Carrier tracking
DHL Express is a leading international courier for cross-border parcels. Developers building global storefronts and logistics tools need reliable DHL tracking without managing DHL's own API credentials.
Trace accepts the dhl carrier code and returns normalized DHL tracking events. For ambiguous numeric formats, supplying the code explicitly ensures the result is attributed to DHL.
Carrier type
premium
Regions
Global
Carrier code
dhl
DHL Express tracking numbers are 10 digits. Numeric formats can be ambiguous across carriers, so Trace uses source-reported carrier evidence when available. Send a tracking number to the Trace API and receive a normalized event timeline.
curl -X POST https://api.traceapi.dev/v1/track \
-H "Authorization: Bearer trc_test_key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"tracking_number":"YOUR_TRACKING_NUMBER"}'Yes. Trace accepts the dhl carrier code and returns a normalized event timeline for DHL Express shipments when a source provides usable data.
Send a POST request to /v1/track with the tracking number and, for ambiguous formats, the carrier code dhl. Trace returns normalized statuses and dated events with timestamps and locations.
DHL Express tracking numbers are 10 digits. Numeric formats can be ambiguous across carriers, so Trace uses source-reported carrier evidence when available.
Create an account, generate an API key, and track your first DHL Express package in under two minutes.