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# Shipping Methods

Shipping Methods are applied to Violet at the `Bag` level, since each Merchant can have their own shipping configurations. Once a shipping address has been added to a cart, you can use our Shipping Method endpoints to retrieve and apply methods.

{% hint style="info" %}
Violet shows shipping methods based on what the Merchant has configured in their store through their e-commerce platform. They do not configure these in Violet. For example, you can learn about how Shopify stores configure shipping methods [here](https://merchant-help.violet.io/platform-guides/shopify/shipping).
{% endhint %}

**Retrieve Shipping Methods**

You can use the [Retrieve Shipping Methods](/api-reference/orders-and-checkout/cart-shipping/get-available-shipping-methods.md) endpoint to retrieve shipping methods, once a shipping address has been added to the Order, as seen below:

```bash
curl https://sandbox-api.violet.io/v1/checkout/cart/{cart_id}/shipping/available \
-H "X-Violet-App-Id: your-app-id-here" \
-H "X-Violet-App-Secret: your-app-secret-here" \
-H "X-Violet-Token: your-token-here" \
-H "Content-type: application/json"
```

This call is at the Cart level, however, notice that the response contains shipping methods at the Bag (i.e. merchant) level.

```json
[
    {
        "bag_id": 20440,
        "shipping_methods": [
            {
                "carrier": "OTHER",
                "label": "International Shipping",
                "price": 2000,
                "shipping_method_id": "shopify-International%20Shipping-20.00",
                "bag_id": 20440
            }
        ]
    },
		{
        "bag_id": 20441,
        "shipping_methods": [
            {
                "carrier": "USPS",
                "label": "US Domestic",
                "price": 999,
                "shipping_method_id": "shopify-usps%20Shipping-9.99",
                "bag_id": 20441
            }
        ]
    }
]
```

**Applying Shipping Methods**

Once you’ve retrieved shipping methods, you can use the [Apply Shipping Methods](/api-reference/orders-and-checkout/cart-shipping/set-shipping-methods.md) endpoint to attach these shipping methods to `Bags`. Each bag in a cart will require its own shipping method. For this reason, data is passed in as a collection of shipping methods, one for each bag. If you only have one bag in your cart you will pass in a collection consisting of one shipping method, as seen below:

```bash
curl -X POST https://sandbox-api.violet.io/v1/checkout/cart/{cart_id}/shipping \
-H "X-Violet-App-Id: your-app-id-here" \
-H "X-Violet-App-Secret: your-app-secret-here" \
-H "X-Violet-Token: your-token-here" \
-H "Content-type: application/json" \
-d '[{"bag_id": 1, "shipping_method_id": "usps-flatrate"}]'
```

The response will then be an `Order` object, on which you will notice that now, each bag on the order you are applying shipping methods to will contain a `shipping_method` object. If there are any errors while applying shipping methods, the order will return with errors listed in the `errors` field on the object.


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