STEP 1
Select DHL in workflow
Pick DHL app in the workflow builder [4] - just one click to select the app.
DHL Integration
DHL Express shipping and cross-division shipment tracking — rates, products, shipments, labels, pickups, customs documents, and delivery status. Automate DHL orders, inventory, and customer updates across your commerce stack. When Watch Shipment Status Changes arrives, continue with Allocate Breakbulk Identifiers or Get Express Shipment Tracking without manual handoffs.
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Supported triggers and actions for DHL integration
Triggers can detect changes in DHL and run actions that can create, search or modify data inside DHL automatically [3] — exactly how you set them.
- Watch Shipment Status ChangesTriggers when the status of a subscribed DHL shipment changes.
- Allocate Breakbulk IdentifiersAllocates and returns a block of break bulk shipment identifiers.
- Get Express Shipment TrackingReturns the tracking history of a single DHL Express shipment.
- Get Landed Cost EstimateRetrieves an estimate of duties, taxes and charges for an international shipment.
- Get Multi-Piece Shipment RatesRetrieves a list of DHL Express rates for a multi-piece shipment.
- Get Proof of DeliveryReturns the electronic proof of delivery document for a shipment.
- Get Reference DataRetrieves a list of DHL Express reference values for a chosen dataset.
- Get Shipment Document ImageRetrieves a list of stored document images for a DHL Express shipment.
- Get Shipment RatesRetrieves a list of available DHL Express rates for a one-piece shipment.
- Get Shipment Tracking StatusRetrieves a list of tracking records for a shipment across all DHL services.
- List Available ProductsRetrieves a list of DHL Express products available for a shipping lane.
- List Service PointsRetrieves a list of DHL Express service points near a location.
- Track Express Shipments by NumberRetrieves a list of tracking records for one or more DHL Express shipments.
- Validate AddressReturns whether DHL Express can collect from or deliver to an address.
- Add Piece to ShipmentAdds one or more pieces to an existing DHL Express shipment.
- Cancel PickupCancels an existing DHL Express pickup booking.
- Create Early Shipment ScreeningCreates an early screening request for a break bulk shipment.
- Create PickupCreates a new DHL Express courier pickup booking.
- Create ShipmentCreates a new DHL Express shipment and returns its labels and documents.
- Make a MyDHL API CallPerforms an arbitrary authorized API call.
How to integrate DHL in automation workflow?
3 simple steps to make your DHL connected with other apps in automation workflows on WEXTL. Up to 10 minutes integration set up.
STEP 2
Connect DHL
When prompted, authorize access to DHL in WEXTL once. DHL credentials are encrypted and never shared with WEXTL. Authorization will be reused in any future API calls [3].
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STEP 3
Build a workflow
Build your workflow with DHL yourself or with WEXTL® AI Builder. Connect DHL to any available integrations [5], or use HTTP node to go beyond them.
DHL
How DHL connects and integrates with WEXTL
Save and approve your credentials once — WEXTL® stores authorization information encrypted and reuses the authentication whenever DHL app is called in workflows. That allows your commerce automations to run without your attention, per defined schedule [7]. Explore documentation [6] for a detailed list of fields that DHL supports.
The following table illustrates what fields DHL integration require during authorization flow inside our workflow builder [4].
Connect DHL
Tracking API Key*Text
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Environment*Text
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Demonstration of DHL connection step inside WEXTL Workflow Builder [4].
| Field | Type | Help |
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Tracking API KeyRequired | password | Consumer Key of your app on the API portal (My Apps). This key works only for shipment tracking — DHL Express shipping modules need a MyDHL Basic Auth connection instead. Treat it like a password. |
EnvironmentRequired | select | Which DHL tracking environment this key belongs to. |
Connect DHL to popular apps on WEXTL
Enter a name of the other app you want to sync with DHL below. Click on selected app to explore integration options with DHL. If the app you search for is not available in WEXTL yet, you can use HTTP node [10] instead to integrate it directly.
Example automation with DHL integration
Select Watch Shipment Status Changes trigger from DHL - this will be a starting point in your automation. Whenever event happens in DHL, workflow will start [7] from Watch Shipment Status Changes node.
Search for Add Piece to Shipment, connect it as the next step of integration sequence. You can use filters between Watch Shipment Status Changes and Add Piece to Shipment, so only important data pass from Watch Shipment Status Changes to the next step. WEXTL gives you full control over the process of DHL automation. All parts of workflow are visible on the canvas [4].
DHL on WEXTL has 25 modules for creating commerce automations. Explore DHL documentation for more.
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Watch Shipment Status Changes
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Add Piece to Shipment
Demonstration of how visual DHL automation [6] looks in WEXTL.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about automating DHL in your workflows.
DHL has 1 trigger, including "Watch Shipment Status Changes". Triggers are start points of the workflow, and automations may start from them.
Integration has 24 actions, including "Allocate Breakbulk Identifiers", "Get Express Shipment Tracking", and "Get Landed Cost Estimate", and more. Refer to our DHL Documentation for detailed inputs and outputs.
No. Most automations are built visually on the canvas by picking triggers, actions, and mapping fields. You can add custom JavaScript with Functions when advanced logic is needed — but our customers do that in rare cases [4].
Yes. Connections are authenticated per account, credentials are encrypted at rest, and you can enforce approvals and team-level access controls on any automation.
The DHL integration on WEXTL runs directly on its vendor public API — every field name, authentication method, and rate limit is controlled by DHL official API and covered in documentation [3]. WEXTL handles the request signing and pagination for you.
Absolutely. Where DHL provides native webhooks, you can use instant triggers to eliminate polling delay. For custom webhooks, WEXTL offers Custom Webhook node, so you can start automation whenever DHL or any other service sends event to webhook URL.
WEXTL is an AI-first visual canvas. The platform allows you to describe automation in plain text — and AI will wire nodes for DHL inside the workflow builder [4]. You can also use built-in workflow nodes (AI Agent, Human in the Loop, Condition, Aggregate Results) in pair with DHL modules to craft complex integration flows with branches, filtering, and conditional logic. There are absolutely no limits of what you can build.
References
List of sources used to gather information about the DHL integration.
- DHL integration source code, module specs and credentials implementation.
- Internal DHL integration documentation, structured input and output parameters, scopes, and authentication methods.
- Official DHL vendor API documentation — used to verify field meanings, authentication flows, and anything our own specs don't fully capture.
- WEXTL® Visual Workflow Builder, anonymized data from our technical support team.
- WEXTL® Apps Library
- WEXTL® DHL App Documentation
- WEXTL® Workflow Scheduler
- WEXTL® HTTP node documentation