Sendcloud API: automate all your shipments with Colissimo and Chronopost

Did you build your own online store, or did you use the services of a developer? Then this article is for you! Did you know that order processing is automated through the Sendcloud API and works with several carriers such as Colissimo and Chronopost? With your API key, you can easily access ours. The Sendcloud API is updated regularly and lets you offer a wide range of delivery options and features to boost your parcel shipping. Find out today how it works and all the benefits of the Sendcloud API for your custom-built store. Happy reading, everyone.

Automate your shipments with the Sendcloud API

At Sendcloud, we know that shipping processes are a key challenge for every online retailer. That is why Sendcloud offers an all-in-one solution across the entire logistics chain to make your e-commerce logistics, a time-consuming and costly activity, as easy as possible. By connecting your store with Sendcloud, many order preparation and shipping steps become simpler, while online shoppers get the delivery method they want: express, home delivery, pickup points and more. With the option to connect the Sendcloud API, any e-commerce developer can connect an online store with the solution in a few clicks. Conversion rates, and therefore online sales, get a boost, and online retailers can now focus on the business side of their store.

Benefits of the Sendcloud API

What are the benefits of using the Sendcloud API for your online store?

• Automate your shipping process without opening, buying or developing an extra tool.

• Offer multiple shipping options and carriers in your checkout.

• Print your shipping labels in one click (Colissimo, Chronopost, Colis Privé).

• Check the status of your parcels and offer tracking to your end customers.

• Manage multiple stores with a single API key.

• Process your orders with a barcode scanner and print picking lists.

Sendcloud API documentation

Your developer can start working with our API right away using our API documentation.

Get the best of shipping with Sendcloud Plus

Sendcloud developers have worked hard to make the latest Sendcloud Plus features available through our API. Not sure yet what Sendcloud Plus is for, or which features the premium plan includes? To give you a taste, you will save even more time processing your orders by customizing your preferred shipping rules with “smart shipping rules.”

You can set your criteria based on shipping options, destination, weight, product type and more. Once your rules are saved, all orders that match the criteria you entered can be sent with the right shipping method, which appears automatically on the shipping label. This lets you start shipping your parcels without worrying about manually choosing the right shipping method for each order, or constantly checking whether the information entered at checkout matches the label.

Do you ship internationally? The required customs documents will also come out of your printer.

Do you use several types of printers? You can link one or more printers for different purposes to avoid extra clicks and unnecessary errors.

How does it work?

1. Developers can start using our Pack & Go features. All the information you need is available in our API documentation.

2. Print your orders, shipping slips and picking lists directly.

3. With shipping rules, you no longer have to process each shipment manually. Set up your shipping rules automatically and, if you like, add Sendcloud insurance (at the best price) to each of your orders. Then all you have to do is print your shipping labels and you are done.

Questions or comments about our API?

Leave us a comment, our developers are continuously working on improvements!

How much time can you save on processing your shipments?