Browse APIs

Best for:

  • Creating your barcode labels (GS1 or ANSIFACT)
  • Creating other documents e.g. CMR, shipment list

All documents are returned in base64 that you need to convert into PDF.

Precondition:

  • For existing DHL Freight business customers with a valid contract.
  • For domestic and international palletized road freight transport orders (> 35 kg) across Europe.

For this DHL Freight API, we offer a service that will inform you about its important updates; you can subscribe to this service by using the NOTIFICATION button on right hand side of this page.

Best for:

  • Determining DHL Freight (Europe) available product codes for your business region

Precondition:

  • For existing DHL Freight business customers with a valid contract.
  • For domestic and international palletized road freight transport orders (> 35 kg) across Europe.

For this DHL Freight API, we offer a service that will inform you about its important updates; you can subscribe to this service by using the NOTIFICATION button on right hand side of this page.

Best for:

Shipment Rating

  • Getting shipping products, rates and estimated delivery date (EDD) for a given shipment.

Best for:

General Reference

  • Detailed references about products, API fields and general glossary.

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Return Label

  • Creating a US Domestic return label
  • Retrieving an existing return label

Best for:

  • Creating domestic and international palletized road freight transport orders (> 35 kg) across Europe with DHL Freight.

Precondition:

  • For existing DHL Freight business customers with a valid contract.

For this DHL Freight API, we offer a service that will inform you about its important updates; you can subscribe to this service by using the NOTIFICATION button on right hand side of this page.

Best for:

  • Creating shipment and quick bookings in transport management systems 
  • Business customers of DHL Global Forwarding
  • Air, Ocean, Rail, and Road Freight shipments

Best for:

  • Generating DGF shipment labels
  • Business customers of DHL Global Forwarding
  • Air and Ocean Freight shipments

Best for:

  • Determining available DHL Freight product code(s) and estimated or committed delivery date for a requested pickup date and departure/arrival country.
  • Only for road freight groupage shipments that are transported via DHL Freight terminals. Relevant only for terminal based operations (TBO), not relevant for part/full loads (non-Terminal based operations / NTBO).

Precondition:

  • For existing DHL Freight business customers with a valid contract.
  • For domestic and international palletized road freight transport orders (> 35 kg) across Europe.

For this DHL Freight API, we offer a service that will inform you about its important updates; you can subscribe to this service by using the NOTIFICATION button on right hand side of this page.