# Descartes MacroPoint Visibility API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/descartes/descartes-macropoint-visibility-api/  
**Provider:** Descartes Systems Group — https://apis.io/providers/descartes/  
**Base URL:** https://macropoint-lite.com/api/1.0  
**Documentation:** https://docs.macropoint.com/

Descartes MacroPoint Visibility API is one of 6 APIs that [Descartes Systems Group](https://apis.io/providers/descartes/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Freight Visibility, Shipment Tracking, and Real-Time Tracking. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Real-time freight and shipment visibility. Lets a shipper, broker, or 3PL create, update, monitor, and stop tracking sessions on loads directly from a TMS or ERP and receive location, order-status, trip-event, and form-submit updates via callbacks. Base https://macropoint-lite.com/api/1.0 with HTTP Basic authentication and XML request/response bodies. Confirmed operations include POST /orders/createorder and POST /tms/data/location; the full surface is documented at docs.macropoint.com. Access requires MacroPoint customer credentials (gated).

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.macropoint.com/
- **ProductPage** — https://www.descartes.com/solutions/logistics-technology-platform/real-time-shipment-tracking-visibility
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/descartes/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Descartes Systems Group APIs (5)

- [Descartes MacroPoint Capacity Integration API](https://apis.io/apis/descartes/descartes-macropoint-capacity-api/)
- [Descartes MacroPoint Carrier Integration API](https://apis.io/apis/descartes/descartes-macropoint-carrier-api/)
- [Descartes CustomsInfo Trade Content API](https://apis.io/apis/descartes/descartes-customsinfo-trade-content-api/)
- [Descartes Datamyne Global Trade Data API](https://apis.io/apis/descartes/descartes-datamyne-trade-data-api/)
- [Descartes B2B API Connectivity](https://apis.io/apis/descartes/descartes-b2b-api-connectivity/)

## Tags

Freight Visibility, Shipment Tracking, Real-Time Tracking

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