DHL Track & Trace

Uses DG paid account API credentials

The action is used to get the tracking information from DHL.

Inputs

Name	Type	Description
Tracking Number	String	DHL tracking number
API Key	String	DHL API KEY generated in the DHL developer portal

If you don't have yet a DHL developer account, to generate the DHL API Key, you will need first to register into DHL Developer Portal..

Once registered, you will need to create an app:

The API that you need to select is Shipment Tracking - Unified:

Now, wait until the APP status is approved:

Open the App and in the Credential Section you will find the API Key:

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
Found Tracking?	Boolean	Whether the tracking information was found True / False
Status	String	Tracking status: Ready for Shipment, Delivered, In Transit, Problem with Delivery, Returning to Sender, Ready for Pickup
Status Description	String	Detailed description of the tracking status
Shipped Date	String	The date of the shipment. Format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss Is null when the status is Ready for Shipment
Last Event Date	String	The date of the last tracking event. Format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss
Estimate Delivery Date	String	Estimated delivery date. Format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss Very rarely present
Activity History	List	List of all the tracking events. See the example below

Sample Response
Activity History

[
    {
        "timestamp": "2021-05-21T14:48:00",
        "location": {
            "address": {
                "addressLocality": "Germany"
            }
        },
        "statusCode": "delivered",
        "status": "The shipment has been successfully delivered",
        "description": "The shipment has been successfully delivered"
    },
    {
        "timestamp": "2021-05-21T09:16:00",
        "statusCode": "transit",
        "status": "The shipment has been loaded onto the delivery vehicle",
        "description": "The shipment has been loaded onto the delivery vehicle"
    },
    {
        "timestamp": "2021-05-21T06:35:00",
        "location": {
            "address": {
                "addressLocality": "Frechen MechZB, Germany"
            }
        },
        "statusCode": "transit",
        "status": "The shipment has been processed in the delivery base.",
        "description": "The shipment has been processed in the delivery base."
    },
    {
        "timestamp": "2021-05-21T03:09:00",
        "location": {
            "address": {
                "addressLocality": "Köln, Germany"
            }
        },
        "statusCode": "transit",
        "status": "The shipment arrived in the region of recipient and will be transported to the delivery base in the next step.",
        "description": "The shipment arrived in the region of recipient and will be transported to the delivery base in the next step."
    },
    {
        "timestamp": "2021-05-20T19:11:00",
        "location": {
            "address": {
                "addressLocality": "Greven, Germany"
            }
        },
        "statusCode": "transit",
        "status": "The shipment has been processed in the parcel center of origin",
        "description": "The shipment has been processed in the parcel center of origin"
    },
    {
        "timestamp": "2021-05-17T13:49:00",
        "statusCode": "pre-transit",
        "status": "The instruction data for this shipment have been provided by the sender to DHL electronically",
        "description": "The instruction data for this shipment have been provided by the sender to DHL electronically"
    }
]

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Tracking Status
DHL API returns a status code for each tracking event. DG maps this status code to one of the predefined statuses. E.g. pre-tansit - Ready for Shipment.
Because the status code doesn't describe all the tracking statuses, DG uses the event description and maps it to one of the predefined statuses. E.g. returned to shipper - Returning to Sender.

Statuses mapping

pre-transit - Ready for Shipment
delivered - Delivered
transit - In Transit
failure - Problem with Delivery
unknown - null

Status descriptions treated as Returning to Sender:

return to sender
returned to shipper
returned to sender
has been delivered directly from the parcel center to the business customer

Updated 5 months ago

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Tracking Status