Hermes integration via REST API
How Hermes shipping works over the Europarcel REST API: live rates, booked shipments, label PDFs and tracking webhooks — and five more carriers behind the same endpoints.
- Carrier
- Platform
API- Setup
- REST API
- Prices
- from €4.99 (DE) · €7.99 (EU)
- Integration cost
- Free — you only pay for the shipment itself
The Europarcel REST API gives your developers Hermes shipping as three plain HTTP calls: request live rates for a parcel, book the Hermes shipment, download the label PDF — JSON in, JSON out, authenticated with an API key. Tracking events arrive as webhooks, so your shop, ERP or warehouse system stays in sync without polling Hermes itself. You integrate once against our endpoints instead of maintaining a separate Hermes connection.
Hermes earns its place in your API shipping setup as the price-conscious option: for small, light parcels it is often the cheapest of the six carriers, and its dense PaketShop network suits customers who prefer picking parcels up around the corner. Offer it alongside a premium carrier and let each order take the service it actually needs.
Before you build a custom Hermes connection for API, do the math on maintenance: carrier APIs change, label formats change, and a one-carrier setup locks every parcel to one price. Europarcel launches in Germany with ready-made integrations and live comparison across six carriers — from €4.99 domestic, €7.99 to the EU, insurance included. Sign up below and be among the first to ship with it.
Integration FAQs
?How do I integrate Hermes via the Europarcel API?
Authenticate with your API key, request rates, book the shipment: Hermes and five more carriers sit behind the same endpoints, so you write the integration once — no separate Hermes contract and no carrier-specific code.
?What does Hermes shipping via API cost?
The API integration itself is free — you only pay for the shipment. Europarcel prices start at €4.99 within Germany and €7.99 for Germany ↔ EU, insurance included. You compare Hermes's live offer with five other carriers before every booking — no subscription.
?Can I create Hermes labels through the API?
Yes — booking a shipment returns the Hermes label PDF and the tracking number in the response, ready to print or forward to your warehouse.
?Do my customers get Hermes tracking automatically?
Yes. The Hermes tracking number comes back with the booking and every status change is pushed to your webhook endpoint, so your own system can notify customers. Every Europarcel shipment is also trackable on one unified tracking page — regardless of carrier.
?Can I use other carriers besides Hermes over the same API?
That's the core of Europarcel: the same integration covers DHL, Hermes, DPD, GLS, UPS and FedEx. Every shipment picks the best offer — by price, speed or service — instead of being locked to one carrier.
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