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Connectors / Supply chain · HTTP Connector
Automate Deftship with Tray.ai
Create a parcel order, create a batch and create a freight order in Deftship. Connect Deftship to the rest of your supply chain stack with Tray.ai.
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What can you do with Deftship on Tray.ai?
Deftship is a shipping platform for small businesses that compares carrier rates and books parcel, freight, and pickup shipments from one account. Tray.ai connects to Deftship through the HTTP Connector, so your workflows can call the Deftship API alongside the rest of your stack.
- Get parcel rates for each new order in your store and pick the cheapest carrier.
- Create a parcel order when an order is marked ready to ship in your order system.
- Validate an address on new customer orders before they reach your warehouse team.
- Arrange a pickup when your warehouse system confirms a freight order is packed.
- Connects through
- HTTP Connector
- Authentication
- A bearer token
- Base URL
- https://api.deftship.com
Set it up
Connect Deftship to Tray.ai
Each step uses Deftship's own API details, from its documentation.
Step 1
Save Deftship's API token
Save the token Deftship issues as a Tray.ai authentication. The HTTP Client sends it as a bearer token on every call. The token stays out of the workflow and out of the logs.
Step 2
Point the HTTP Client at the API
Add an HTTP Client step and use https://api.deftship.com as the base URL. Or paste a cURL example from Deftship's API docs, and Tray.ai fills in the method, URL, and headers.
Step 3
Start with “Get parcel rates”
It's one of 21 documented actions, under Parcel orders. The response comes back as data the next step can map into your other apps.
Step 4
Hand it to an AI agent
Wrap “Create a parcel order” and “Get a parcel order” in workflows, and Tray.ai's Agent Gateway for MCP publishes them as governed tools Claude and other AI agents can call.
What the Deftship API covers
6 resources and 21 documented actions, each one a call the HTTP Connector can make from a Tray.ai workflow. Connecting it takes a few clicks: here's how.
Parcel orders
- Get parcel rates
- Create a parcel order
- Get a parcel order
- Void a parcel
Batch shipments
- Create a batch
- Add items to a batch
- Remove items from a batch
- Ship a batch
Freight orders
- Get freight rates
- Create a freight order
- Get a freight order
- Void a freight order
Pickup orders
- Get pickup rates
- Arrange a pickup
- Get a pickup
- Void a pickup
Insurance
- Get insurance rates
- Book insurance
- Void insurance
Addresses
- Validate an address
- Get the address book
Checked against Deftship's own documentation on 2026-10-22
How Tray.ai makes this work
Deftship plugs into the whole Tray.ai platform
Intelligent Integration
Integrate and automate across 9,000+ apps, databases, APIs, and services with visual workflows, error handling, and observability.
Learn more →Agent Builder
Build AI agents that read, write, and take action in Deftship — with guardrails, audit, and human-in-the-loop.
Learn more →Agent Gateway for MCP
Expose Deftship actions as governed MCP tools — observable, rate-limited, authenticated.
Learn more →Tray Helix
Build apps on Deftship data with your AI assistant, then deploy, run, and govern them on Tray.ai.
Learn more →More supply chain apps on Tray.ai
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Frequently asked questions
What can a Tray.ai workflow do in Deftship?
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The Deftship API documents 21 actions across 6 resources (Parcel orders, Batch shipments, Freight orders, Pickup orders, Insurance, Addresses). For example: Get parcel rates; Create a batch; Get freight rates. A workflow can make any documented call through the HTTP Connector.
How does Tray.ai authenticate with Deftship?
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The Deftship API uses a bearer token. You save it once as a Tray.ai authentication, and the HTTP Connector adds it to every request.
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