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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
Shipment Tracking - Unified - Push
Available

Best for:

  • Providing access to the shipment status at any time
  • Integrating all types of DHL shipments
  • Multiple shipments (e.g. eCommerce, Freight, Letter, Parcel, etc.)

This is the push version of the Shipment Tracking Unified API which proactive sends updates.

Region: Global
Used for: Tracking
Division: DHL Group, DHL Freight
Authentication API (DHL Freight)
Available

This API provides authentication services for some of DHL Group's APIs.

Note: This Authentication API works only for a set of DHL Group's APIs. Please read the documentation of the API you are trying to use to know whether this Authentication API is the one to provide authentication services for you.



Region: Global
Used for: Account
Division: DHL Freight
Deutsche Post Hybrid Mail Shipments E-POST (Post & Parcel Germany)
Available

Best for:

  • Business Customers sending PDF documents as mail shipment with Deutsche Post 
    • Using varied mail shipments of Deutsche Post with E-POST
    • Tracking the shipment from uploading through delivery
  • Get access and implementing the E-POSTBUSINESS API
Region: Global, Germany
Used for: Shipping
Division: Post & Parcel Germany
Document (DHL Global Forwarding)
Available

DHL GLOBAL FORWARDING: Air, Ocean and Ground Freight Forwarding

DOCUMENT: Download electronic documents from DHL Global Forwarding Document Management Systems

Region: Global
Used for: Additional Services
Division: DHL Global Forwarding
Duty and Tax Calculator - Unified
Available

Purpose

Calculates the duties, taxes and governmental fees for any international shipment, taking into consideration country de minimis values and preferential tariff rates that may apply. The Duty and Tax Calculator API does not provide shipping rates, but instead uses the shipping rate charged to the consignee as an input.

Works with
Any carrier, not just DHL, and have a Worldwide scope (if you are a DHL Express customer, please use the DHL Express - MyDHL API)

Free 30-day trial
Get immediate access and 30 days of free calculations (API calls).

Region: Global
Used for: Additional Services
Division: DHL Group
Location Finder (DHL eCommerce India, Blue Dart)

Best for:

The Location Finder provides you with information on locations serviced by Blue Dart. It also outlines the services available for each location. This service can be used by the customer to be better advised on the serviceability and reach of Blue Dart locations. This query input is based on pin code.

Get Service for Pin-code :

This method will return information about all types of services provided by Blue Dart for requested pin code.

Get Service for Product:

This method will return service availability for requested pin-code, product / subproduct.

Get Service for Pin-code and Product:

This method will return service availability for requested pinc-ode, product / subproduct.

Region: India
Used for: Information
Division: DHL eCommerce
Master Download (DHL eCommerce India, Blue Dart)
Available

Best for:

This API provides methods to download master data. It supports downloading incremental changes to the Pin-code master.

Download-Pincode-Master:

The Download-Pincode-Master service enables downloading incremental updates to the Pin-code master data.

Region: India
Division: DHL eCommerce
MyDHL API (DHL Express)
Available

Best for:

  • Rating, Shipping, Tracking & more for time-definite international shipments
  • Users with a DHL Express customer account
  • Available globally
Region: Global
Used for: Shipping, Tracking, Information, Additional Services, Location, Pickup
Division: DHL Express