DHL BCS API SDK

The DHL Business Customer Shipping API SDK package offers an interface to the following web services:

• Geschäftskundenversand 3.1.2
• DHL Parcel DE Shipping 2.1.6

Requirements

System Requirements

• PHP 7.2+ with SOAP and JSON extension

Package Requirements

• league/openapi-psr7-validator: Schema validator for JSON request messages
• netresearch/jsonmapper: Mapper for deserialization of JSON response messages into PHP objects
• php-http/discovery: Discovery service for HTTP client and message factory implementations
• php-http/httplug: Pluggable HTTP client abstraction
• php-http/logger-plugin: HTTP client logger plugin for HTTPlug
• psr/http-client: PSR-18 HTTP client interfaces
• psr/http-factory: PSR-7 HTTP message factory interfaces
• psr/http-message: PSR-7 HTTP message interfaces
• psr/log: PSR-3 logger interfaces

Virtual Package Requirements

• psr/http-client-implementation: Any package that provides a PSR-18 compatible HTTP client
• psr/http-factory-implementation: Any package that provides PSR-7 compatible HTTP message factories
• psr/http-message-implementation: Any package that provides PSR-7 HTTP messages

Development Package Requirements

• nyholm/psr7: PSR-7 HTTP message factory & message implementation
• phpunit/phpunit: Testing framework
• php-http/mock-client: HTTPlug mock client implementation
• phpstan/phpstan: Static analysis tool
• squizlabs/php_codesniffer: Static analysis tool

Installation

$ composer require dhl/sdk-api-bcs

Uninstallation

$ composer remove dhl/sdk-api-bcs

Testing

$ ./vendor/bin/phpunit -c test/phpunit.xml

Features

The DHL BCS API SDK is able to connect to the legacy Business Customer Shipping SOAP API as well as its successor, the Parcel DE Shipping REST web service.

While the connection to the REST API includes some shipping services that were introduced after BCS v3.1.2, both connections share the same high-level functionality:

• Validate Shipment: Validate a shipment order without booking a label
• Create Shipment Order: Book a shipment label
• Delete Shipment Order: Cancel a shipment label

Please note that the Parcel DE Shipping REST API takes different arguments in some cases:

• sandbox credentials and EKP
• countries must be specified as three-letter codes

Authentication

Both APIs require a two-level authentication to identify application and user. The API SDK offers an authentication storage to pass credentials in.

// BCS
$authStorage = new \Dhl\Sdk\Paket\Bcs\Auth\AuthenticationStorage('appId', 'appToken', 'user', 'signature');

// Parcel DE Shipping
$authStorage = new \Dhl\Sdk\Paket\Bcs\Auth\AuthenticationStorage('', 'apiKey', 'user', 'password');

• API user credentials (user and signature/password) are created in the DHL Business Customer Portal
• SOAP access: application ID and token are created in the Developer Portal
• REST access: API key is created in the API Developer Portal

API Selection

By default, the SDK connects to the legacy Business Customer Shipping SOAP API. In order to switch to the REST web service, pass an additional argument to the service factory:

$serviceFactory = new \Dhl\Sdk\Paket\Bcs\Service\ServiceFactory(
    \Dhl\Sdk\Paket\Bcs\Api\ServiceFactoryInterface::API_TYPE_REST
);

When using the request builder to create outgoing messages, then pass the respective argument there as well:

$requestBuilder = new \Dhl\Sdk\Paket\Bcs\RequestBuilder\ShipmentOrderRequestBuilder(
    \Dhl\Sdk\Paket\Bcs\Api\ShipmentOrderRequestBuilderInterface::REQUEST_TYPE_REST
);

More thorough examples on using service factory and request builder can be found in the section about web service operations.

Web Service Operations

Validate Shipment

Validate shipments for DHL Paket including the relevant shipping documents.

Public API

The library's components suitable for consumption comprise

• services:
  • service factory
  • shipment service
  • data transfer object builder
• data transfer objects:
  • authentication storage
  • order/label settings
  • validation result with status message

Usage

$logger = new \Psr\Log\NullLogger();

$serviceFactory = new \Dhl\Sdk\Paket\Bcs\Service\ServiceFactory();
$service = $serviceFactory->createShipmentService($authStorage, $logger, $sandbox = true);

$requestBuilder = new \Dhl\Sdk\Paket\Bcs\RequestBuilder\ShipmentOrderRequestBuilder();
$requestBuilder->setShipperAccount($billingNumber = '22222222220101');
$requestBuilder->setShipperAddress(
    $company = 'DHL',
    $country = 'DE',
    $postalCode = '53113',
    $city = 'Bonn',
    $street = 'Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße',
    $streetNumber = '20'
);
$requestBuilder->setRecipientAddress(
    $recipientName = 'Jane Doe',
    $recipientCountry = 'DE',
    $recipientPostalCode = '53113',
    $recipientCity = 'Bonn',
    $recipientStreet = 'Sträßchensweg',
    $recipientStreetNumber = '2'
);
$requestBuilder->setShipmentDetails($productCode = 'V01PAK', $shipmentDate = new \DateTime());
$requestBuilder->setPackageDetails($weightInKg = 2.4);

$shipmentOrder = $requestBuilder->create();
$result = $service->validateShipments([$shipmentOrder]);

Create Shipment Order

Create shipments for DHL Paket including the relevant shipping documents. In addition to the primary shipment data (shipper, consignee, etc.), further settings can be defined per request via the order configuration object, including label printing size, profile, and more.

Public API

The library's components suitable for consumption comprise

• services:
  • service factory
  • shipment service
  • data transfer object builder
• data transfer objects:
  • authentication storage
  • order/label settings
  • shipment with shipment/tracking number and label(s)

Usage

$logger = new \Psr\Log\NullLogger();

$serviceFactory = new \Dhl\Sdk\Paket\Bcs\Service\ServiceFactory();
$service = $serviceFactory->createShipmentService($authStorage, $logger, $sandbox = true);

$orderConfiguration = new \Dhl\Sdk\Paket\Bcs\Service\ShipmentService\OrderConfiguration(
    $printOnlyIfCodable = true,
    $combinedPrinting = null,
    $docFormat = \Dhl\Sdk\Paket\Bcs\Api\Data\OrderConfigurationInterface::DOC_FORMAT_PDF,
    $printFormat = \Dhl\Sdk\Paket\Bcs\Api\Data\OrderConfigurationInterface::PRINT_FORMAT_A4
);

$requestBuilder = new \Dhl\Sdk\Paket\Bcs\RequestBuilder\ShipmentOrderRequestBuilder();
$requestBuilder->setShipperAccount($billingNumber = '22222222220101');
$requestBuilder->setShipperAddress(
    $company = 'DHL',
    $country = 'DE',
    $postalCode = '53113',
    $city = 'Bonn',
    $street = 'Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße',
    $streetNumber = '20'
);
$requestBuilder->setRecipientAddress(
    $recipientName = 'Jane Doe',
    $recipientCountry = 'DE',
    $recipientPostalCode = '53113',
    $recipientCity = 'Bonn',
    $recipientStreet = 'Sträßchensweg',
    $recipientStreetNumber = '2'
);
$requestBuilder->setShipmentDetails($productCode = 'V01PAK', $shipmentDate = new \DateTime());
$requestBuilder->setPackageDetails($weightInKg = 2.4);

$shipmentOrder = $requestBuilder->create();
$shipments = $service->createShipments([$shipmentOrder], $orderConfiguration);

Delete Shipment Order

Cancel earlier created shipments.

Public API

The library's components suitable for consumption comprise

• services:
  • service factory
  • shipment service
• data transfer objects:
  • authentication storage

Usage

$logger = new \Psr\Log\NullLogger();

$serviceFactory = new \Dhl\Sdk\Paket\Bcs\Service\ServiceFactory();
$service = $serviceFactory->createShipmentService($authStorage, $logger, $sandbox = true);

$shipmentNumber = '222201011234567890';
$cancelled = $service->cancelShipments([$shipmentNumber]);