Canada Post Virtual API Sandboxes

The ArtifactService provides access to Canada Post artifact management operations. This virtual endpoint allows developers to simulate SOAP requests and inspect XML responses for artifact retrieval workflows without requiring a connection to the live Canada Post production environment.

The AuthReturnService provides a SOAP-based interface for managing authorized returns within the Canada Post ecosystem. This virtual service allows developers to simulate the CreateAuthorizedReturn operation, enabling the validation of XML request structures, return authorization workflows, and service response handling without hitting live production systems.

Canada Post’s Contract Shipping API provides Shipping and Manifest services for businesses to create, manage, and process parcels for delivery. It supports key shipping workflows such as creating shipments, generating labels, retrieving shipment details, managing shipment groups, creating manifests, and inducting parcels into Canada Post’s delivery network.

The CustomerInfoService provides SOAP operations to retrieve detailed customer information and mobile-specific account data. It allows developers to integrate Canada Post customer profile lookups into their shipping and mailing applications by interacting with standard XML-based request and response structures.

The ManifestService allows developers to interact with Canada Post's manifest operations. This virtual service supports transmitting shipments, retrieving manifest artifacts, and querying manifest details, enabling developers to prototype mailing workflows without hitting live production systems.

The MerchantRegistrationService provides SOAP operations to retrieve merchant registration details and generate authentication tokens. This virtual endpoint allows developers to simulate the registration handshake and token retrieval workflows required for integrating with Canada Post shipping and mailing services.

The NCShipmentService provides a SOAP interface for managing non-contract shipments within the Canada Post ecosystem. It supports operations for creating shipments, retrieving shipment details, generating receipts, and requesting refunds, allowing developers to integrate shipping logistics into their applications.

The OpenReturnService provides operations for managing return templates, including creation, retrieval, detail inspection, and deletion. This virtual service allows developers to simulate SOAP-based interactions for return workflows, validating XML request structures and response handling for return template lifecycle management.

The PickupDomainService provides a SOAP-based interface to check pickup availability for Canada Post shipping services. Developers can use this virtual service to inspect the structure of GetPickupAvailability requests and validate XML response handling for various pickup scenarios.

The PickupRequestService provides a SOAP interface for managing parcel pickup workflows. Developers can use this service to create, update, cancel, and retrieve pickup requests, as well as calculate pricing and manage the hold or resume status of scheduled pickups.

The PostOfficeService provides SOAP-based operations to query Canada Post office locations. Developers can use this service to retrieve nearest office coordinates based on search criteria and fetch comprehensive details for specific post office branches, including operational hours and service availability.

The RatingService provides a SOAP-based interface to retrieve shipping rates, service options, and available delivery methods from Canada Post. This virtual endpoint allows developers to simulate rate requests, validate XML request structures, and handle service discovery responses without interacting with live Canada Post infrastructure.

The ServiceInfoService provides programmatic access to Canada Post service definitions, including barcode specifications, customer service parameters, manifest requirements, and shipping rate configurations. This SOAP-based interface allows developers to retrieve metadata necessary for configuring client applications to interact correctly with various Canada Post shipping and mailing workflows.

The ShipmentService provides a SOAP interface for managing the end-to-end shipping lifecycle. It supports operations for creating shipments, calculating postage rates, retrieving shipment details, voiding labels, and requesting refunds. This service is essential for integrating Canada Post shipping capabilities into e-commerce and logistics platforms.

The TrackingService provides programmatic access to Canada Post shipment tracking data. Developers can retrieve tracking summaries, detailed event histories, signature images for delivered items, and delivery confirmation certificates using standard SOAP XML requests.