Getting the shipping amount using orders api

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment

Topic summary

A developer is experiencing discrepancies when calculating shipping amounts using Shopify’s Orders API (admin/api/2024-04/orders.json).

The Issue:

  • They’re currently summing the total_shipping_price_set field for all orders in a day
  • The calculated shipping total doesn’t match what appears in the Shopify admin panel

Question:

  • Seeking alternative methods or correct approaches to accurately calculate daily shipping amounts that align with Shopify’s dashboard figures

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Summarized with AI on November 9. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi , I am using orders api “admin/api/2024-04/orders.json” to calculate the gross amount , taxes , shipping amount - shipping amount is not matching the shopify panel numbers i am calculating shipping by adding

“total_shipping_price_set” for all the orders of the day. Is there any other way of calculating the shipping value for the day.