La Poste

name: La Poste
description: La Poste is the French national postal service, offering a developer platform called Okapi that exposes REST
  APIs for parcel tracking, address validation, geolocation, registered letter ordering, certified document exchange (Digiposte),
  and open data access (dataNOVA). APIs require an X-Okapi-Key obtained by registering a free developer account.
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created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Postal
- Parcel Tracking
- Address Validation
- Geolocation
- Shipping
- Open Data
- France
apis:
- name: La Poste Suivi (Tracking) API
  description: Harmonizes delivery status for tracked mail, Colissimo parcels, and Chronopost shipments in real time. Authenticate
    with an X-Okapi-Key header obtained by subscribing to the Suivi plan on the Okapi developer portal.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis/suivi@latest
  baseURL: https://api.laposte.fr
  tags:
  - Parcel Tracking
  - Shipment Status
  - Colissimo
  - Chronopost
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/products/suivi/latest
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/products/suivi/2/swagger
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/suivi-plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/suivi-rate-limits.yml
  contact:
  - FN: La Poste Developer Support
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
    email: ''
- name: La Poste ControlAdresse API
  description: Validates, standardises, and enriches postal addresses for users, customers, or prospects in France. Returns
    CEDEX-normalised address data including street, locality, postcode, and geocoordinates.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis/controladresse@2
  baseURL: https://api.laposte.fr
  tags:
  - Address Validation
  - Address Normalisation
  - CEDEX
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis/controladresse@2
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/controladresse-plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/controladresse-rate-limits.yml
  contact:
  - FN: La Poste Developer Support
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
    email: ''
- name: La Poste Geolocalisation API
  description: Returns GPS coordinates for a given French postal address. Enables rapid and simple address geocoding integrated
    via the Okapi platform.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis
  baseURL: https://api.laposte.fr
  tags:
  - Geolocation
  - Geocoding
  - GPS Coordinates
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/geolocalisation-plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/geolocalisation-rate-limits.yml
  contact:
  - FN: La Poste Developer Support
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
    email: ''
- name: La Poste Geolocalisation Inversee API
  description: Reverse-geocoding API that identifies the five closest French addresses from a given geographic point within
    a configurable radius.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis
  baseURL: https://api.laposte.fr
  tags:
  - Reverse Geocoding
  - Geolocation
  - Nearby Addresses
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/geolocalisation-plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/geolocalisation-rate-limits.yml
  contact:
  - FN: La Poste Developer Support
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
    email: ''
- name: La Poste Colissimo Shipping API
  description: REST web service for creating Colissimo parcel shipping labels, generating customs documents for international
    shipments, and submitting electronic pre-advice to La Poste. Supports A4 and thermal label formats.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.colissimo.entreprise.laposte.fr/
  baseURL: https://ws.colissimo.fr/sls-ws/SlsServiceWSRest/2.0
  tags:
  - Colissimo
  - Shipping Labels
  - Parcel
  - Customs Documents
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.colissimo.fr/doc-colissimo/redoc-sls/en
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/openapi/colissimo-shipping-openapi.json
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/colissimo-plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/colissimo-rate-limits.yml
  contact:
  - FN: Colissimo Business Services
    url: https://www.colissimo.entreprise.laposte.fr/
    email: ''
- name: La Poste LReL (Lettre Recommandee en Ligne) API
  description: API for ordering online registered letters (LReL) — La Poste prints, envelopes, franks and distributes the
    physical letter on behalf of the requester. Uses OAuth2 authentication. Accessible via the Okapi developer platform.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis
  baseURL: https://api.laposte.fr
  tags:
  - Registered Letter
  - Certified Mail
  - LReL
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/lrel-plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/lrel-rate-limits.yml
  contact:
  - FN: La Poste Developer Support
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
    email: ''
- name: La Poste Digiposte API
  description: Enables business applications to send certified documents directly to a recipient's Digiposte digital safe
    and retrieve authenticated documents with probative value from Digiposte users (v3). Uses OAuth2 authentication.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis/digiposte@3
  baseURL: https://api.laposte.fr
  tags:
  - Certified Documents
  - Digital Safe
  - Digiposte
  - eDelivery
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis/digiposte@3
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/digiposte-plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/digiposte-rate-limits.yml
  contact:
  - FN: La Poste Developer Support
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
    email: ''
- name: La Poste dataNOVA Open Data API
  description: Open data portal powered by OpenDataSoft exposing 18+ datasets including postal office locations, street mailbox
    listings, postal codes (HEXASMAL), business registrations (SIRENE), and postal tariff tables. Supports JSON, CSV, GeoJSON,
    and Shapefile exports.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://datanova.laposte.fr/
  baseURL: https://datanova.laposte.fr/api
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - Postal Codes
  - Delivery Points
  - Post Offices
  - SIRENE
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datanova.laposte.fr/datasets
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/datanova-plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/datanova-rate-limits.yml
  contact:
  - FN: dataNOVA Support
    url: https://datanova.laposte.fr/
    email: ''
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
- type: APIStatusPage
  url: https://developer.laposte.fr/status/api
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://faq.developer.laposte.fr/kb/fr/souscrire-a-une-api-347839
- type: FAQ
  url: https://faq.developer.laposte.fr/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://faq.developer.laposte.fr/
- type: CLI
  url: https://github.com/DeveloperLaPoste/okapi-cli
- type: SDKs
  url: https://github.com/DeveloperLaPoste/okapi-sdk-js
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/DeveloperLaPoste
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com