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Deutsche Post - items[0]: Product and/or service level are invalid.

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Written by Tom Higgs
Updated over a month ago

If you are trying to create a shipment for an order with Deutsch Post but get an error message (When Creating DeutschePost Shipment! API Error:{ "messages" : [ "items[0]: Product and/or service level are invalid." ] } Error: The remote server returned an error: (422).), this is because the Courier Service codes are incorrect/ invalid. The Deutsche Post integration on Mintsoft supports the following Service Levels: PRIORITY and REGISTERED. STANDARD service level is not supported.

Deutsche Post offer the following product/ service levels:

For DPI Customer

Product Code

Service Level

Product Name

Category

GMM

PRIORITY

Business Mail Priority

Documents Only

GMR

REGISTERED

Business Mail Registered

Documents Only

GMP

PRIORITY

Packet Priority

Lightweight Goods

GPT

PRIORITY

Packet Tracked

Lightweight Goods

For DHL Express/GMB Customers

Product Code

Service Level

Product Name

Category

GMM

PRIORITY

Prio (documents)

Documents Only

GMR

PRIORITY

Prio (documents)

Documents Only

GMP

PRIORITY

Prio (goods)

Lightweight Goods

GPT

PRIORITY

Tracked

Lightweight Goods

Please ensure your Courier Service Codes for Deutsche Post are correct:

  1. Click Shipping Management then click Extras.

  2. Click Courier Service Codes then click Edit against the service you are trying to generate the shipment for.

  3. Ensure the Service field has either PRIORITY or REGISTERED.

  4. Ensure the Code field has one of the valid Product Codes.

  5. Finally, click Update.

  6. Repeat for additional services.
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