Location id must be specified when creating fulfillment

[fr82]

I am sending a request to the fulfillment resource /admin/api/2022-10/fulfillments.json to mark one line item fulfilled.However I keep getting the following error :

"location_id must be specified when creating fulfillments "

I need help with understanding what I might be sending wrong(this is php):

$data = [
    'fulfillment' => [
        'message' => 'Fulfill Attempt',
        'location_id' => 12345,
        'notify_customer' => false,
        'tracking_info' => [
            'number' => 1234567,
            'url' => 'fedex.com',
            'company' => 'fedex',
        ],
        'line_items_by_fulfillment_order' => [
            [
                'fulfillment_order_id' => $fulfillmentOrderId,
                'fulfillment_order_line_items' => [
                'line_item_id' => $lineItemId,
                'quantity' => 1,
                ],
            ],
        ],
    ],
];

I have tried adding location_id in different spots. Some help with this will be much appreciated. I have also tried /admin/api/2022-07/fulfillments.json

[e10jc]

When I add location_id, I get a 404 response.

Without location_id, I receive the same 400 error “location_id must be specified when creating fulfillments”.

Example args:

{ "line_items_by_fulfillment_order":[{"fulfillment_order_id":5700827480123,"fulfillment_order_line_items":[{"id":13047016030267,"quantity":1}]}],"notify_customer":true,"tracking_info":{"company":"FedEx","number":"392463695700"} }

[mare46]

I have the same issue using the admin api 2022-10. It doesnt matter if there is a location_id set in the fulfillment array or not, the error is still the same: [error] => location_id must be specified when creating fulfillments. Would be great to get an answer from the shopify pros soon

[rpham]

This is the JSON schema that I used to create the fulfillment for orders and it worked.

{
  "fulfillment": {
    "location_id": 00000000000,
    "line_items_by_fulfillment_order": [
      {
        "fulfillment_order_id": 00000000000,
        "fulfillment_order_line_items": [
          {
            "id": 00000000000,
            "shop_id": 00000000000,
            "fulfillment_order_id": 00000000000,
            "quantity": 1,
            "line_item_id": 00000000000,
            "inventory_item_id": 00000000000,
            "fulfillable_quantity": 1,
            "variant_id": 00000000000
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "tracking_info": {
      "company": "Fedex",
      "number": "00000000000",
      "url": "https://www.fedex.com/fedextrack/
trknbr=00000000000&trkqual=00000~00000000000~FDEG"
    },
    "notify_customer": true
  }
}

[maddos]

I just simply can’t get it. Is it so difficult to describe all mandatory fields for the request?

Why was it documented so badly here: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-rest/2023-04/resources/fulfillment#post-fulfillments ?
Even in the request example there is no location_id set. And this is only 1 example. Almost every endpoit in shopify rest api documentation has some missing property, that are required for particular request.

[ShopifyDevSup]

Hi @maddos

Thanks for the feedback, we’re always looking to improve our docs and would really appreciate you also submitting feedback directly in the docs. There should be a “Was this section helpful?” block, and once you click “No”, there will be a section to comment on how it can be improved.

For the POST request to the fulfillments.json endpoint, it shouldn’t require a location_id to create a fulfillment. If you’re using the Shopify PHP library, I’d recommend submitting an issue in the public repo here.

[maddos]

Thank you for your response, but unfortunately the request example that you provide dosen’t work.

Here is my example

REQUEST:

{
“fulfillment”: {
“tracking_info”: {
“company”: “DHL”,
“number”: “222201010030243431”
},
"notify_customer ": true,
“line_items_by_fulfillment_order”: [
{
“fulfillment_order_id”: 4806734774445,
“fulfillment_order_line_items”: [
{
“id”: 12225550549165,
“quantity”: 1,
}
]
}
]
}
}

RESPONSE:

(POST https://{user}:{pw}@{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2023-01/orders/4806734774445/fulfillments.json) 400

body: {“error”:“location_id must be specified when creating fulfillments.”}

[maddos]

Thank you for your response, unfortunately the request example that you provide doesn’t work.

Here is my example:

{
“fulfillment”: {
“tracking_info”: {
“company”: “DHL”,
“number”: “222201010030243431”
},
"notify_customer ": true,
“line_items_by_fulfillment_order”: [
{
“fulfillment_order_id”: 4806734774445,
“fulfillment_order_line_items”: [
{
“id”: 12225550549165,
“quantity”: 1,
“line_item_id”: null,
“fulfillment_order_id”: null
}
]
}
]
}
}

And Response that I’m getting:

Status 400,

body: {“error”:“location_id must be specified when creating fulfillments.”}

But even, if i set the location_id field, i’m getting another error:

Status 404,

message: “No content to map due to end-of-input”

How should i find out what fields are mandatory?

Thank you.

[maddos]

Thank you for your response, unfortunately the request example that you provide doesn’t work.

Here is my request example:

{
"fulfillment": {
"tracking_info": {
"company": "DHL",
"number": "222201010030243431"
},
"notify_customer ": true,
"line_items_by_fulfillment_order": [
{
"fulfillment_order_id": 4806734774445,
"fulfillment_order_line_items": [
{
"id": 12225550549165,
"quantity": 1,
"line_item_id": null,
"fulfillment_order_id": null
}
]
}
]
}
}

And Response that I’m getting:

Status 400,

body: {"error":"location_id must be specified when creating fulfillments."}

But even, if i set the location_id field, i’m getting another error:

Status 404,

message: “No content to map due to end-of-input”

How should i find out what fields are mandatory?

Thank you.