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Book, retrieve or cancel your pickups from any location

With Pickup API, you can schedule, view and cancel your carriers' pickups without contacting Carriers directly. All it takes is one single API call for all your Carriers!

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What can you do
with Pickup API

Our APIs are built to empower your existing ecosystem. That's why they can be used to speed up different shipping workflows.

Book your carriers' pickups

With Pickup APIs, you can schedule your pickups with one simple API call for all the supported Carriers. Specify parcels' dimensions, leave notes for your Carriers and set your pickup date and time.

Book your carriers' pickups

Get your scheduled pickups

View the scheduled pickups for a specific order by entering the order ID. Retrieve the scheduled pickup time, the pickup address and the confirmation ID.

Get your scheduled pickups

Cancel your pickups anytime

Need to cancel or re-schedule a pickup? With Cancel Pickup API, you can cancel specific pickups anytime by entering the carrier name and the order ID.

Cancel your pickups anytime

Explore Pickup API

Take a look at Pickup API request and response and visit our API Documentation to get started. Our APIs are written in 14 programming languages and in 2 different technologies, REST and SOAP.

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SOAP

Request

{
	"Method": "BookPickup",
	"Params": {
		"to_address": {
			"country": "US"
		},
		"from_address": {
			"name": "John Doe",
			"company": "",
			"street1": "123 Main St",
			"street2": "",
			"city": "Park City",
			"state": "UT",
			"zip": "84060",
			"country": "US",
			"phone": "5551231234",
			"email": "johndoe@gmail.com"
		},
		"parcels": [
			{
				"length": 5,
				"width": 5,
				"height": 5,
				"weight": 10
			}
		],
		"CarrierName": "DHLExpress",
		"CarrierID": 20,
		"PickupTime": 1517564402,
		"PickupNote": "Urgent",
		"PickupMorningMintime": "09:00",
		"PickupMorningMaxtime": "12:00",
		"PickupAfternoonMintime": "14:00",
		"PickupAfternoonMaxtime": "18:00"
	}
}

Response

{
	"Result": "OK",
	"Message": "Booked",
	"ConfirmationID": "1598"
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
	<Method>BookPickup</Method>
	<Params>
		<CarrierID>20</CarrierID>
		<CarrierName>DHLExpress</CarrierName>
		<PickupAfternoonMaxtime>18:00</PickupAfternoonMaxtime>
		<PickupAfternoonMintime>14:00</PickupAfternoonMintime>
		<PickupMorningMaxtime>12:00</PickupMorningMaxtime>
		<PickupMorningMintime>09:00</PickupMorningMintime>
		<PickupNote>Urgent</PickupNote>
		<PickupTime>1517564402</PickupTime>
		<from_address>
			<city>Park City</city>
			<company />
			<country>US</country>
			<email>johndoe@gmail.com</email>
			<name>John Doe</name>
			<phone>5551231234</phone>
			<state>UT</state>
			<street1>123 Main St</street1>
			<street2 />
			<zip>84060</zip>
		</from_address>
		<parcels>
			<element>
				<height>5</height>
				<length>5</length>
				<weight>10</weight>
				<width>5</width>
			</element>
		</parcels>
		<to_address>
			<country>US</country>
		</to_address>
	</Params>
</root>

Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
	<ConfirmationID>1598</ConfirmationID>
	<Message>Booked</Message>
	<Result>OK</Result>
</root>
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