# Royal Mail

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/royal-mail/  
**Website:** https://developer.royalmail.net/  
**APIs profiled:** 10

Royal Mail provides a suite of REST APIs for businesses to integrate shipping, tracking, label generation, barcode allocation, and Click & Drop order management directly into their fulfilment systems. APIs cover domestic and international shipment creation, label printing, manifest submission, pre-allocated tracking numbers, offline barcode ranges, local collect options, and delivery office lookup.

## Kin Score — 41.3 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 41.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 52.6 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 47.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (10)

- **Royal Mail API Shipping V2 (REST)** — A fully RESTful service enabling account customers to create domestic and international shipments, produce shipping labels, print customs documents, manifest shipments, pre-allo...
- **Royal Mail Tracking V2 (REST)** — Allows account customers to receive track-and-trace information for mail items, including current status, delivery history, and proof of delivery for single or multiple items. I...
- **Royal Mail Barcode Allocation V1 (REST)** — A RESTful web service that enables API consumers to request a pre-allocated range of Royal Mail barcodes for offline use in shipping processes. No usage costs to customers; deve...
- **Royal Mail Local Collect V3 (REST)** — Enables customers to benefit from Click and Collect delivery options by retrieving current lists of participating Post Offices and Royal Mail Customer Service Points where track...
- **Royal Mail Delivery Office Finder V1 (REST)** — Enables Royal Mail customers to obtain details of the delivery office dedicated to a provided postcode, including location name, address, available facilities, and opening hours.
- **Royal Mail Labels API** — The Labels API from Royal Mail — 1 operation(s) for labels.
- **Royal Mail Manifests API** — The Manifests API from Royal Mail — 3 operation(s) for manifests.
- **Royal Mail Orders API** — The Orders API from Royal Mail — 5 operation(s) for orders.
- **Royal Mail Returns API** — Reserved for OBA customers only.
- **Royal Mail Version API** — The Version API from Royal Mail — 1 operation(s) for version.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Royal Mail Agentic Access** — 14 operations · 6 acting

## Security (2)

- **Royal Mail Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Royal Mail Domain Security** — TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Plans**

## Tags

Shipping, Postal Services, Labels, Tracking, Logistics, Barcodes, Click and Drop, UK

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/royal-mail/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.