Shipwell

Shipwell Quoting API

Rates, quotes, RFQs, spot negotiations, and carrier bids. (modeled)

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Operations 2

POST /quotes/ Request a quote / rates #

GET /quotes/{quoteId}/ Retrieve a quote #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Shipwell v2 Core Quoting API
  description: Partial, honestly-modeled OpenAPI description of the Shipwell transportation management system (TMS) API.
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: Shipwell
    url: https://docs.shipwell.com/
servers:
- url: https://api.shipwell.com/v2
  description: Production (v2 Core API)
- url: https://sandbox-api.shipwell.com/v2
  description: Sandbox (v2 Core API)
- url: https://api.shipwell.com
  description: Production host root (Orders API, served without the /v2 prefix)
security:
- authToken: []
tags:
- name: Quoting
  description: Rates, quotes, RFQs, spot negotiations, and carrier bids. (modeled)
paths:
  /quotes/:
    post:
      operationId: createQuote
      tags:
      - Quoting
      summary: Request a quote / rates
      description: Requests rates and quotes for a shipment (an RFQ). Modeled from the documented quoting resource group - confirm the exact path, request, and response schema against the live reference. (modeled)
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuoteRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The created quote / rate request.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Quote'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
  /quotes/{quoteId}/:
    parameters:
    - name: quoteId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The ID of the quote.
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: getQuote
      tags:
      - Quoting
      summary: Retrieve a quote
      description: Retrieves a quote and its returned rates. (modeled)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested quote.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Quote'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  schemas:
    QuoteRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        shipment:
          type: string
          description: ID of the shipment to rate, or an inline shipment payload.
        mode:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        equipment_type:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error_description:
          type: string
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
    Quote:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
        rates:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              carrier:
                type: string
              total:
                type: number
              currency:
                type: string
              transit_days:
                type: integer
  responses:
    ValidationError:
      description: The request payload failed validation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid API key.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    authToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: Company-scoped API key passed in the Authorization header (the docs refer to this as the AuthToken scheme). Production and sandbox use separate keys. Keys can be permission-restricted.