pydpd

A DPD API wrapper (for UK only I believe)

Create DPD shipments and generate parcel labels from within your application or webapp.

You will need a valid DPD account and have API access enabled (which can be done by calling 0121 275 7336)

Features

• Check available services for a shipment
• Create a shipment
• Generate labels in HTML, PDF or the raw printer data

What's not possible (yet)

• Collections
• Swaps
• Extended Liability
• Internation Shipments

Installation

Download and install can be done through PyPi

pip install pydpd

or

git clone https://github.com/lewis-morris/pydpd
cd pydpd
pip install -e .

IMPORTANT NOTE

if you want to generate PDF versions of your labels you will have to install some additional software

Linux / Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install wkhtmltopdf

Windows

Windows install guide

Pending Features

• Parcel Tracking

Usage

I always find it best to learn by example so follow this jupyter notebook to see the flow.