Create a UK domestic or international shipment order using the Royal Mail Click & Drop API

domain: api.parcel.royalmail.com · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Register as a developer through the Click & Drop portal and generate an API key under Settings > Integrations
  2. Include the API key in the authorization header of every request
  3. POST order details (recipient, package, and service) to the /api/v1/Orders endpoint, batching up to the documented per-request order limit
  4. Retrieve the created order IDs and any generated label references from the response
  5. Mark orders as despatched via the API once labels are printed and packages are handed to the carrier
  6. Poll the order retrieval endpoint to confirm status before end-of-day manifesting

Known gotchas

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