Excited to have you working on the Shippo Challenge for Developer Week 2016!
For fast debugging, join our Shippo Hacks Slack group by sending an email to shan@goshippo.com!
At Shippo, we build shipping APIs and dashboards connecting e-commerce stores to multiple carriers like USPS, FedEx, UPS etc., all from within one system.
For this challenge, get pre-launch access to our newest Tracking API to pull shipment tracking information from all major carriers in one place.
Use the new Tracking API to build a better shipment tracking visualization and alert app. We'll be providing you with a live feed of tracking numbers to play with.
Here are some ideas that we brewed up:
- Real-time shipment visualization
- Chrome app to check on where all your shipments are
- Facebook notifications or Apple Watch alerts when your package arrives.
Let us know what you're working on by creating a project under the Shippo Challenge on Accelerate.im so that we can track it for the final hackathon judging.
- How to use the new Tracking API.
- How to get a feed of live tracking numbers.
- How to set up webhooks.
We will be judging hacks according to the following criterias. We'll be awarding the winning team an Apple Watch for each active member.
| Criteria | Weight (1-4) | Score (1-5) |
|---|---|---|
| Usefulness of app | 4 | |
| Completion of app | 4 | |
| Technical execution | 3 | |
| User experience | 3 | |
| Prettiness | 2 | |
| Total score | sum of weight x score | winner has the highest total score |
Fellow Shippos will be wondering around the hackathon on both Saturday and Sunday wearing our Shippo swag.
Come visit us if you have questions, or follow us on Twitter or join us on the Shippo Hacks Slack channel!