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Location Finder - Unified
Available
  • The DHL Location Finder – Unified API provides a single interface to discover all DHL locations that handle parcels and letters, enabling customers during online checkout to choose nearby pick-up or drop-off (PUDO) points such as parcel lockers and view key details like available services and opening hours.
  • New: Routing distance for Sweden: Get real driving‑distance calculations (in addition to airline distance) for Swedish locations, improving accuracy in checkout and location‑selection workflows.

Best for:

  • Find locations easily: Search by address, geo‑coordinates, location ID, or keywordId for direct addressing.
  • All networks, worldwide: Supports all parcel and letter forwarding networks worldwide (Post & Parcel Germany, DHL Express, DHL eCommerce, DHL Freight)
  • All location types: Service points, post offices, postbank branches, lockers (including lean variants), PO boxes, and postboxes.
  • Full service info: See which services each location supports, e.g. parcel/express pick‑up, drop‑off, unlabeled drop‑off, plus extras like letter‑service, postident, and age‑verification.
  • Easy integration: Ideal for checkout delivery options, map‑based store locators, returns flows, and logistics planning.
Region: Global
Used for: Location
Division: DHL Group, Post & Parcel Germany, DHL Express, DHL eCommerce, DHL Freight
Shipment Tracking - Unified
Available

Best for:

  • Providing access to the shipment status at any time
  • Integrating all types of DHL shipments
  • Multiple shipments (e.g. eCommerce, Express, Freight, Letter, Parcel, etc.)
Region: Global
Used for: Tracking
Division: DHL Group, DHL Freight, DHL eCommerce, DHL Supply Chain, DHL Global Forwarding, Post & Parcel Germany
User Guide (DHL eCommerce Americas)

Best for:

Getting Started 

  • DHL eCommerce Americas API (version 4) is your one stop solution to get shipping products, calculating duty and tax, generating shipping labels, manifesting packages, tracking packages and generating return labels.
  • In the Downloads section, you will find a ready-to-use Postman collection to facilitate your interaction with the API. 
Region: United States
Used for: Information
Division: DHL eCommerce
Changelog (DHL eCommerce Americas)

Best for:

Change Management

  • Description of updates and changes made to our product, including new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.
Region: United States
Division: DHL eCommerce
DHL eCommerce Europe - eConnect
Available

Best for:

  • Shipping of Parcel Connect, Parcel Return Connect, Parcel Connect Light and Parcel Connect PLUS 
  • Creating cross-border & direct injection shipments within Europe
  • Large business customers of DHL eCommerce in Europe
  • Sending shipments within Europe and from Europe (excl. DE) into Rest of World
Region: Europe
Used for: Shipping
Division: DHL eCommerce
DHL eCommerce Europe - eConnect (Beta)
Available

Additional documentation of the DHL eCommerce Europe - eConnect API for Beta features for technical implementation. These features should only be used production in alignment with DHL eCommerce. Only use this page if adviced by employees of DHL eCommerce.

 

For the standard product and feature offering please refer to this page: DHL eCommerce Europe - eConnect API

Region: Europe
Used for: Shipping
Division: DHL eCommerce
Duty & Tax (DHL eCommerce Americas)

Best for:

Duty and Tax

  • Calculating the duties, taxes and governmental fees for any cross border shipment, taking into consideration country de minimis values and preferential tariff rates that may apply.
Region: United States
Used for: Additional Services
Division: DHL eCommerce
eCommerce UK
Early Access

Best for:

  • eCommerce UK shipping and tracking
  • Creating Domestic (UK) and International parcel shipments (UK pickup) 
  • Retrieving product and service information, which can be used to integrate and enrich your own IT fulfilment systems
Region: United Kingdom
Used for: Information
Division: DHL eCommerce
Errors (DHL eCommerce Americas)

Best for:

Error reference

  • Gives a list of possible error codes and detailed descriptions for the error responses from the API
Region: United States
Used for: Information
Division: DHL eCommerce