<aside> 💡 To collect what3words addresses from your customers, you’ll first need to add a what3words address field to your checkout page or CRM. To do so you can use one of our existing plugins or the what3words API. You can take a look at these options and find out more information here. To get started with Carriyo, you can contact them here.
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Here is a step-by-step guide for passing through a what3words address to Carriyo in the different available formats:
1. Passing through a w3w address directly from a checkout page into Carriyo:
When creating a shipment in CARRIYO, via the Create Shipment API, you can pass the what3words Address in the dropoff array as follows:
"dropoff": {},
"contact_name": "Jo Bloggs",
"contact_phone": "0561111234",
"contact_email": "[email protected]",
"address1": "1, 10th Floor, Tower One",
"address2": "Dubai Marina",
"city": "DUBAI",
"what3words": "///tourist.them.bonkers",
"postcode": "",
"country": "AE"
"order_date": "2021-01-01T10:00:00.999Z"
}
The shipment will be created in CARRIYO and the what3words address will be converted to actual coordinates, as displayed below.
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What3Words address saved in CARRIYO and translated to actual coordinates in the dashboard.
These coordinates will then be passed to delivery partners, when booking shipments.
Drop-off address coordinates being passed to a delivery partner as part of the booking request.
You can manually add the what3words address when creating shipments directly in the CARRIYO dashboard.