Overview

Fastway Couriers (Aramex-owned in SA) offers parcel + B2B courier services. The Automize Fastway connector covers rate quotes, labels, consignments, tracking.

Regions: South Africa (Fastway SA / Aramex SA), Australia, NZ, Ireland.
Plans: Per-shipment.

Setting up the connection

Fastway account → API access. Receive credentials.
In Automize → Settings → Connectors → Fastway. Paste credentials.

Find your credentials at https://www.fastway.co.za/.

Rate limits

Generous.

Data model

Shipping:

    Account ─── Consignments ─── Labels + Tracking

Available operations

6 operations available. Click any row to jump to its detail.

Operation	Category	What it does
Create Consignment	Consignments	Create a shipment / consignment (returns label URL)
Get Consignment	Consignments	Retrieve a consignment by reference
Get Label Image	Labels	Download label PDF/image for a consignment
Get Rate Quote	Rates	Quote a delivery – pass franchise_id, weight, dimensions & destination suburb
List Franchises	Rates	List franchises for the country
Track Label	Tracking	Track a parcel by label number

Operations

Create Consignment

Create a shipment / consignment (returns label URL)

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
Country Code `country_code`	Yes	text

Tips

Pre-booked shipment. Returns consignment ID + label PDF.

Get Consignment

Retrieve a consignment by reference

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
Country Code `country_code`	Yes	text
Consignment Ref `consignment_ref`	Yes	text

Get Label Image

Download label PDF/image for a consignment

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
Country Code `country_code`	Yes	text
Consignment Ref `consignment_ref`	Yes	text

Get Rate Quote

Quote a delivery – pass franchise_id, weight, dimensions & destination suburb

Parameter	Required	Type
Country Code `country_code`	Yes	text
Franchise Code `franchise_code`	Yes	text
Destination Suburb `destination_suburb`	Yes	text
Weight Kg `weight_kg`	Yes	text

List Franchises

List franchises for the country

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
Country Code `country_code`	Yes	text

Track Label

Track a parcel by label number

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
Label Number `label_number`	Yes	text

FAQ

Same as Aramex?: Aramex Group owns Fastway SA. Different APIs + business units. Use Fastway for SA parcel; Aramex for international + business consolidation.

Fastway integration