# AESDirect WebLink Inquiry API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cbp/aesdirect-weblink-inquiry-api/  
**Provider:** CBP — https://apis.io/providers/cbp/  
**Base URL:** https://trade.cbp.dhs.gov  
**Documentation:** https://www.cbp.gov/trade/automated/aesdirect-weblink-inquiry-api

AESDirect WebLink Inquiry API is one of 4 APIs that [CBP](https://apis.io/providers/cbp/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Export, AES, AESDirect, and Electronic Export Information. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

A web service that allows certified third-party applications to query Electronic Export Information (EEI) filings previously submitted to AESDirect via HTTP POST. Returns shipment status and filing data in real-time from both a training/test environment and the production environment.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://www.cbp.gov/trade/automated/aesdirect-weblink-inquiry-api
- **Sandbox** — https://trade-test.cbp.dhs.gov/ace/aes/aesdirect-ui/secured/weblinkFilingInquiry
- **ProductionEnvironment** — https://trade.cbp.dhs.gov/ace/aes/aesdirect-ui/secured/weblinkFilingInquiry
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cbp/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other CBP APIs (3)

- [AESDirect WebLink Submission API](https://apis.io/apis/cbp/aesdirect-weblink-submission-api/)
- [Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) — EDI / ABI](https://apis.io/apis/cbp/ace-automated-commercial-environment/)
- [eAPIS — Advance Passenger Information System](https://apis.io/apis/cbp/eapis-advance-passenger-information/)

## Tags

Export, AES, AESDirect, Electronic Export Information

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