UPS

UPS Pickup API

Pickup scheduling and management

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Operations 2

POST /pickup/v1/pickups Schedule Pickup #

DELETE /pickup/v1/pickups/{prn} Cancel Pickup #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: UPS Shipping Address Validation Pickup API
  description: The UPS Shipping API enables developers to create and manage shipments, generate shipping labels, validate addresses, retrieve rates, track packages, schedule pickups, manage returns, and access time-in-transit information. UPS uses OAuth 2.0 with client credentials for authentication.
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: UPS Developer Support
    url: https://developer.ups.com/
  termsOfService: https://www.ups.com/us/en/help-center/legal-terms-conditions/developer-terms-of-service.page
servers:
- url: https://onlinetools.ups.com/api
  description: UPS Production API
- url: https://wwwcie.ups.com/api
  description: UPS Customer Integration Environment (CIE - Testing)
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Pickup
  description: Pickup scheduling and management
paths:
  /pickup/v1/pickups:
    post:
      operationId: schedulePickup
      summary: Schedule Pickup
      description: Schedule a UPS pickup for one or more shipments at a specified address.
      tags:
      - Pickup
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PickupRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Pickup scheduled
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PickupResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /pickup/v1/pickups/{prn}:
    delete:
      operationId: cancelPickup
      summary: Cancel Pickup
      description: Cancel a previously scheduled UPS pickup using the pickup request number.
      tags:
      - Pickup
      parameters:
      - name: prn
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Pickup request number
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Pickup cancelled
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CancelPickupResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        response:
          type: object
          properties:
            errors:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
    PickupResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        PickupCreationResponse:
          type: object
          properties:
            PRN:
              type: string
              description: Pickup request number
            RateStatus:
              type: object
              properties:
                Code:
                  type: string
                Description:
                  type: string
    CancelPickupResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        PickupCancelResponse:
          type: object
          properties:
            Response:
              type: object
    PickupRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        PickupCreationRequest:
          type: object
          properties:
            RatePickupIndicator:
              type: string
              enum:
              - Y
              - N
            Shipper:
              type: object
              properties:
                Account:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    AccountNumber:
                      type: string
                    AccountCountryCode:
                      type: string
            PickupDateInfo:
              type: object
              properties:
                CloseTime:
                  type: string
                  description: Latest pickup time (HHMM)
                ReadyTime:
                  type: string
                  description: Earliest ready time (HHMM)
                PickupDate:
                  type: string
                  description: Pickup date (YYYYMMDD)
            PickupAddress:
              type: object
              properties:
                CompanyName:
                  type: string
                ContactName:
                  type: string
                AddressLine:
                  type: string
                City:
                  type: string
                StateProvince:
                  type: string
                PostalCode:
                  type: string
                CountryCode:
                  type: string
                ResidentialIndicator:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - Y
                  - N
            OverweightIndicator:
              type: string
              enum:
              - Y
              - N
            PaymentMethod:
              type: string
              enum:
              - '01'
              description: 01 = Account
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Invalid request
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: OAuth token missing or expired
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://onlinetools.ups.com/api/security/v1/oauth/token
          scopes: {}
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: OAuth 2.0 bearer token from /security/v1/oauth/token