Making labels

The Booking API generates and sends all necessary EDI messages to carry out the shipment. A URL to a PDF label is returned in responses. This label must be printed and be attached to the shipment. A URL that points to tracking information is also returned.

A GET request to the label URL will result in a HTTP 302 redirect to the concrete storage facility (e.g. redirect to Amazon S3). Ensure that your client follows these redirects.

Label free codes (Sweden & Denmark)

Label free codes enable senders to dispatch and return parcels at any of our pickup and drop-off locations without needing a label. This is particularly helpful for those who don’t have access to a printer. Please note that the label free code can only be used when the parcel is handed in at a pickup point. If your parcels are to be picked up by Bring, a regular label must be used.

The label free solution contains two elements.

1. Label free code

To get a label free code, VAS 1288 must be included in the booking request. A unique code in the format BRING-1234-5678 is returned as part of the API response. After the booking is completed, the code and is sent to the sender and recipient by e-mail (assuming their respective e-mail addresses are included in the request).

The label free code, as well as the recipient’s name and address, should be written on the parcel before it is handed in. The staff at the pickup point will then print the label using the label free code, which is then attached to the parcel.

2. QR code

When ordering a label free code, a QR code should also be requested. Add the element generateQrCodes at the consignment level and set it to true. The response will contain one QR code per package. This is a URL to a PNG image of the QR code. The QR code can be scanned by the staff at the pickup point to print a label which is then attached to the parcel.

The API response will contain one label free code/QR code per package. The order of packages and the corresponding label free codes/QR codes in the booking response will match the order of packages in the API request.

See Service portfolio for relevant services.

Generating QR codes (Norway)

For Parcel Norway domestic return services, it is possible to request QR codes. An end user can bring the QR code to any PiB or Post Office in Norway, scan the QR code, and have a label printed there.

To book, add the element generateQrCodes at the consignment level and set it to true. The response will contain one qrCodeLink per package. This is a URL to a PNG image of the QR code.

The following services support QR codes:

• 9000
• 9300
• 9350
• 9600
• 9650
• 0331
• 0333
• 0341
• 0343

Sender’s email address is required in the booking request to receive the requested QR code.

RFID labels for Mailbox Parcel (3570)

Mailbox Parcel shipments can optionally be ordered with tracking using RFID.

Normally, we create PDF labels that can be printed on any printer. If you opt for tracking, we create ZPL labels instead. ZPL stands for Zebra Programming Language (ZPL).

When ordering the service 3570, the labels will be ZPL code containing instructions for programming the passive RFID antenna in the printer’s labels with package numbers.

In addition to the RFID programming instructions, the ZPL code contains instructions for rendering the rest of the label (addresses, icons, barcode, etc.).

Special hardware required

RFID-tagged labels require special printer hardware. Currently we support the following printers:

• Zebra R410
• Zebra 500R