ArcBest · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist enhancements for the ArcBest Expedite Customer API

5 actions 5 updates update extends ../openapi/arcbest-expedite-customer-api-openapi.yml

Derived by API Evangelist Built from the contracts ArcBest publishes. ArcBest did not publish this file.

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What the actions change

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Targets 5

$.info

$.paths['/quotes/booking-request/expedite'].post

$.paths['/quotes/booking-request/time-critical-forwarding'].post

$.paths['/quotes/booking-request/status'].get

$.paths['/authorize'].post

OpenAPI Overlay

overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements for the ArcBest Expedite Customer API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: ../openapi/arcbest-expedite-customer-api-openapi.yml
x-generated: '2026-09-04'
x-method: generated
x-source: >-
  Captures the API Evangelist annotations applied on top of the derived ArcBest Expedite Customer API
  contract - provenance, agent-consequence classification, and the runtime facts observed by probe
  rather than stated in ArcBest's documentation. The underlying OpenAPI is never mutated.
actions:
  - target: $.info
    update:
      x-apievangelist-provenance:
        derived_from: ArcBest's own publicly downloadable Expedite API definition bundle (Swagger-Codegen HTML + instructions PDF)
        bundle: https://arcb.com/sites/default/files/API/Arcbest-Expedite-Customer-Quoting-Booking-API-2024-8.zip
        verbatim_copies:
          - docs/arcbest-expedite-customer-api-definition.html
          - docs/arcbest-expedite-customer-quote-book-instructions-2024-08.pdf
        live_spec_status: auth-gated (HTTP 401 on swagger endpoints, probed 2026-09-04)
      x-apievangelist-agent-readiness:
        idempotency: none
        reversibility: none
        dry_run: sandbox host only (test.api.arcb.com)
        onboarding: credentials issued by ArcBest support, not self-serve
  - target: $.paths['/quotes/booking-request/expedite'].post
    update:
      x-agentic-consequence: physical
      x-apievangelist-note: >-
        Tenders a physical freight movement. No idempotency key and no cancel operation exist. A
        duplicate call is a duplicate truck, and ArcBest's booking request terms charge a truck
        ordered but not used fee for a cancellation inside 24 hours of scheduled pickup. Poll
        /quotes/booking-request/status before re-sending.
  - target: $.paths['/quotes/booking-request/time-critical-forwarding'].post
    update:
      x-agentic-consequence: physical
      x-apievangelist-note: Same replay and reversal exposure as the expedite booking request.
  - target: $.paths['/quotes/booking-request/status'].get
    update:
      x-apievangelist-note: >-
        The only replay guard available on this API. Check the status of an existing quote number
        before re-tendering a booking.
      x-apievangelist-status-values: [Quoted, Booking, Booking in Progress, Shipment Booked, Unable to Fulfill, Unknown]
  - target: $.paths['/authorize'].post
    update:
      x-apievangelist-probe:
        url: https://api.arcb.com/expedite/customer/authorize
        method: GET
        status: 405
        checked: '2026-09-04'
        note: Method Not Allowed confirms a live POST-only endpoint.

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