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This is the official development toolkit for building [**ShipEngine Connect**](https://connect.shipengine.com/) apps.

About ShipEngine Connect
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ShipEngine Connect powers the world's leading e-commerce solutions, including [ShipStation](https://www.shipstation.com/), [ShipEngine](https://www.shipengine.com), [ShippingEasy](https://shippingeasy.com/), and [ShipWorks](https://www.shipworks.com/). ShipEngine Connect enables developers to integrate with all of these brands at once.

Whether you are a shipping carrier, an online marketplace, or another service provider, ShipEngine Connect makes it easy for you to make your services available within each of our world class e-commerce solutions and gain immediate access to a worldwide user base eager to take advantage or your services.

Installation
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You can install the ShipEngine Connect developer tooling via [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/about-npm/).

```bash
npm install --global @shipengine/connect
```

Usage
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Visit [our documentation website](https://connect.shipengine.com/) to learn how to build an app for ShipEngine Connect. You can also look at [these sample apps](https://github.com/ShipEngine/connect-samples), which demonstrate various features of the platform, as well as different possible ways to build and structure apps.

ShipEngine Connect development host
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This package provides a web server to make it easy to exercise your Connect app functions through HTTP requests.