PowerShell MWS Inbound: Create Inbound Shipment

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Creates an inbound shipment.

Documentation: http://docs.developer.amazonservices.com/en_US/fba_inbound/FBAInbound_CreateInboundShipment.html

CURL Command

curl -X POST https://mws.amazonaws.com/FulfillmentInboundShipment/2010-10-01 \
  -d "AWSAccessKeyId=AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" \
  -d "Action=CreateInboundShipment" \
  -d "SellerId=MWS_SELLER_ID" \
  -d "SignatureVersion=2" \
  -d "Timestamp=CURRENT_DATE_TIME" \
  -d "Version=2010-10-01" \
  -d "Signature=MWS_SIGNATURE" \
  -d "SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256" \
  -d "ShipmentId=FBA0000001" \
  -d "InboundShipmentHeader.ShipmentName=SHIPMENT_NAME" \
  -d "InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.Name=NAME" \
  -d "InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.AddressLine1=ADDR_LINE1" \
  -d "InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.City=Seattle" \
  -d "InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.StateOrProvinceCode=WA" \
  -d "InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.PostalCode=98121" \
  -d "InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.CountryCode=US" \
  -d "InboundShipmentHeader.DestinationFulfillmentCenterId=ABE2" \
  -d "InboundShipmentHeader.ShipmentStatus=WORKING" \
  -d "InboundShipmentHeader.LabelPrepPreference=SELLER_LABEL" \
  -d "InboundShipmentHeader.IntendedBoxContentsSource=FEED" \
  -d "InboundShipmentItems.member.1.QuantityShipped=1" \
  -d "InboundShipmentItems.member.1.SellerSKU=SKU00001" \
  -d "InboundShipmentItems.member.1.PrepDetailsList.member.1.PrepInstruction=Taping" \
  -d "InboundShipmentItems.member.1.PrepDetailsList.member.1.PrepOwner=AMAZON" \
  -d "InboundShipmentItems.member.2.QuantityShipped=2" \
  -d "InboundShipmentItems.member.2.SellerSKU=SKU00002" \
  -d "InboundShipmentItems.member.2.PrepDetailsList.member.1.PrepInstruction=Taping" \
  -d "InboundShipmentItems.member.2.PrepDetailsList.member.1.PrepOwner=SELLER"
See: Online Tool to Generate Chilkat Code from a CURL Command

PowerShell Example

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\myAssemblies\ChilkatDotNet2.dll")

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

#  URL: https://mws.amazonaws.com/FulfillmentInboundShipment/2010-10-01
$bTls = $true
$port = 443
$bAutoReconnect = $true
$success = $rest.Connect("mws.amazonaws.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $("ConnectFailReason: " + $rest.ConnectFailReason)
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$rest.AddQueryParam("AWSAccessKeyId","AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID")
$rest.AddQueryParam("Action","CreateInboundShipment")
$rest.AddQueryParam("SellerId","MWS_SELLER_ID")
$rest.AddQueryParam("SignatureVersion","2")
$rest.AddQueryParam("Version","2010-10-01")
$rest.AddQueryParam("SignatureMethod","HmacSHA256")
$rest.AddQueryParam("ShipmentId","FBA0000001")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentHeader.ShipmentName","SHIPMENT_NAME")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.Name","NAME")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.AddressLine1","ADDR_LINE1")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.City","Seattle")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.StateOrProvinceCode","WA")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.PostalCode","98121")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentHeader.ShipFromAddress.CountryCode","US")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentHeader.DestinationFulfillmentCenterId","ABE2")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentHeader.ShipmentStatus","WORKING")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentHeader.LabelPrepPreference","SELLER_LABEL")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentHeader.IntendedBoxContentsSource","FEED")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentItems.member.1.QuantityShipped","1")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentItems.member.1.SellerSKU","SKU00001")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentItems.member.1.PrepDetailsList.member.1.PrepInstruction","Taping")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentItems.member.1.PrepDetailsList.member.1.PrepOwner","AMAZON")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentItems.member.2.QuantityShipped","2")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentItems.member.2.SellerSKU","SKU00002")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentItems.member.2.PrepDetailsList.member.1.PrepInstruction","Taping")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InboundShipmentItems.member.2.PrepDetailsList.member.1.PrepOwner","SELLER")

$rest.Host = "mws.amazonaws.com"
#  The AddMwsSignature method adds the Timestamp and Signature query params.
$rest.AddMwsSignature("POST","/FulfillmentInboundShipment/2010-10-01","mws.amazonaws.com","MWS_SECRET_KEY")

$strResponseBody = $rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/FulfillmentInboundShipment/2010-10-01")
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$xmlResponse = New-Object Chilkat.Xml
$xmlResponse.LoadXml($strResponseBody)

$CreateInboundShipmentResponse_xmlns = $xmlResponse.GetAttrValue("xmlns")
$ShipmentId = $xmlResponse.GetChildContent("CreateInboundShipmentResult|ShipmentId")
$RequestId = $xmlResponse.GetChildContent("ResponseMetadata|RequestId")

Sample XML Response Body

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<CreateInboundShipmentResponse xmlns="http://mws.amazonaws.com/FulfillmentInboundShipment/2010-10-01/">
    <CreateInboundShipmentResult>
        <ShipmentId>FBA2F50GYX</ShipmentId>
    </CreateInboundShipmentResult>
    <ResponseMetadata>
        <RequestId>2a1455aa-c5f9-4993-9b18-dc10407e09ba</RequestId>
    </ResponseMetadata>
</CreateInboundShipmentResponse>