ioBroker.parcelapp

ioBroker adapter for the parcel.app API. Supports all carriers that parcel.app tracks.

Features

• All parcel.app carriers — DHL, FedEx, UPS, Amazon, Hermes, GLS, DPD, and everything else parcel.app supports
• Per-package ioBroker states — carrier, status, tracking number, delivery window, last event, last location
• Summary states — active count, today count, combined delivery window
• Delivery time estimates — today, tomorrow, in X days with combined time window
• Configurable poll interval (5–60 minutes)
• Configurable cleanup — auto-remove delivered packages or keep them until deleted in parcel.app
• Add deliveries via sendTo message from scripts or other adapters
• Admin UI with connection test and polling settings

Requirements

• Node.js >= 22
• ioBroker js-controller >= 7.0.7
• ioBroker Admin >= 7.8.23
• parcel.app Premium subscription — required for API access

Configuration

| Option | Description | Default | | ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | | API Key | Your parcel.app API key (get it at web.parcelapp.net) | — | | Poll Interval | How often to fetch updates (minutes) | 10 | | Auto-remove delivered | Remove delivered packages from states automatically. When disabled, they stay until deleted in parcel.app. | Yes |

Status labels (Delivered, In Transit, …) and delivery estimates (today, tomorrow, in X days) are rendered in the ioBroker system language.

State Tree

parcelapp.0.
├── info.connection              — Connection status (bool)
├── summary.
│   ├── activeCount              — Number of active deliveries
│   ├── todayCount               — Number of deliveries expected today
│   └── deliveryWindow           — Combined delivery window for today
└── deliveries.
    └── {packageId}.             — One device per package
        ├── carrier              — Carrier name (e.g. DHL Express)
        ├── status               — Status text (e.g. In Transit)
        ├── statusCode           — Status code (0-8)
        ├── description          — Package description
        ├── trackingNumber       — Tracking number
        ├── extraInfo            — Extra information (postal code, email)
        ├── deliveryWindow       — Expected delivery time window
        ├── deliveryEstimate     — Human-readable estimate (today, tomorrow)
        ├── lastEvent            — Latest tracking event
        ├── lastLocation         — Last known location
        └── lastUpdated          — Last update timestamp

Add Deliveries via Script

You can add new deliveries from JavaScript/Blockly scripts:

sendTo("parcelapp.0", "addDelivery", {
  tracking_number: "1234567890",
  carrier_code: "dhl",
  description: "My package",
});

The delivery is added to your parcel.app account and immediately appears in ioBroker after an automatic poll.

Notes:

• POST rate limit: 20 deliveries per day — failed attempts (e.g. wrong carrier_code) also count against this limit.
• Fresh deliveries usually have no tracking events for 45–90 minutes after they are added. That's a parcel.app-side delay, not an adapter issue.
• Deleting packages is only possible in the parcel.app app/web UI — the API has no delete endpoint. With autoRemoveDelivered enabled, the adapter still drops delivered packages from ioBroker states automatically.

Troubleshooting

Connection test fails

• Verify your API key at web.parcelapp.net
• Ensure you have an active Premium subscription
• Check if your ioBroker instance has internet access

No deliveries shown

• The API returns cached data — new deliveries may take a few minutes to appear
• Check if you have active deliveries in the parcel.app

Rate limit

• GET (polling): 20 requests per hour — the minimum poll interval is 5 minutes to stay within this limit
• POST (adding deliveries): 20 requests per day, failed attempts count too

Changelog

0.6.0 (2026-05-31)

• The summary delivery window now covers the full time range when several packages are expected the same day — previously an overlapping window could be cut short.
• Packages reported with an unrecognized status are no longer mistaken for delivered and removed; they stay visible as "Unknown".
• A delivery added via the admin button now appears immediately instead of only after the next polling cycle.

0.5.3 (2026-05-23)

• Reduced unnecessary state-change events by skipping writes when the value has not changed.

0.5.2 (2026-05-23)

• Changelog rewritten in user-centric style across all versions.

0.5.1 (2026-05-23)

• Internal cleanup. No user-facing changes.

0.5.0 (2026-05-22)

• User-modified state names are no longer overwritten on adapter restart

Older entries are in CHANGELOG_OLD.md.

Support

• ioBroker Forum
• GitHub Issues

Support Development

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License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 krobi [email protected]

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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Developed with assistance from Claude.ai