DAT Freight & Analytics BookNow API

Instant digital load booking.

OpenAPI Specification

dat-freight-booknow-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: DAT Freight & Analytics API (Modeled) BookNow API
  description: 'A modeled OpenAPI description of the DAT Freight & Analytics RESTful API suite exposed through the DAT Developer Portal (developer.dat.com). DAT operates the DAT One load board and RateView freight-rate benchmark and offers RESTful integrations for load posting and search, RateView rate lookups, BookNow instant booking, and shipment tracking, primarily for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and freight platforms.


    IMPORTANT - MODELED: The developer portal is gated behind an account login (Redocly OIDC), so the exact base URLs, endpoint paths, request parameters, and response schemas below could NOT be confirmed against the live reference in this build. They are honestly modeled from DAT''s publicly documented capabilities (LoadSearch for postings, RateView for analytics) and its documented two-tier organization/user token authentication. The host names (identity.api.dat.com, freight.api.dat.com, analytics.api.dat.com) represent the plausible service split and should be reconciled against the portal once access is granted.


    Access is subscription-gated. RESTful integration requires a DAT One load board subscription plus a service (organization) account; RateView access requires a Combo Pro or Combo Premium subscription. CarrierWatch and OnBoard do not currently support RESTful API integration. Contact developersupport@dat.com for portal access.'
  version: 1.0-modeled
  contact:
    name: DAT Developer Support
    url: https://developer.dat.com/
    email: developersupport@dat.com
  x-modeled: true
  x-endpointsModeled: true
servers:
- url: https://identity.api.dat.com
  description: Identity / token service (modeled host)
- url: https://freight.api.dat.com
  description: Freight - load board, posting, BookNow, tracking (modeled host)
- url: https://analytics.api.dat.com
  description: Analytics - RateView rate lookups (modeled host)
security:
- userToken: []
tags:
- name: BookNow
  description: Instant digital load booking.
paths:
  /booknow/v1/bookings:
    post:
      operationId: createBooking
      tags:
      - BookNow
      summary: Book a load (modeled)
      description: Book a bookable (BookNow) load at its posted rate. MODELED path.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/BookingRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The created booking.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Booking'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
    Booking:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        assetId:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
    BookingRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - assetId
      properties:
        assetId:
          type: string
        carrierMcNumber:
          type: string
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    userToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: User access token obtained from POST /access/v1/token/user, which itself requires an organization token from POST /access/v1/token/organization.
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