POD Downloader

Bulk-download Proof of Delivery PDFs from UPS, DHL, and DPD.

The POD Downloader is a standalone window for fetching Proof of Delivery PDFs in bulk straight from the carrier's website. Instead of pulling each PDF one-by-one for disputes or accounting, you paste a list of tracking numbers (or tracking URLs), choose a carrier, and the tool downloads every PDF into a single folder.

The POD Downloader window — paste one tracking number or tracking URL per line, pick a carrier, parse, and click Download PODs.

Where to find it

You can access the POD Downloader from the Features tab in the main window (POD Downloader button under the Functions section).

Supported carriers

The POD Downloader currently supports:

• UPS

• DHL

• DPD

Any other carrier will show Needs carrier in the row Status column and will be skipped during download.

How to use it

1. Paste your trackings

Paste one tracking per line into the Paste Trackings textbox. Each line can be either:

• A bare tracking number (1Z999AA10123456784)

• A full carrier tracking URL (https://www.ups.com/track?tracknum=1Z999AA10123456784)

The parser extracts the tracking number from URLs automatically.

2. Pick a carrier mode

Use the Carrier dropdown in the top right:

• Auto (default) — detects the carrier from the URL host or the tracking-number format.

• UPS / DHL / DPD — forces every line to be parsed as that carrier. Useful when you have raw tracking numbers without URLs.

3. Parse

Click Parse. The tool:

• Splits the textbox into lines and trims whitespace.

• Deduplicates by carrier:tracking (so pasting the same tracking twice is fine).

• Resolves each line into a row with a detected carrier.

The summary strip on the right shows a live count: N trackings / X ready / Y need carrier.

4. Adjust per-row carrier (optional)

Each row has its own Carrier dropdown. If a row was detected as the wrong carrier, or shows Needs carrier, pick the correct one inline — the row's status updates immediately.

5. Download

Click Download PODs. The tool walks every row that is Ready and:

• Calls the carrier's POD endpoint and saves the PDF.

• Updates the row's status as it goes (Downloading → Downloaded / Saved / Failed).

• Shows a final snackbar: PODs finished. Downloaded: X, skipped: Y, failed: Z.

6. Open the folder

Click Open Folder to jump straight into the destination folder in Windows Explorer.

Where the PDFs are saved

PODs are written to a Delivery PDFs folder next to the tool's startup directory. Each file is named after the tracking number — 1Z999AA10123456784.pdf etc.

The folder is created automatically the first time you download. Files already present in this folder are not re-downloaded — the row status switches to Saved instead, so you can paste the same list across multiple sessions without re-hitting carrier APIs.

Status reference

Status	Meaning
Ready	Row has a valid tracking + supported carrier — will be downloaded.
Saved	A non-empty PDF for this tracking already exists in the Delivery PDFs folder.
Downloading	The tool is currently fetching this row's PDF.
Downloaded	PDF was just saved.
Needs carrier	Carrier is NaN or unsupported — pick UPS, DHL, or DPD from the row dropdown.
Invalid	Tracking code is missing or untrackable.
Failed	Download failed — hover the row to see the error reason.

Tips

• Mixing carriers in one batch is fine — leave the Carrier dropdown on Auto and paste a mix of UPS/DHL/DPD URLs. Parse handles them per-row.

• Re-runs are cheap — a second click of Download PODs on the same list will only retry the rows that previously failed; everything else is already on disk and shows Saved.

• Empty list? Click Parse without any text to clear the rows, or use the Clear button to wipe both the textbox and the row list.