“Barcode” web service
Obtain barcodes directly from your own company system
Who is this service for & preconditions
The “Barcode” web service is suitable for
- customers with more than 2,000 consignments per year
- customers with a billing relationship who obtain barcodes directly via their system and do not want to leave their usual user environment
- printing barcodes for parcel, Swiss-Express and letter mail
- printing the address label incl. barcode (standard formats)
- integration of the barcode directly in your delivery document
Technical requirements
To be able to use the “Barcode” web service, you need a system with a web service interface, based on SOAP. You can find all documents required to configure the web service here:
The example files, together with the XSD files, form the implementation templates. These are organized according to the operations of the “Barcode” web service.
Example files per operation (request and response):
“Validate Combination” (ZIP, 1,011 bytes)
“Generate Label” (ZIP, 49.6 KB)
“Generate Single Barcodes“ (ZIP, 12.9 KB)
“Generate Barcode“ (ZIP, 2.4 KB)
“Read Allowed Services By Franking License“ (ZIP, 3.1 KB)
“Read Service Groups“ (ZIP, 795 bytes)
”Read Basic Services” (ZIP, 847 bytes)
”Read Additional Services” (ZIP, 1.1 KB)
”Read Delivery Instructions” (ZIP, 1.2 KB)