# DHL

- URL: https://help.foxdeli.com/en/article/dhl
- Updated: 2025-03-27
- Topics: [Carriers](https://help.foxdeli.com/en/topic/carriers)

## How to connect carrier data 🚚

1. Go to the carrier portal [https://developer.dhl.com](https://developer.dhl.com/user/login?destination=/user/login) and sign in with the **Login** button in the top right corner. If you don't have login details yet, register first.
2. Click the person icon in the top right corner and then the **Create App** button.

![](https://help.foxdeli.com/media/articles/dhl/file-3arvstdec2.png)

3. Fill in the **app name** (any text).
4. In the API's name field, select **Shipment Tracking - Unified**.
5. Click the (+) symbol.
6. Click **Create App**.

![](https://help.foxdeli.com/media/articles/dhl/file-zipw0woddq.png)

5. The API connection is ready. Now click the Edit button next to the connection you just created.

![](https://help.foxdeli.com/media/articles/dhl/file-nd5skwn7p9.png)

6. In the header, click the **View** tab, then click the Upgrade Rate Limit button at the bottom of the window.

![](https://help.foxdeli.com/media/articles/dhl/file-xkdwgqmcat.png)

7. Please fill in the entire form that follows.

- The most important field is **What’s your expected rate of usage.** Take the maximum number of shipments you send via DHL per day (the highest average value – better too many than too few) and multiply it by 40.
- For example, if you send 50 DHL shipments a day during your busiest season, enter 2000 (50x40).
- This value defines how many times Foxdeli can check the status of your shipments. If you start sending more shipments in the future, we'll let you know before the limit runs out and increase it.

![](https://help.foxdeli.com/media/articles/dhl/file-n7wvehwsfe.png)

8. Go back to the overview of the connections you generated and click **Edit**.
9. In the header, click the **View** tab and copy the value of the **API Key.**

![](https://help.foxdeli.com/media/articles/dhl/file-q5depgobzv.png)

![](https://help.foxdeli.com/media/articles/dhl/file-bcomzoempx.png)

9. Then enter your **API Key** in the [Carrier connection](https://my.foxdeli.com/en/settings/carriers) form in Foxdeli.

10. In the detail of the DHL API connection, don't forget to check the **Rate limit** value. It should equal your expected number of DHL shipments per day (ideally with plenty of headroom for the future) x 40. If the value is lower, click Upgrade Rate Limit and follow step 7) of this guide.

![](https://help.foxdeli.com/media/articles/dhl/file-mcuk4pa3dp.png)

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