designed to secure sensitive information.

  • ISO 27001 certification

    We are certified to the world's most rigorous standards for information security and privacy.

  • GDPR compliance

    We comply with the GDPR rules to protect user data and privacy across Europe.

Book a demo

Frequently Asked Questions

How to generate Blink API key?

To ensure secure access, AfterShip requires an as-api-key in the header of each request. You can request a free API key by submitting the form. Get a free API Key

Do I need a Blink developer account to use this API?

No, you don't need a Blink account. AfterShip has partnered with Blink, allowing you direct access to Blink tracking data through the AfterShip API.