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4. Data Types

Our API defines its own data types.

array

Array of elements. Can contain all other data types.

Pattern*
Examples []

boolean

Boolean value

Allowed values 0
1

platform

Platform name

Allowed values myparcel
flespakket
belgie

carrier

Carrier id

Allowed values 1
2
3
4
5
8
9
10
11
Examples 1 (PostNL)
2 (bpost. Only available on sendmyparcel.be)
3 (CheapCargo/pallets)
4 (DPD)
8 (UPS. Only available on MyParcel.nl)
9 (DHL For You)
10 (DHL Parcel Connect)
11 (DHL Europlus)

coordinates

Latitude or longitude.

Pattern/[-+]?[\d]{1,2}.\d+/
Examples 52.192150633052

country_code

ISO3166-1 alpha2 country code.

Pattern/[A-Z]{2}/
Examples NL
BE
CW

currency

ISO 4217 currency code. Currently, only 'EUR' is supported.

Pattern/[A-Z]{3}/
Examples EUR

date

Date.

Pattern/\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}/
Examples 2022-04-21

delivery_type

Delivery type.

Allowed values 1
2
3
4
Examples 1. morning
2. standard
3. evening
4. pickup

description

Delivery type.

Pattern/.{0,255}/
Examples Zending bezorgd

eori_number

Economic Operators Registration and Identification. This field is required for

carrier 4 (dpd) shipments to the United Kingdom. In this

field you can enter the EORI number of the sender in case of a B2C shipment and the EORI number of the recipient in case of a B2B shipment.

Pattern/[A-Z]{2}\d{9,12}/
Examples NL012345678

integer

Numeric value.

Pattern/\d+/
Examples 20
5

float

Numeric value with decimal fractions.

Pattern/\d+\.\d+/
Examples 1.1248

isic_code

International Standard Industry Classification. This is mandatory for the customs form when shipping outside EU. Codes can be found on the Douane website.

Pattern/\d{1,4}/
Examples 9609 (Pencils)

label_position

The position of the label on the paper.

Allowed values 1
2
3
4
Examples 1. (top-left)
2. (top-right)
3. (bottom-left)
4. (bottom-right)

main

All statuses are divided into 5 main "categories". Only the last status in a category gets this attribute, meaning if there are consecutive duplicate statuses still only the most recent status gets the main attribute. Other statuses get the value null.

Pattern/[a-z]/
Examples registered
handed_to_carrier
sorting
distribution
delivered

month_digit

The month in digit preceded by a zero for single digit months

Pattern/[0-1]{1}[1-9]{1}/
Examples 01 (Jan)
02 (Feb)

order_status

Order status

Pattern/[a-z]+/
Examples open
partially_processed
processed
cancelled

package_contents

The package contents are only needed in case of shipping outside EU, this is mandatory info for customs form.

The content type of a package.

Allowed values 1
2
3
4
5
Examples 1. commercial goods
2. commercial samples
3. documents
4. gifts
5. return shipment

package_type

The different shipments you can create. For SendMyParcel only package-type 1 (package) (package) and package-type 2 (mailbox) (mailbox package) are allowed.

Allowed values 1
2
3
4
5
6
Examples 1. package
2. mailbox package
3. letter
4. digital stamp
5. pallet
6. small package

paper_size

The size of a paper as specified in ISO216.

Allowed values a4
a6

price

Composite type containing integer and currency. The amount is without decimal separators (in cents).

Pattern{"amount": integer, "currency": currency }
Examples {"amount": 10000
"currency": "EUR"}

shipment_status

Shipment status.

Pattern/\d+/
Examples 1 pending - concept
2 pending - registered
3 enroute - handed to carrier
4 enroute - sorting
5 enroute - distribution
6 enroute - customs
7 delivered - at recipient
8 delivered - ready for pickup
9 delivered - package picked up
10 delivered - return shipment ready for pickup
11 delivered - return shipment package picked up
12 printed - letter
13 inactive - credited
14 printed - digital stamp
18 printed - untracked shipment
30 inactive - concept
31 inactive - registered
32 inactive - enroute - handed to carrier
33 inactive - enroute - sorting
34 inactive - enroute - distribution
35 inactive - enroute - customs
36 inactive - delivered - at recipient
37 inactive - delivered - ready for pickup
38 inactive - delivered - package picked up

sort_order

Sort order.

Allowed values ASC
DESC

string

Any alphanumeric value up to 255 characters unless specified otherwise.

Pattern/.{0,255}/
Examples 3SMYPA123456789
Antareslaan 31
Nederland

text

Any character up to a limit of 2048 characters.

Pattern/.{0,2048}/
Examples This is a test text.

time

A timestamp.

Pattern/\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}/
Examples 08:00:00

timestamp

A date with timestamp.

Pattern/\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}(?:.\d{6})?/
Examples 2022-04-21 12:30:00
2022-04-21 13:00:00.000000

uuid

A 128-bit identifier.

Pattern/\w{8}-\w{4}-\w{4}-\w{4}-\w{12}/
Examples ead3bb07-347d-4858-9c22-2e46fdec7ddc

vat_number

This field is required for DPD shipments to the United Kingdom. In this field you can enter the VAT number of the sender in case of a B2C shipment and the VAT number of the recipient in case of a B2B shipment.

Pattern/.*{,15}/
Examples NL000099998B57

webhook_status

A webhook status.

Pattern/[a-z]+/
Examples success
failed

weekday_digit

Weekday digit. Note our weekdays start on Sunday.

Pattern/[0-6]/
Examples 0 (Sunday)
1 (Monday)

weekday_string

Weekday in string. Note our weekdays start on Sunday.

Allowed values sunday
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
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Contributors Freek van Rijt