Freight Waves Authentication API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: FreightWaves SONAR Authentication API
  description: The FreightWaves SONAR API delivers freight-market intelligence — index values (rates, volumes, tender rejections, capacity signals, etc.) by geography (market, lane, national) and date. Access is via a bearer token obtained from the Credential authenticate endpoint. Data calls are billable; lookup calls (indexes, qualifiers, levels, lanes, zip3, latest) are free. This specification is a faithful capture of the publicly documented SONAR API reference; it is not published by FreightWaves as OpenAPI.
  version: '2.0'
  x-generated: '2026-07-19'
  x-method: generated
  x-source: https://api.sonar.surf/Help/
  contact:
    name: SONAR Support
    url: https://knowledge.gosonar.com/
servers:
- url: https://api.freightwaves.com
  description: SONAR API production
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Authentication
  description: Obtain and refresh API bearer tokens.
paths:
  /Credential/authenticate:
    post:
      operationId: authenticate
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Authenticate and retrieve an API bearer token
      description: Exchange a SONAR username and password for a bearer token valid for one year. Re-authenticating issues a new token without invalidating previous tokens; SONAR recommends refreshing the token on a regular cadence.
      security: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Credentials'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A bearer token.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthToken'
        '401':
          description: Invalid username or password.
components:
  schemas:
    AuthToken:
      type: object
      properties:
        token:
          type: string
          description: Bearer token valid for one year.
    Credentials:
      type: object
      required:
      - username
      - password
      properties:
        username:
          type: string
        password:
          type: string
          format: password
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: 'Bearer token from POST /Credential/authenticate, sent as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. Tokens are valid for one year.'