DHL Freight
European Road and Rail Freight
Best for:
- Providing access to the shipment status at any time
- Integrating all types of Deutsche Post DHL shipments
- Multipleshipments (e.g. eCommerce, Express, Freight, Letter, Parcel, etc.)
Best for:
To validate which DHL Freight additional services can be combined to each product and how they can be combined with each other.
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:
To get a price quote for a planned Road Freight shipment with DHL Freight.
Precondition:
- For existing DHL Freight business customers with a valid contract.
- For domestic and international palletized road freight transport orders (> 35 kg) across Europe.
- Customer must already have an eID (user/password)
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 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.
Sales Invoice Push API enables customers to receive invoice data from DHL Freight.
Best for receiving:
- Sales Invoice
- Credit Notes
- Correction Invoices
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:
- 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.
Here are some tips that'll show you, how to navigate through the Developer Portal to find the APIs, fitting best to your business:
Browse API catalog:
Filtering APIs: If you browse through the API catalog you can use the left side filter navigation to enclose the shown APIs.
If you know the Division in which the product your API serves lies, please check the Division box to filter the APIs (e.g. DHL Freight). Another common way is to filter APIs by Service Type (e.g. Location / Shipping / Transportation / Tracking).
APIs Business Use Cases: Now, that you have filtered the APIs to a smaller amount, you should have a closer look at the API Teaser. The section "Best for" explains the business use case of the API and you'll find also the geographical location, where the API is available. You can find even more information of the API use case.