La Poste

name: La Poste
description: La Poste is the French national postal service, offering a developer platform called Okapi that exposes REST APIs for parcel tracking, address validation, geolocation, registered letter ordering, certified document exchange (Digiposte), and open data access (dataNOVA). APIs require an X-Okapi-Key obtained by registering a free developer account.
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created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Postal
  - Parcel Tracking
  - Address Validation
  - Geolocation
  - Shipping
  - Open Data
  - France
apis:
  - name: La Poste Suivi (Tracking) API
    description: Harmonizes delivery status for tracked mail, Colissimo parcels, and Chronopost shipments in real time. Authenticate with an X-Okapi-Key header obtained by subscribing to the Suivi plan on the Okapi developer portal.
    image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis/suivi@latest
    baseURL: https://api.laposte.fr
    tags:
      - Parcel Tracking
      - Shipment Status
      - Colissimo
      - Chronopost
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.laposte.fr/products/suivi/latest
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://developer.laposte.fr/products/suivi/2/swagger
      - type: Plans
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/suivi-plans.yml
      - type: RateLimits
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/suivi-rate-limits.yml
    contact:
      - FN: La Poste Developer Support
        url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
        email: ''
  - name: La Poste ControlAdresse API
    description: Validates, standardises, and enriches postal addresses for users, customers, or prospects in France. Returns CEDEX-normalised address data including street, locality, postcode, and geocoordinates.
    image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis/controladresse@2
    baseURL: https://api.laposte.fr
    tags:
      - Address Validation
      - Address Normalisation
      - CEDEX
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis/controladresse@2
      - type: Plans
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/controladresse-plans.yml
      - type: RateLimits
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/controladresse-rate-limits.yml
    contact:
      - FN: La Poste Developer Support
        url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
        email: ''
  - name: La Poste Geolocalisation API
    description: Returns GPS coordinates for a given French postal address. Enables rapid and simple address geocoding integrated via the Okapi platform.
    image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis
    baseURL: https://api.laposte.fr
    tags:
      - Geolocation
      - Geocoding
      - GPS Coordinates
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis
      - type: Plans
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/geolocalisation-plans.yml
      - type: RateLimits
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/geolocalisation-rate-limits.yml
    contact:
      - FN: La Poste Developer Support
        url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
        email: ''
  - name: La Poste Geolocalisation Inversee API
    description: Reverse-geocoding API that identifies the five closest French addresses from a given geographic point within a configurable radius.
    image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis
    baseURL: https://api.laposte.fr
    tags:
      - Reverse Geocoding
      - Geolocation
      - Nearby Addresses
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis
      - type: Plans
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/geolocalisation-plans.yml
      - type: RateLimits
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/geolocalisation-rate-limits.yml
    contact:
      - FN: La Poste Developer Support
        url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
        email: ''
  - name: La Poste Colissimo Shipping API
    description: REST web service for creating Colissimo parcel shipping labels, generating customs documents for international shipments, and submitting electronic pre-advice to La Poste. Supports A4 and thermal label formats.
    image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://www.colissimo.entreprise.laposte.fr/
    baseURL: https://ws.colissimo.fr/sls-ws/SlsServiceWSRest/2.0
    tags:
      - Colissimo
      - Shipping Labels
      - Parcel
      - Customs Documents
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.colissimo.fr/doc-colissimo/redoc-sls/en
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/openapi/colissimo-shipping-openapi.json
      - type: Plans
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/colissimo-plans.yml
      - type: RateLimits
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/colissimo-rate-limits.yml
    contact:
      - FN: Colissimo Business Services
        url: https://www.colissimo.entreprise.laposte.fr/
        email: ''
  - name: La Poste LReL (Lettre Recommandee en Ligne) API
    description: API for ordering online registered letters (LReL) — La Poste prints, envelopes, franks and distributes the physical letter on behalf of the requester. Uses OAuth2 authentication. Accessible via the Okapi developer platform.
    image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis
    baseURL: https://api.laposte.fr
    tags:
      - Registered Letter
      - Certified Mail
      - LReL
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis
      - type: Plans
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/lrel-plans.yml
      - type: RateLimits
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/lrel-rate-limits.yml
    contact:
      - FN: La Poste Developer Support
        url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
        email: ''
  - name: La Poste Digiposte API
    description: Enables business applications to send certified documents directly to a recipient's Digiposte digital safe and retrieve authenticated documents with probative value from Digiposte users (v3). Uses OAuth2 authentication.
    image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis/digiposte@3
    baseURL: https://api.laposte.fr
    tags:
      - Certified Documents
      - Digital Safe
      - Digiposte
      - eDelivery
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.laposte.fr/catalog-apis/digiposte@3
      - type: Plans
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/digiposte-plans.yml
      - type: RateLimits
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/digiposte-rate-limits.yml
    contact:
      - FN: La Poste Developer Support
        url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
        email: ''
  - name: La Poste dataNOVA Open Data API
    description: Open data portal powered by OpenDataSoft exposing 18+ datasets including postal office locations, street mailbox listings, postal codes (HEXASMAL), business registrations (SIRENE), and postal tariff tables. Supports JSON, CSV, GeoJSON, and Shapefile exports.
    image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://datanova.laposte.fr/
    baseURL: https://datanova.laposte.fr/api
    tags:
      - Open Data
      - Postal Codes
      - Delivery Points
      - Post Offices
      - SIRENE
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://datanova.laposte.fr/datasets
      - type: Plans
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/plans/datanova-plans.yml
      - type: RateLimits
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/la-poste/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/datanova-rate-limits.yml
    contact:
      - FN: dataNOVA Support
        url: https://datanova.laposte.fr/
        email: ''
common:
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
  - type: APIStatusPage
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/status/api
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://developer.laposte.fr/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://faq.developer.laposte.fr/kb/fr/souscrire-a-une-api-347839
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://faq.developer.laposte.fr/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://faq.developer.laposte.fr/
  - type: CLI
    url: https://github.com/DeveloperLaPoste/okapi-cli
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/DeveloperLaPoste/okapi-sdk-js
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/DeveloperLaPoste
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]