Turn myDHLi into an API

What you can build on myDHLi

• Get shipments in Track

  Build this

  Reads the shipments that are planned or in transit in Track, with each one's housebill number, route, status and CO2 footprint.

  Takes

  Transport mode (optional), origin or destination (optional)

  Returns

  Housebill number, transport mode, origin, destination, status, CO2 footprint

• Get customs declarations

  Build this

  Reads import and export declarations in myDHLi's customs data down to the line item: commodities, countries of origin, duties, taxes and key milestones.

  Takes

  Import or export, date range

  Returns

  Declaration, housebill number, line items, commodity, country of origin, duties, taxes, milestones

• List a shipment's documents

  Build this

  Reads the documents myDHLi collects for one shipment, from quote details to the housebill and the final invoice.

  Takes

  Housebill number

  Returns

  Housebill number, document type, document name

• Request a quote in Quote + Book

  Build this

  Fills in a Quote + Book request for Air Freight or Ocean Freight FCL or LCL and reads the offers with their price, transit time and emissions.

  Takes

  Origin, destination, transport mode, total weight, total volume

  Returns

  Offer, price, currency, transit time, CO2 emissions, quote validity

Automate myDHLi with a workflow

A workflow runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use.

• Track status changes, every weekday morning

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 7:00

  Step 1

  Get the planned and in-transit shipments in Track.

  Step 2

  Keep the shipments whose status changed since the last run.

  Step 3

  Email you the list with housebill number, transport mode, origin, destination and new status.

• Weekly duties and taxes, sent to your ERP

  Build this

  Starts

  Every Monday at 8:00

  Step 1

  Get last week's import declarations from myDHLi's customs data.

  Step 2

  Group the line items by country of origin and add up duties and taxes.

  Step 3

  Post the totals and the declarations to your ERP webhook.

You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month.

Once built, one call from your code

Once you have built a method, it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Get shipments in Track” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "app.mydhli.com/get_tracked_shipments",
    "input": {
      "transport_mode": "Ocean"
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "shipments": [
      {
        "housebill_number": "HB7310452",
        "transport_mode": "Ocean Freight FCL",
        "origin": "Shanghai, CN",
        "destination": "Rotterdam, NL",
        "status": "In transit",
        "co2_footprint_kg": 1840.5
      }
    ],
    "count": 1
  }
}

An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request.

MyDHLi’s own options

DHL Global Forwarding publishes a Shipment Booking API that books Air and Ocean Freight shipments, and a Timestamp Notification Push API that reports their status. You request credentials with a form, DHL's Customer IT Solutions team approves them, and booking needs an eligible DHL Global Forwarding account number. Inside myDHLi, Reports can be scheduled.

Read on November 12, 2026: Shipment Booking (DHL Global Forwarding) API, Explore myDHLi, myDHLi GoGreen customer flyer.

Signing in to myDHLi

myDHLi signs you in at DHL Global Forwarding's own sign-in page with a username and password that DHL issues after you sign a customer contract, and your company decides which people get access. With Fous you sign in once through that page with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, never returned by the API or written to logs, and code and AI agents never see it.

Worth knowing

Access comes with a customer contract

DHL issues myDHLi usernames and passwords after a customer contract is signed. Without an account you can still get a quote in Quote + Book, but not Track, Documents or Reports.

Quotes are not binding, bookings are

A quote in Quote + Book is a non-binding estimate. Selecting and booking a service submits a binding offer that the DHL affiliate accepts, so a method that books should run only on a quote someone has checked.

Quotes can be saved until they expire

Quote + Book lets you save a quote and resume it during its validity, adding documents, references or remarks, or share it with a colleague, customer or supplier to continue.

The housebill number comes later

Through the Shipment Booking API a booking first returns a DGF Booking ID. DHL recommends checking its status every 5 minutes; the housebill number and shipment ID arrive once the shipment is created.

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