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DoorDash

DoorDash API

Delivery marketplace with Merchant Portal, Marketplace API and Drive API · doordash.com

DoorDash has a real developer portal, sandbox and SDK, but the merchant-side Marketplace API is not generally available and Drive production access is restricted with no timeline. You can build today; going live depends on DoorDash approval.

Last verified: September 2026Restaurants & Food ServiceNO MCP
API GRADE
D
VERIFIED SEP 2026

SCORECARD

ExistenceGOODdeveloper.doordash.com publishes Drive and Marketplace API references, tutorials, a status page and a Postman collection.
AccessPOORMarketplace API is not generally available; partners apply from the portal and wait until DoorDash has bandwidth to onboard them.
CoveragePOORMarketplace covers menus, store status and order webhooks; Drive covers quotes, deliveries, cancellations and tracking.
AuthPOORHS256 JWTs signed with a portal-issued signing secret and a 30 minute cap; no delegated merchant consent flow exists.
Docs & DXGOODOpen signup yields Drive sandbox keys in seconds, with an official @doordash/sdk Node.js package and a delivery simulator.
StabilityMIXEDLegacy pointofsale.doordash.com partners must migrate hosts, paths and auth by a deadline or risk losing core functionality.
MCPNONENo official or community MCP server found for this platform.
What you can do
Create sandbox Drive deliveries minutes after signupNo review needed for sandbox
Receive order webhooks into a POS via Marketplace APIApproved partners only
Push menus and item availability programmaticallyMarketplace Menu and Store APIs
Track live deliveries with a shareable linkDrive API status webhooks
What you can't
Get Marketplace API credentials on demandNot generally available
Take Drive to production on a known timelineAccess currently restricted
Authorize a merchant with an OAuth consent screenJWT signing secret only
Use third-party tools inside the Merchant PortalAgainst portal terms of use
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DoorDash scores D on Supergood's API Report Card. DoorDash has a real developer portal, sandbox and SDK, but the merchant-side Marketplace API is not generally available and Drive production access is restricted with no timeline. You can build today; going live depends on DoorDash approval.

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SOURCES
A Hacker News thread asks whether anyone has moved up the Marketplace integration queue; the poster knows one company stuck on the list for a long time and a well-built delivery aggregator that lost its access, and questions whether "application readiness" is the real criterion. news.ycombinator.com
A developer implementing the DoorDash WordPress plugin waited months for production access outreach that the portal promised within 1 to 2 days. wordpress.org
Early-access users of the new dd-cli report "Error: The user is forbidden" on every command even after their waitlist approval email. github.com
Refund and error-charge disputes must be filed one at a time inside a short window, and responses are templated with no visibility into what evidence was weighed. gotjelly.com
DoorDash for Merchants carries a 3.0 rating on G2 versus 4.1 for Grubhub for Restaurants; one reviewer reports merchant support chat disconnecting three times before ending the fourth chat within seconds. g2.com
A WordPress plugin user implementing Local Delivery by DoorDash waited months for the promised 1 to 2 day contact about production access and found phone support unaware of the program. wordpress.org