---
title: "Parse a raw UN/EDIFACT document (the B2B EDI format used..."
method: POST
path: "/api/edi/edifact"
tags: ["edi"]
---

# Parse a raw UN/EDIFACT document (the B2B EDI format used...

`POST /api/edi/edifact`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://2s.io`
- URL: `https://2s.io/api/edi/edifact`
- Auth: API key in header `PAYMENT-SIGNATURE`

Parse a raw UN/EDIFACT document (the B2B EDI format used across Europe, Asia, logistics and customs — the international counterpart to ANSI X12) into clean, structured JSON. POST { edi } with the raw interchange text. Reads the optional UNA service-string advice to auto-detect delimiters (or applies the UN defaults: component ':', element '+', segment "'", release '?'), handles release-character escaping, then returns the interchange envelope (UNB: syntax id, sender/recipient with qualifiers, date/time, control reference, test indicator), and each message with its type decoded (e.g. ORDERS = Purchase Order, INVOIC = Invoice, DESADV = Despatch Advice/ASN, ORDRSP = PO Response, CONTRL = Acknowledgment) plus version/release/agency from the UNH, every segment named (BGM, DTM, NAD, LIN, QTY, MOA, …), and a semantic summary — for an order that's the order number, document/delivery dates, parties (buyer/seller/ship-to with role decoded), and line items (product id + quantity); for an invoice the invoice number, currency, parties and total; for a despatch advice the despatch number, date and package/line counts. Deterministic, no external calls. Turns opaque EDIFACT into something an agent can use without hand-rolling a parser.

## Query parameters

- `trial` 1

## Request body

- object
  - `edi` string, required: Edi.

## Other responses

- `200` (unresolved $ref)
- `400`: Invalid request — not charged. error.code: BAD_REQUEST or INVALID_PARAM (parameter validation; error.details.issues lists each problem), MALFORMED_JSON, or a request-specific code. Other client errors: 405 METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED (wrong verb; see the Allow header), 413 PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE.
- `402`: Payment required. Body is the x402 PaymentRequirements envelope with a multi-network accepts array; the per-call price is in accepts[].amount (and on the operation as x-2s-price). Sign for whichever rail you hold USDC on (EIP-3009 for Base, partial SPL transfer for Solana) and retry with the PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header (X-PAYMENT also accepted for v1 clients). Also PAYMENT_SETTLE_FAILED (error envelope) when a verified payment failed to settle: error.details.chargeStatus is "not_charged" (retry with a fresh payment) or "unknown" (the authorization may still settle before its deadline — check it before retrying).
- `429`: Too many requests — RATE_LIMITED: our per-IP / per-payer limiter. Not charged; retry after Retry-After.
- `5XX`: Server-side failure. 500 INTERNAL: unexpected error; quote error.errorId (also the X-2s-Error-Id header). 502 UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE (or another UPSTREAM_* code): the data provider failed — composite endpoints refuse unbilled when every source fails. 503 SERVICE_PAUSED: endpoint paused by the operator kill switch, retry after Retry-After; 503 SPEND_CAP: daily upstream budget exhausted. 504 UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT. Not charged.

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