DAT Freight & Analytics

DAT Freight & Analytics Tracking API

Shipment location and status visibility.

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Business capability

Shipment Tracking Management BC-2510.20

Operations 2

POST /tracking/v1/shipments Register a shipment for tracking (modeled) #

GET /tracking/v1/shipments/{shipmentId} Get shipment status (modeled) #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: DAT Freight & Analytics API (Modeled) Tracking API
  description: A modeled OpenAPI description of the DAT Freight & Analytics RESTful API suite exposed through the DAT Developer Portal (developer.dat.com).
  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: Tracking
  description: Shipment location and status visibility.
paths:
  /tracking/v1/shipments:
    post:
      operationId: registerShipment
      tags:
      - Tracking
      summary: Register a shipment for tracking (modeled)
      description: Register a load for DAT Tracking shipment visibility. MODELED path.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShipmentInput'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The registered shipment.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Shipment'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /tracking/v1/shipments/{shipmentId}:
    parameters:
    - name: shipmentId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: getShipment
      tags:
      - Tracking
      summary: Get shipment status (modeled)
      description: Retrieve current location and status for a tracked shipment. MODELED path.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The shipment tracking record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Shipment'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
    Shipment:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
        lastLocation:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'
        updatedWhen:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    Location:
      type: object
      properties:
        city:
          type: string
        stateProvince:
          type: string
        postalCode:
          type: string
        country:
          type: string
    ShipmentInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - referenceNumber
      properties:
        referenceNumber:
          type: string
        carrierMcNumber:
          type: string
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    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.