UPS

UPS, or United Parcel Service, is a Fortune 500 global logistics company that specializes in package delivery and supply chain management services. UPS provides a comprehensive REST API platform with OAuth 2.0 authentication covering shipping, tracking, rating, address validation, pickup scheduling, paperless international documents, and time-in-transit estimation.

UPS publishes 8 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Address Validation API, Paperless Documents API, Pickup API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Logistics, Shipping, Fortune 500, and Supply Chain.

The UPS catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

UPS’s developer surface includes authentication, getting-started guide, and 11 more developer resources.

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29.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 24/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

AccessEnterprisePartner gated

1 published contract 3 Features

Logistics Shipping Fortune 500 Supply Chain

What this lets a business do 4

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Shipment Visibility & Tracking Management

BC-2510

Tracking

GET /track/v1/details/{inquiryNumber}

Transport Operations Management

BC-2420

Pickup

POST /pickup/v1/pickups DELETE /pickup/v1/pickups/{prn}

Freight Rating & Tariff Management

BC-2520

Rating

POST /rating/v1/Shop POST /rating/v1/Rate

Freight Capacity Management

BC-2400

Shipping

POST /shipments/v1/ship DELETE /shipments/v1/void/cancel/{shipmentIdentificationNumber}

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 29.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 10.1 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 4.1 / 15

Access Clarity 0.8 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.5 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 4.3 / 8

Regulatory Posture 4.0 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 24/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

8 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 5.3 — up to +18.9 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 27.4 — up to +14.5 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 5.3 — up to +12.3 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Shipping and Logistics	covered	47.9	-	-
MACH & Headless Commerce	covered	47.9	-	-
Amazon Seller Ecosystem (Selling Partner Appstore, Amazon Ads partners)	covered	47.9	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 8

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

UPS Address Validation API

Address validation and standardization

UPS Paperless Documents API

International paperless document management

UPS Pickup API

Pickup scheduling and management

UPS Rating API

Shipping rates and service comparison

UPS Shipping API

Shipment creation and label generation

UPS Time In Transit API

Transit time and service schedules

UPS Tracking API

Package tracking and status

UPS O Auth API

OAuth 2.0 token management

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UPS API pricing

Not yet checked against UPS's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04 from developer.ups.com/; confirm before you rely on a figure.

Plan	Price
Partner / B2B Contract enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Per-contract: negotiated varies

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against UPS's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Ups Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Ups Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

UPS

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Ups Finops

FINOPS

Features 3

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

UPS: API access via partner / B2B contracts only

No public API pricing published — contact enterprise sales

UPS Developer Kit APIs (Shipping, Tracking, Rating, Address Validation) require account; shipping rates per package/zone.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Ups Context

4 classes · 17 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

UPS — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

UPS API Rules

6 rules · 3 warnings 3 info

SPECTRAL

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Ups Shipment Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Ups Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Ups Shop Rates Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Ups Track Shipment Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Ups Authentication

http/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Ups Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Ups Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Ups Agentic Access

11 operations · 8 acting

AGENTIC

Press 5

Recent news and press coverage referencing this provider.

The Brilliant Ways UPS Uses Artificial Intelligence ...

UPS Uses Artificial Intelligence For Pricing

UPS is improving careers and access to opportunity with ...

UPS is teaming up with artificial intelligence to try and ...

How UPS is using AI, from shipper pricing to customs ...

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

API Catalog

API Catalog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: ups
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ups/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-api-posture: partner-gated
x-api-posture-basis: observed
apis:
- aid: ups:ups-address-validation-api
  name: UPS Address Validation API
  description: Address validation and standardization
  humanURL: https://developer.ups.com/
  baseURL: https://onlinetools.ups.com/api
  tags:
  - Address Validation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ups-address-validation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ups.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.ups.com/get-started
- aid: ups:ups-paperless-documents-api
  name: UPS Paperless Documents API
  description: International paperless document management
  humanURL: https://developer.ups.com/
  baseURL: https://onlinetools.ups.com/api
  tags:
  - Paperless Documents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ups-paperless-documents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ups.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.ups.com/get-started
- aid: ups:ups-pickup-api
  name: UPS Pickup API
  description: Pickup scheduling and management
  humanURL: https://developer.ups.com/
  baseURL: https://onlinetools.ups.com/api
  tags:
  - Pickup
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ups-pickup-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ups.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.ups.com/get-started
- aid: ups:ups-rating-api
  name: UPS Rating API
  description: Shipping rates and service comparison
  humanURL: https://developer.ups.com/
  baseURL: https://onlinetools.ups.com/api
  tags:
  - Ratings
  tags_raw:
  - Rating
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ups-rating-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ups.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.ups.com/get-started
- aid: ups:ups-shipping-api
  name: UPS Shipping API
  description: Shipment creation and label generation
  humanURL: https://developer.ups.com/
  baseURL: https://onlinetools.ups.com/api
  tags:
  - Shipping
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ups-shipping-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ups.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.ups.com/get-started
- aid: ups:ups-time-in-transit-api
  name: UPS Time In Transit API
  description: Transit time and service schedules
  humanURL: https://developer.ups.com/
  baseURL: https://onlinetools.ups.com/api
  tags:
  - Time In Transit
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ups-time-in-transit-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ups.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.ups.com/get-started
- aid: ups:ups-tracking-api
  name: UPS Tracking API
  description: Package tracking and status
  humanURL: https://developer.ups.com/
  baseURL: https://onlinetools.ups.com/api
  tags:
  - Tracking
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ups-tracking-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ups.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.ups.com/get-started
- aid: ups:ups-oauth-api
  name: UPS O Auth API
  description: OAuth 2.0 token management
  humanURL: https://developer.ups.com/
  baseURL: https://onlinetools.ups.com/api
  tags:
  - OAuth
  - Authentication
  tags_raw:
  - OAuth
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ups-oauth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ups.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.ups.com/get-started
name: UPS
tags:
- Logistics
- Shipping
- Fortune 500
- Supply Chain
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  gated: partner
  gated_source:
  - x-api-posture
  label: Enterprise
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/ups.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2025-03-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consuming
description: UPS, or United Parcel Service, is a Fortune 500 global logistics company that specializes in package delivery
  and supply chain management services. UPS provides a comprehensive REST API platform with OAuth 2.0 authentication covering
  shipping, tracking, rating, address validation, pickup scheduling, paperless international documents, and time-in-transit
  estimation.
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/ups-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/ups-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/ups-finops.yml
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/ups-capability-edges.yml
  name: UPS Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/ups-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ups-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/ups-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/ups-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ups
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ups.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.ups.com
- type: API Catalog
  url: https://developer.ups.com/catalog
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.ups.com/get-started
- type: Features
  data:
  - 'UPS: API access via partner / B2B contracts only'
  - No public API pricing published — contact enterprise sales
  - UPS Developer Kit APIs (Shipping, Tracking, Rating, Address Validation) require account; shipping rates per package/zone.
  sources:
  - https://developer.ups.com/
  updated: '2026-05-04'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'

UPS API — frequently asked questions

Does UPS have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 8 APIs from UPS, including UPS Address Validation API, UPS Paperless Documents API and UPS Pickup API, and 5 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the UPS API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 8 OpenAPI specifications for UPS, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the UPS API?

UPS documents its authentication (http/oauth2 · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Ups Authentication.

How much does the UPS API cost?

APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for UPS, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the UPS API ready for AI agents?

UPS has a Kin Score of 29.0 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 24.1 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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