Integrate DoorDash to your POS

Does DoorDash have a public API?

Yes, DoorDash has an API but your business use case requirements need to be reviewed and approved by DoorDash before you can access production data. You need to request access by filling a form, detailing your use case and signing an NDA. It's a long process and you may not get approved. There is a list of middleware providers (Toast, Square, FocusPOS) that DoorDash is integrated with and you can get your DoorDash orders on your POS system through those only. The API and DoorDash documentation that exist is not public.

But, with Parseur by your side, you can easily create a food delivery API for DoorDash via Parseur. Read further to know more about this simple and automated process!

How does DoorDash work?

DoorDash is the largest food ordering and delivery service based in the United States. As of 2021, the company is carrying 800,000 deliveries per day with over 300,000 merchants.

"DoorDash passes Uber in marketing cap, valuating the company at $74.8 billion - The Information, Sept 2021."

According to the Bank of America, DoorDash has an immense opportunity to push the stock up to more than 20% in the non-restaurant delivery business - Business Insider India, Sept 2021.

The process is pretty simple. DoorDash delivery app is available on both Android and iOS. Drivers who work for DoorDash are called dashers and anyone can become a dasher.

As a dasher, you have the option to decide how many hours you will dedicate to delivering food to customers. You can work anytime and anywhere. Check out this article about how to become a DoorDash Driver.

If you are a restaurant owner, you can grow your sales very quickly and easily with DoorDash. Advertising on DoorDash will be seen to thousands of customers. You will even have the merchant portal as a dashboard for you to manage everything with 24/7 support from DoorDash.

Create your own DoorDash API integration with Parseur

Parseur is a powerful AI document parser that extracts order data from emails and PDFs. Parseur is integrated with thousands of applications where you can send your data within seconds.

Check out our list of supported food ordering platforms. Parseur can automatically extract specific data from DoorDash orders and export those data to a Google spreadsheet, for example.

Parseur can easily extract the specific data below:

Customer contact information (name, phone number, delivery address)
Order details (number, date)
Delivery time
Items' details (price, quantity, description)
Restaurant details
Payment type

Benefits of integrating DoorDash orders with Parseur

With the integration of an AI parsing tool like Parseur, you will be able to:

Send DoorDash order details to your own point of sale system via Webhook
Track DoorDash orders via onfleet
Share the order details with your team via any application

Using Parseur as a tailored and external DoorDash API will save you both time, money and resources. As at date, Parseur is processing around 1 million emails per month which means that you don't have to worry about the increasing volume of orders you may receive.

Fridays and weekends are the peak days for online ordering platforms with more customers ordering their favorite food. Since you will have an automated workflow with Parseur, you can enjoy your weekend without worrying about processing the orders. You don't need to hire an additional staff also to take care of everything leading to zero human errors.

A benchmark made at Parseur in June 2024, concluded that on average a customer of Parseur document processing tool saves about 150 hours of manual data entry and about $6,413 every month.

Parseur statistics, June 2024

Steps to create a DoorDash API with Parseur

The infographic below summarizes the steps to create the food delivery API with Parseur:

Infographic : Steps to create DoorDash API with Parseur

Let's elaborate on the steps in more detail.

Step 1: Create your free Parseur account and mailbox

Try out our powerful document processing tool for free.

Parseur is free to start with all the features available.

Once your account is created, you will be prompted to create your Parseur mailbox. Choose the option "food delivery orders" so that your emails are processed automatically.

Select mailbox type as food delivery order

Step 2: Forward the DoorDash orders to your Parseur mailbox

It does not matter in which format the food orders are (emails, PDF, HTML, text) as the templates are already customized to extract data from food ordering and delivery platforms. The document will arrive in your mailbox within less than 10 seconds!

Note: We recommend that you forward emails and documents from your original client emails such as Gmail or Yahoo.

You can also create an auto-forwarding rule from your email to your Parseur mailbox to automate this process.

Example of a DoorDash order

Step 3: The parsed results will appear automatically

With zero manual intervention, Parseur will extract the data from the DoorDash order automatically.

	Parsed data
pickupName	The Bold Restaurant
pickupPhone	(555) 987-1234
confirmationCode	1234
reference#	12345678-7777777
orderType#	Delivery
dateTime	Feb 09, 2020, 08:04PM
itemCount	2
items	1 Pitta $9.95 1 Mezze Fries
dropoffDescription	Include toppings
subTotal	$12.05
tax	$0.96
grandTotal	$13.01
paymentMode	PREPAID DO NOT CHARGE
dropoffName	Scarlett Johansson
dropoffAddress	400 5th Ave
dropoffCity	New York
dropoffState	NY
dropoffZip	10018
time	10:05 PM
dropoffPhone	555-123-8888
source	DoorDash
confirmationLink	link to order on DoorDash

Step 4: Export the extracted data to your POS

As mentioned above in the article, data obtained from DoorDash can be sent to your own point of sale via Webhook. You can export the data to any application of your choice in real time via Zapier as well.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about using Parseur to extract DoorDash order data from emails and PDFs and export it to your POS.

Parseur extracts the full set of DoorDash order fields, including customer contact details (drop-off name, phone, and address), order reference and confirmation codes, order type, date and time, item count, item descriptions with price and quantity, restaurant pickup name and phone, subtotal, tax, grand total, and payment mode. Parseur's built-in AI reads these fields directly from the order email or PDF without needing a separate template for each format.

Yes. Forwarded DoorDash orders arrive in your Parseur mailbox in under 10 seconds, and Parseur extracts the data automatically with zero manual intervention. You can export the results to any application of your choice in real time via Zapier or Webhook, which keeps your POS in sync during peak ordering periods like Fridays and weekends.

No. Parseur's built-in AI extracts the fields you request from any layout, so it handles different DoorDash email and PDF formats without a separate template per variation. If DoorDash changes the look of its order emails, the AI continues to identify the same fields without manual reconfiguration.

Parseur's AI extracts DoorDash order data automatically, which removes the manual data entry that leads to human errors. You can optionally review and correct the extracted fields as a manual human step before the data is exported, giving you full control over accuracy.

Parseur sends extracted DoorDash data to your point of sale system via Webhook and connects to thousands of applications through Zapier. You can also push order details to delivery tracking tools like Onfleet or export to a Google spreadsheet, so the same parsed order can feed multiple downstream systems at once.

No. The official DoorDash API requires a reviewed and approved business use case, an NDA, and access only through select middleware providers, which is a long process that may not be granted. Parseur acts as a tailored, external DoorDash API by parsing the order emails and PDFs you already receive, so you can build the integration yourself without that approval process.

Yes. Parseur requires no coding to set up. You create a free mailbox, choose the food delivery orders option, and forward your DoorDash orders, optionally using an auto-forwarding rule from Gmail or Yahoo so the whole workflow runs automatically.

Parseur is GDPR compliant, which supports the handling of customer contact and order data. Parseur's SOC 2 Type II audit is in progress, and Parseur processes around 1 million emails per month, so the platform is built to handle high volumes of DoorDash orders reliably.