Prerequisites
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before using the delivery api, you must implement a listener for new order events while the delivery api is used to transmit updates to ezcater, it does not provide notifications for new orders that is handled by the orders api how the apis work together 1 subscribe to order notifications use the orders api https //api ezcater io/subscribing to order notifications to subscribe to the submitted event for your caterer id this ensures ezcater alerts your system the moment a new order is placed 2 receive the webhook when a delivery order is placed, you will receive an asynchronous notification containing the core order details 3 retrieve the deliveryid use the information from the webhook to call the order details https //api ezcater io/order details query this step is required to obtain the unique deliveryid required for tracking 4 send delivery updates using the deliveryid , you can now submit courier assignments, real time status updates, and other delivery events via the delivery api as documented above