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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: October 2026Restaurants & Food ServiceNO MCP
API GRADE
D
VERIFIED OCT 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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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 ↗