Retrieve carrier locations

Carriers often have several physical locations, as part of their services. There are two types of carrier locations:

Drop-off locations where parcels can be handed over to the carrier by the sender.
Pick-up locations where parcels can be collected by the recipient.

These carrier locations can be retrieved for each carrier using the carrier locations endpoint.

Carrier locations endpoint

To retrieve the carrier locations for a carrier, the following API endpoint can be used. The endpoint accepts a couple of parameters to specify from which area carrier locations should be retrieved.

Path parameters (required)

carrier_id: the identifier of the carrier to retrieve locations for
country_code: the country code of the area to retrieve locations from
postal_code: the postal code of the area to retrieve locations for

Query parameters (optional)

street: the street name to further specify the area to retrieve locations for
street_number: the house number to further specify the area to retrieve locations for

Example

The example below will retrieve locations for a carrier, with identifier be7f6752-34e0-49a1-a832-bcc209450ea9, closest to 221B Baker Street in London, with the postal code NW1 6XE.

GET /carriers/be7f6752-34e0-49a1-a832-bcc209450ea9/pickup-dropoff-locations/GB/NW1%206XE?street=Baker%20Street&street_number=221B HTTP/1.1

To retrieve locations for multiple carriers, separate calls can be made for each carrier, with their respective carrier_id. Check the API Specification for a complete description of this endpoint.

Drop-off locations

Most carriers offer the option to drop off parcels at one of their locations. This is indicated by the handover_method of the chosen service, which in that case contains the value drop-off. Parcels can only be dropped off at locations that belong to the drop-off category.

To only retrieve drop-off locations, use the filter[categories] query parameter with value drop-off:

GET /carriers/be7f6752-34e0-49a1-a832-bcc209450ea9/pickup-dropoff-locations/GB/NW1%206XE?filter[categories]=drop-off HTTP/1.1

Pick-up locations

Some carriers offer the option to have parcels delivered at one of their locations, so the recipient can collect the parcel there. This is indicated by the delivery_method of the chosen service, which in that case contains the value pick-up. Parcels can only be delivered to locations that belong to the pick-up category. The code and address of the chosen pick-up location must be specified in the pickup_location property of a shipment, when creating a new shipment.

To only retrieve pick-up locations, use the filter[categories] query parameter with value pick-up:

GET /carriers/be7f6752-34e0-49a1-a832-bcc209450ea9/pickup-dropoff-locations/GB/NW1%206XE?filter[categories]=pick-up HTTP/1.1