mydhl-php-sdk

Unofficial PHP SDK for the DHL Express MyDHL REST API (currently aligned with spec 3.2.2, April 2026).

Status:

Note: Only the modern REST API is supported. The legacy SOAP API is not.

Requirements

• PHP ^8.2
• ext-json
• guzzlehttp/guzzle ^7.5
• ramsey/uuid ^4.7

Installation

composer require sonnenglas/mydhl-php-sdk

Supported services

Service	Supported
RATING
Retrieve Rates for a one-piece Shipment	✅
Retrieve Rates for Multi-piece Shipments	❌
Landed Cost	❌
PRODUCT
Retrieve DHL Express products	❌
SHIPMENT
Create Shipment	✅
Customs / international shipments (export declaration)	✅
Re-download archived shipment documents	✅
Electronic Proof of Delivery	✅
Upload updated customs docs for shipment	❌
Upload Commercial Invoice Data for shipment	❌
TRACKING
Track a single DHL Express Shipment	✅
Track multiple DHL Express Shipments (batch)	✅
PICKUP
Create a DHL Express pickup booking request	✅
Cancel a DHL Express pickup booking request	✅
Update pickup information	❌
IDENTIFIER
Allocate identifiers upfront	❌
ADDRESS
Validate DHL Express pickup/delivery capability	❌
INVOICE
Upload Commercial Invoice data	❌
SERVICE POINTS / REFERENCE DATA
Look up servicepoints / reference data	❌

Design

The SDK splits responsibilities between value objects (immutable, validated request payloads) and services (thin transport that talk to DHL):

• RateRequest, ShipmentRequest, PickupRequest, Pickup, ExportDeclaration, … — immutable inputs, validated in their constructors.
• RateService::getRates(RateRequest) — returns Rate[].
• ShipmentService::createShipment(ShipmentRequest) — returns Shipment.
• TrackingService::track(...) / trackBatch(...)
• PickupService::book(...) / cancel(...)
• ImageService::getImages(...) — re-download archived customs/waybill PDFs.
• ProofOfDeliveryService::getProofOfDelivery(...)

Every required field is a constructor parameter, so missing data fails at request-build time, not somewhere inside the API call.

Quick start

use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\MyDHL;

$myDhl = new MyDHL(
    username: getenv('DHL_EXPRESS_USERNAME'),
    password: getenv('DHL_EXPRESS_PASSWORD'),
    testMode: true, // false → production
);

The base URLs are baked in:

Environment	URL
Sandbox	https://express.api.dhl.com/mydhlapi/test/
Production	https://express.api.dhl.com/mydhlapi/

Sandbox is rate-limited to 500 calls/day per credential set.

Usage

Retrieve rates

use DateTimeImmutable;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\Package;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\RateAddress;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\RateRequest;

$request = new RateRequest(
    accountNumber: '99999999',
    originAddress: new RateAddress(
        countryCode: 'DE',
        postalCode: '10117',
        cityName: 'Berlin',
    ),
    destinationAddress: new RateAddress(
        countryCode: 'DE',
        postalCode: '20099',
        cityName: 'Hamburg',
    ),
    package: new Package(weight: 10, height: 20, length: 10, width: 30),
    shippingDate: new DateTimeImmutable('tomorrow'),
);

$rates = $myDhl->getRateService()->getRates($request);

Create a domestic shipment

use DateTimeImmutable;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\Account;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\Address;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\Contact;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\Incoterm;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\Package;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\Pickup;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\ShipmentRequest;

$request = new ShipmentRequest(
    plannedShippingDateAndTime: new DateTimeImmutable('tomorrow 14:00'),
    productCode: 'N',
    shipperAddress: new Address(
        addressLine1: 'Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 13',
        countryCode: 'DE',
        postalCode: '10178',
        cityName: 'Berlin',
    ),
    shipperContact: new Contact(
        phone: '+49301234567',
        companyName: 'Acme Lab',
        fullName: 'John Shipper',
        email: 'shipper@example.com',
    ),
    receiverAddress: new Address(
        addressLine1: 'Hamburger Str. 1',
        countryCode: 'DE',
        postalCode: '20099',
        cityName: 'Hamburg',
    ),
    receiverContact: new Contact(
        phone: '+49401234567',
        companyName: 'Acme Hamburg',
        fullName: 'Jane Receiver',
        email: 'receiver@example.com',
    ),
    accounts: [new Account(typeCode: 'shipper', number: '123456789')],
    packages: [new Package(weight: 5, height: 20, length: 10, width: 30)],
    pickup: Pickup::notRequested(),
    incoterm: new Incoterm('DAP'),
);

$shipment = $myDhl->getShipmentService()->createShipment($request);
file_put_contents('label.pdf', $shipment->getLabelPdf());

Customs / international shipments

International shipments need declaredValue, an Incoterm, an ExportDeclaration with line items, and (recommended) a VAT/EORI/IOSS RegistrationNumber:

use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\CustomerReference;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\ExportDeclaration;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\Invoice;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\LineItem;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\OutputImageProperties;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\RegistrationNumber;

$request = new ShipmentRequest(
    // …same shipper / receiver / packages as above…
    productCode: 'P', // EXPRESS WORLDWIDE
    isCustomsDeclarable: true,
    incoterm: new Incoterm('DAP'),
    shipperRegistrationNumbers: [
        new RegistrationNumber(
            typeCode: RegistrationNumber::TYPE_VAT,
            number: 'DE123456789',
            issuerCountryCode: 'DE',
        ),
    ],
    customerReferences: [
        new CustomerReference(value: 'PO-12345', typeCode: CustomerReference::TYPE_BUYER_ORDER),
    ],
    declaredValue: 50.0,
    declaredValueCurrency: 'EUR',
    exportDeclaration: new ExportDeclaration(
        lineItems: [new LineItem(
            number: 1,
            description: 'Glass jar with embedded solar panel',
            price: 50.0,
            quantityValue: 1,
            quantityUnit: LineItem::UNIT_PIECES,
            manufacturerCountry: 'DE',
            netWeight: 2.0,
            grossWeight: 2.5,
            exportReasonType: LineItem::REASON_PERMANENT,
        )],
        invoice: new Invoice(
            number: 'INV-1001',
            date: new DateTimeImmutable('today'),
        ),
    ),
    outputImageProperties: new OutputImageProperties(
        printerDPI: 300,
        encodingFormat: OutputImageProperties::ENCODING_PDF,
    ),
);

Track a shipment

$tracked = $myDhl->getTrackingService()->track('1234567890');

if ($tracked !== null) {
    echo $tracked->status, "\n";
    foreach ($tracked->events as $event) {
        echo $event->date, ' ', $event->time, ' — ', $event->description, "\n";
    }
}

// Batch — DHL accepts hundreds of waybills per call.
$tracked = $myDhl->getTrackingService()->trackBatch([
    '1234567890', '0987654321',
]);

Book / cancel a courier pickup separately

Use this when the shipment was created with Pickup::notRequested() and the pickup needs to be booked (or cancelled) independently — typical when an order is cancelled hours before pickup time.

use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\PickupRequest;
use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\ValueObjects\PickupShipmentSummary;

$booking = $myDhl->getPickupService()->book(new PickupRequest(
    plannedPickupDateAndTime: new DateTimeImmutable('+1 day 14:00'),
    accounts: [new Account('shipper', '123456789')],
    shipperAddress: $shipperAddress,
    shipperContact: $shipperContact,
    shipmentDetails: [new PickupShipmentSummary(
        productCode: 'N',
        isCustomsDeclarable: false,
        packages: [new Package(weight: 5, height: 20, length: 10, width: 30)],
    )],
    closeTime: '18:00',
    location: 'reception',
    locationType: PickupRequest::LOCATION_BUSINESS,
));

$myDhl->getPickupService()->cancel(
    dispatchConfirmationNumber: $booking->getFirstConfirmationNumber(),
    requestorName: 'John Smith',
    reason: 'wrongdate',
);

Re-download archived documents (waybill, customs invoice)

use Sonnenglas\MyDHL\Services\ImageService;

$documents = $myDhl->getImageService()->getImages(
    shipmentTrackingNumber: '1234567890',
    shipperAccountNumber: '123456789',
    typeCodes: [ImageService::TYPE_WAYBILL, ImageService::TYPE_COMMERCIAL_INVOICE],
    pickupYearAndMonth: '2026-05',
);

foreach ($documents as $doc) {
    file_put_contents("{$doc->typeCode}.pdf", $doc->content);
}

/get-image does not return the transport label. The label is returned inline only at createShipment time. Save Shipment::getLabelPdf() then.

Proof of Delivery

$pods = $myDhl->getProofOfDeliveryService()->getProofOfDelivery(
    shipmentTrackingNumber: '1234567890',
    shipperAccountNumber: '123456789',
);

Full examples:

• Check Rate
• Create Shipment

Development

composer install
composer test              # unit tests (PHPUnit)
composer test:integration  # live sandbox tests (require DHL_EXPRESS_* env vars)
composer phpstan           # PHPStan level 9
composer lint              # PHP-CS-Fixer (dry run)
composer lint:fix          # PHP-CS-Fixer (apply fixes)

Integration tests against the DHL sandbox

Copy tests/Integration/.env.example and export your sandbox credentials, then:

DHL_EXPRESS_USERNAME=… \
DHL_EXPRESS_PASSWORD=… \
DHL_EXPRESS_ACCOUNT_NUMBER=… \
composer test:integration

Without these env vars the integration suite auto-skips, so contributor laptops and CI without secrets stay green. Each integration run consumes one or two of the daily 500 sandbox calls — keep them deliberate.

Upgrading

• From 1.x → 2.0: see UPGRADE-1.x-to-2.0.md. Most callers only need to update the Shipment response getters that became nullable; international shipments need the new ExportDeclaration / declaredValue arguments.
• From 0.x → 1.0: the fluent setter API on services was replaced by immutable Request VOs. See the 1.0 release notes.

License

MIT