Addison Lee
Overview
Addison Lee is a UK domestic carrier offering scheduled and future-dated shipping services. The carrier supports commercial rate handling, return shipments, and flexible pickup and delivery windows, and is fully enabled for Flex UI and Flex backend integrations.
Onboarding of a Addison Lee Carrier Account
To onboard an Addison Lee carrier account, the user needs to possess the following pre-requisites:
- An Account Number
- Address
- Security Credentials Username and Password.
Currently, an Addison Lee carrier account can be onboarded only through the client portal as part of a subscription.
Addison Lee supports:
- UK domestic shipments
- Future-dated shipments (up to 365 days)
- Commercial rating
- Return shipments
- Tracking
Limitations:
- International shipping not supported
- Multi-piece shipments not supported
- Rate shopping not supported (Only single-carrier commercial rates are returned.)
- Pickup, manifest, and mailing workflows not supported
API Operations for Shipping with Addison Lee
The APIs integrate with Addison Lee through the following operations:
| Operations | Method | Resource Path |
|---|---|---|
| Rate a Parcel | POST | /api/v1/rates |
| Create a Shipping Label | POST | /api/v1/shipments |
| Reprint a Label | GET | /api/v1/shipments/{{shipmentId}}/reprint |
| Void a Label | PUT | /api/v1/shipments/{{shipmentId}}/cancel |
| Get Tracking Information | GET | /api/v1/tracking/{{trackingNumber}} |
| Get Services | GET | /api/v1/services |
| Get Carrier Account | GET | /api/v1/carrierAccounts |
| Get Parcel Types | GET | /api/v1/parcelTypes |
shipmentByRateShop operations:| Operations | Method | Resource Path |
|---|---|---|
| Create a Shipping Label | POST | /api/v2/shipments |
| Reprint a Label | POST | /api/v2/shipments/reprint |
| Void a Label | POST | /api/v2/shipments/cancel |
Metadata
Metadata provides information about Addison Lee carrier services, including origin and destination countries, supported carrier services, supported package types, and supported special services. Users can select specific origin and destination countries from the provided dropdown menu to dynamically view relevant metadata specific to those countries.