How to retrieve Fulfillment Order ID

Retired Boards Appdev Fulfillment Api

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Issue Identified:\nDevelopers working with Shopify’s 2023-04 Fulfillment API need to obtain the fulfillment_order_id (not the regular order ID) to create fulfillments via POST requests to /admin/api/2023-04/fulfillments.json.\n\nSolution Found:\nThe original poster (devserge) resolved the issue by clarifying the distinction between \

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For everyone wondering, I fixed it. There is a difference between fulfillment belonging to an order, and fulfilment_orders from an order. There always is an fulfillment_order_id that you can lookup with this endpoint:

https://store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2023-04/orders/{orderid}/fulfillment_orders.json

With that endpoint, you can retrieve the fulfilment_order_id that you can use for the fulfillment endpoint to create a new fulfillment with the order data, tracking number and more.

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