# ArcBest Expedite Customer API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/arcbest/arcbest-expedite-customer-api/  
**Provider:** ArcBest — https://apis.io/providers/arcbest/  
**Base URL:** https://api.arcb.com/expedite/customer  
**Documentation:** https://arcb.com/technology/shippers/API

ArcBest Expedite Customer API is one of 6 APIs that [ArcBest](https://apis.io/providers/arcbest/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Expedite, Quotes, Booking, and Tracking. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.

Quote, book and track ArcBest Expedite (Panther Premium Logistics) time-critical freight directly from a shipper's own application. Client-credential authorize call returns a bearer token; quotes are submitted, booking requests are queued for an ArcBest operator, booking status is polled, and booked shipments are searched by reference number.

## Operations (7)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/authorize` | Exchange client credentials for an access token |
| POST | `/quotes` | Submit an expedite rate quote request |
| POST | `/quotes/booking-request/expedite` | Submit a new expedite booking request |
| POST | `/quotes/booking-request/time-critical-forwarding` | Submit a new time-critical forwarding booking request |
| GET | `/quotes/booking-request/status` | Get the status of a booking request |
| GET | `/shipments/status-codes` | List shipment status codes |
| POST | `/shipments/search` | Search shipments by reference numbers |

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arcbest/refs/heads/main/openapi/arcbest-expedite-customer-api-openapi.yml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arcbest/refs/heads/main/overlays/arcbest-expedite-customer-api-overlay.yaml
- **Documentation** — https://arcb.com/technology/shippers/API/expedite-setup-documentation-download
- **APIReference** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arcbest/refs/heads/main/docs/arcbest-expedite-customer-api-definition.html
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arcbest/refs/heads/main/authentication/arcbest-authentication.yml
- **Sandbox** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arcbest/refs/heads/main/sandbox/arcbest-sandbox.yml
- **ErrorCatalog** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arcbest/refs/heads/main/errors/arcbest-problem-types.yml

## Other ArcBest APIs (5)

- [ArcBest Pickups API](https://apis.io/apis/arcbest/arcbest-pickups-api/)
- [ArcBest Rates API](https://apis.io/apis/arcbest/arcbest-rates-api/)
- [ArcBest Shipments API](https://apis.io/apis/arcbest/arcbest-shipments-api/)
- [ArcBest Tracking API](https://apis.io/apis/arcbest/arcbest-tracking-api/)
- [ArcBest Expedite Third Party TMS API](https://apis.io/apis/arcbest/arcbest-expedite-tms-api/)

## Tags

Expedite, Quotes, Booking, Tracking

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