# Order Routing Location Rule API — Developer Preview  — Shopify developer changelog
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## Order Routing Location Rule API — Developer Preview 

The Order Routing Location Rule API is now available in a developer preview. You can use this new Shopify Functions API to write custom order routing rules that determine how to best fulfill and ship orders, based on the needs of the merchant. 

For example, keeping orders within the country, balancing inventory levels to prioritize locations with more items in stock, or shipping directly from stores, just to name a few.      

Learn more about the Order Routing Location Rule Function API [here](https://shopify.dev/api/functions/reference/order-routing-location-rule)

*Published: February 09, 2023*
Tags: API, New
Link: https://shopify.dev/changelog/order-routing-location-rule-api-developer-preview

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