Soon, Pro Shipping will support automatic retrieval of OBA Access Codes when adding a new Royal Mail shipping account, updating the Royal Mail shipping accounts from Sandbox to Production or linking a new shipping location to an existing shipping account via UI and API. This enhancement leverages Royal Mail’s new Get Access Code API to validate account details in real time and eliminate the current 2–5-day approval delay. Once live, customers will experience a faster, more efficient onboarding process without needing manual intervention from the Royal Mail OBA team.

Royal Mail customers can now generate ID8000 label alongside the shipping label for Class 9 hazardous goods in Pro Shipping. When creating a hazardous shipment, the Id8000Category field must be populated to specify the category, such as Medicines or Perfume. If the PrintId8000Label field is set to "yes," both the shipping label and ID8000 label will be included in the API response. For multiple Class 9 items, a single ID8000 label will be produced with all relevant categories checked.

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Note

The ID8000 labels are valid only within the UK; shipments destined for outside UK will not generate an ID8000 label.