La Poste

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.

La Poste publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: SlsInternalService : Services destinés aux applications internes API and SlsServiceWS : documentation API. Tagged areas include Postal, Parcel Tracking, Address Validation, Geolocation, and Shipping.

The La Poste catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

La Poste’s developer surface includes developer portal, authentication, FAQ, getting-started guide, CLI, and 7 more developer resources.

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42.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

8 APIs

PostalParcel TrackingAddress ValidationGeolocationShippingOpen DataFrance

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Composite quality — 42.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 10.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 8.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

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Rate Limits 7

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

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FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 72

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CLI

CLI

SDKs

SDKs

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

APIStatusPage

APIStatusPage

FAQ

FAQ

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Source (apis.yml)

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.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/la-poste.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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 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 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: ''
- aid: la-poste:la-poste-slsinternalservice-services-destin-s-aux-applications-internes-api
  name: 'La Poste SlsInternalService : Services destinés aux applications internes API'
  description: 'The SlsInternalService : Services destinés aux applications internes API from La Poste — 3 operation(s) for
    slsinternalservice : services destinés aux applications internes.'
  humanURL: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis/suivi@latest
  baseURL: https://api.laposte.fr
  tags:
  - 'SlsInternalService : Services destinés aux applications internes'
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/la-poste-slsinternalservice-services-destin-s-aux-applications-internes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/products/suivi/latest
  - 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
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.colissimo.fr/doc-colissimo/redoc-sls/en
  - 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
- aid: la-poste:la-poste-slsservicews-documentation-api
  name: 'La Poste SlsServiceWS : documentation API'
  description: 'The SlsServiceWS : documentation API from La Poste — 9 operation(s) for slsservicews : documentation.'
  humanURL: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis/suivi@latest
  baseURL: https://api.laposte.fr
  tags:
  - 'SlsServiceWS : documentation'
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/la-poste-slsservicews-documentation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/products/suivi/latest
  - 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
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.colissimo.fr/doc-colissimo/redoc-sls/en
  - 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
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/la-poste-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/la-poste-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/la-poste-domain-security.yml
- 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