Automatically detect carrier based on tracking number only

[danh91]

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[MarcoWel]

Nice! X-Referencing this here:
karrioapi/karrio-dashboard#262 (comment)

[MarcoWel]

Any update on this one? It would be indeed an #epic and very helpful feature.

[danh91]

Hey @MarcoWel,
This one will great to have indeed. However, it is more of really nice to have features.

I want to focus on upgrading carrier APIs before the old ones get deprecated. Hopefully eventually tackle it Q2 2024.

[MarcoWel]

How about just adding a Tracking ID Regex field to the carrier definition?
This way, the carrier detection can be implemented easily and users that need that feature can use it already.

IMO this feature is not only nice-to-have but quite important, as it is a required for easy tracking of 3rd party shipments by inexperienced users and bulk tracking of multiple shipments as suggested here:
karrioapi/karrio-dashboard#262

[danh91]

I don't doubt the usefulness but I remember spending some times spiking it and the regex/identification part of it is the tip of the iceberg and it is not a 100% accuracy solution.

Adding it to the API was the more challenging part. It requires handling wrong carrier detection, manual correction, retries…

Not as simple as it seems. 😅

I agree that it will be very helpful for batch imports. But right now, it is possible to do the batch import, it just requires knowing in advance which carrier was used to ship in addition to the tracking number which I believe most OMS and e-commerce platforms can provide.

I would love to have it in myself 😅. Just that with limited resources I also have to pick my battles 😅.

[MarcoWel]

I understand. But having the regex solution in place, even if it is not active as standard, would help a lot!! I can offer to provide tested regexes for selected carriers like DHL, DHL Express, UPS, Fedex.