Your First Order

Quick start steps to authenticate and submit your first shipment order.

Quick Start Guide

  1. Obtain an API key — Log in to the ALPHA Portal → API Keys → Generate Key

  2. Add authentication — Include Authorization: Api-Key <your-key> in every request

  3. Submit an order — POST to the submit-order endpoint with your payload

Typical Order Flow

  1. Submit — POST your order payload to create the order

  2. Processing — The optimizer runs. The PI is emailed to defined recipients, or fetch it via Download Packing Instructions.

  3. Optional — Use Get Order by ID or List All Orders to check status

See Authentication for full authentication details and Submit Order for the submit-order endpoint reference.