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.

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APIs

UPS Shipping API

The UPS Shipping API enables developers to create and manage shipments, generate shipping labels, validate addresses, retrieve rates, track packages, schedule pickups, and acces...

Features

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

Ups Context

4 classes · 17 properties

JSON-LD

API Governance Rules

UPS API Rules

6 rules · 3 warnings 3 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Structure

Ups Shipment Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Ups Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Example Payloads

Ups Shop Rates Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Ups Track Shipment Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Press

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Resources

Sources

aid: ups
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ups/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: ups:ups-shipping
  name: UPS Shipping API
  description: The UPS Shipping API enables developers to create and manage shipments,
    generate shipping labels, validate addresses, retrieve rates, track packages,
    schedule pickups, and access time-in-transit information via OAuth 2.0 authenticated
    REST API calls.
  humanURL: https://developer.ups.com/
  baseURL: https://onlinetools.ups.com/api
  tags:
  - Shipping
  - Logistics
  - Tracking
  - Rating
  - Address Validation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ups.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.ups.com/get-started
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ups/refs/heads/main/openapi/ups-shipping-openapi.yml
  - url: graphql/ups-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
name: UPS
tags:
- Logistics
- Shipping
- Fortune 500
- Supply Chain
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2025-03-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consumer
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: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ups
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ups.com
- type: Developer Portal
  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: '0.19'