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DAT Freight & Analytics

DAT Freight & Analytics operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America - the DAT One load board - along with RateView, the industry's benchmark for spot and contract freight rates drawn from hundreds of billions of dollars in real transactions. DAT exposes these products to Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and freight platforms through the DAT Developer Portal (developer.dat.com), a RESTful API suite covering load posting and search, RateView rate lookups, BookNow instant booking, and shipment tracking. Access is subscription-gated: RESTful integration requires a DAT One load board subscription and a service (organization) account, and RateView access requires a Combo Pro or Combo Premium plan. Every request is authenticated with a two-tier token model - an organization token issued from service-account credentials plus a user token for the account making the call.

DAT Freight & Analytics publishes 6 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including BookNow API, Freight Posting API, Identity API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Freight, Trucking, Load Board, Logistics, and Freight Rates.

The DAT Freight & Analytics catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

DAT Freight & Analytics’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, signup flow, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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28.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 19/100 agent aware Front door AI 3/6 light Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract
FreightTruckingLoad BoardLogisticsFreight RatesRateViewSupply ChainTransportationAnalytics

What this lets a business do 3

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Shipment Visibility & Tracking Management
BC-2510
Tracking
POST /tracking/v1/shipments GET /tracking/v1/shipments/{shipmentId}
Freight Rating & Tariff Management
BC-2520
RateView
POST /linehaulrates/v1/lookups
Freight Capacity Management
BC-2400
BookNow
POST /booknow/v1/bookings

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Composite quality — 28.1/100 · thin
Contract Quality 9.5 / 19
Developer Ergonomics 3.8 / 15
Access Clarity 2.6 / 15
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 10
Contract Governance 1.2 / 9
Discoverability 5.0 / 8
Regulatory Posture 0.9 / 15
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
Pagination 0 / 5
Distinct Operations 3 / 3
MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6
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Standards implemented 1

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OpenAPI
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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

DAT Freight & Analytics BookNow API

Instant digital load booking.

DAT Freight & Analytics Freight Posting API

Create and manage load and truck postings.

DAT Freight & Analytics Identity API

Two-tier organization and user token issuance.

DAT Freight & Analytics Load Board Search API

Search available loads and trucks on the DAT One marketplace.

DAT Freight & Analytics RateView API

Spot and contract freight-rate lookups.

DAT Freight & Analytics Tracking API

Shipment location and status visibility.

Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

DAT Freight & Analytics API (Modeled) BookNow API

OPEN COLLECTION

DAT Freight & Analytics API (Modeled) BookNow Freight Posting API

OPEN COLLECTION

DAT Freight & Analytics API (Modeled) BookNow Identity API

OPEN COLLECTION

DAT Freight & Analytics API (Modeled) BookNow Load Board Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

DAT Freight & Analytics API (Modeled) BookNow RateView API

OPEN COLLECTION

DAT Freight & Analytics API (Modeled) BookNow Tracking API

OPEN COLLECTION

DAT Freight & Analytics API (Modeled)

OPEN COLLECTION

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DAT Freight & Analytics API pricing

Not yet checked against DAT Freight & Analytics's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-07-05 from www.dat.com/api-integration; confirm before you rely on a figure.

PlanPrice
DAT One Load Board (API-enabled) subscription —
RateView Combo Pro subscription —
RateView Combo Premium subscription —
API Integration Setup one-time —

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against DAT Freight & Analytics's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

DAT Freight & Analytics Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

DAT Freight & Analytics Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

DAT Freight & Analytics Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

DAT Freight & Analytics API Rules

59 rules · 57 error-severity 1 warn-severity 1 info-severity

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

DAT Freight & Analytics Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

DAT Freight & Analytics Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

DAT Freight & Analytics Agentic Access

10 operations · 7 acting

10 operations · 7 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SignUp
SignUp

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap
CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: dat-freight
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dat-freight/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: DAT Freight & Analytics
kind: company
description: 'DAT Freight & Analytics operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America - the DAT One load
  board - along with RateView, the industry''s benchmark for spot and contract freight rates drawn from hundreds of billions
  of dollars in real transactions. DAT exposes these products to Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and freight platforms
  through the DAT Developer Portal (developer.dat.com), a RESTful API suite covering load posting and search, RateView rate
  lookups, BookNow instant booking, and shipment tracking. Access is subscription-gated: RESTful integration requires a DAT
  One load board subscription and a service (organization) account, and RateView access requires a Combo Pro or Combo Premium
  plan. Every request is authenticated with a two-tier token model - an organization token issued from service-account credentials
  plus a user token for the account making the call.'
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/dat-freight.png
x-docs-platform: redocly
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-25
tags:
- Freight
- Trucking
- Load Board
- Logistics
- Freight Rates
- RateView
- Supply Chain
- Transportation
- Analytics
created: '2026-07-05'
modified: '2026-07-05'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: dat-freight:dat-freight-booknow-api
  name: DAT Freight & Analytics BookNow API
  description: Instant digital load booking.
  humanURL: https://developer.dat.com/
  baseURL: https://identity.api.dat.com
  tags:
  - Book Now
  tags_raw:
  - BookNow
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dat-freight-booknow-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dat.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://one.support.dat.com/9-troubleshooting-2734b01a/service-accounts-and-restful-api-faq-7c689bc5
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/dat-freight.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/dat-freight.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dat.com/api-integration
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dat.com/resources/shipper-api-integrations
- aid: dat-freight:dat-freight-freight-posting-api
  name: DAT Freight & Analytics Freight Posting API
  description: Create and manage load and truck postings.
  humanURL: https://developer.dat.com/
  baseURL: https://identity.api.dat.com
  tags:
  - Freight Posting
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dat-freight-freight-posting-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dat.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://one.support.dat.com/9-troubleshooting-2734b01a/service-accounts-and-restful-api-faq-7c689bc5
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/dat-freight.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/dat-freight.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dat.com/api-integration
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dat.com/resources/shipper-api-integrations
- aid: dat-freight:dat-freight-identity-api
  name: DAT Freight & Analytics Identity API
  description: Two-tier organization and user token issuance.
  humanURL: https://developer.dat.com/
  baseURL: https://identity.api.dat.com
  tags:
  - Identity
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dat-freight-identity-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dat.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://one.support.dat.com/9-troubleshooting-2734b01a/service-accounts-and-restful-api-faq-7c689bc5
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/dat-freight.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/dat-freight.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dat.com/api-integration
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dat.com/resources/shipper-api-integrations
- aid: dat-freight:dat-freight-load-board-search-api
  name: DAT Freight & Analytics Load Board Search API
  description: Search available loads and trucks on the DAT One marketplace.
  humanURL: https://developer.dat.com/
  baseURL: https://identity.api.dat.com
  tags:
  - Load Board Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dat-freight-load-board-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dat.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://one.support.dat.com/9-troubleshooting-2734b01a/service-accounts-and-restful-api-faq-7c689bc5
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/dat-freight.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/dat-freight.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dat.com/api-integration
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dat.com/resources/shipper-api-integrations
- aid: dat-freight:dat-freight-rateview-api
  name: DAT Freight & Analytics RateView API
  description: Spot and contract freight-rate lookups.
  humanURL: https://developer.dat.com/
  baseURL: https://identity.api.dat.com
  tags:
  - RateView
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dat-freight-rateview-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dat.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://one.support.dat.com/9-troubleshooting-2734b01a/service-accounts-and-restful-api-faq-7c689bc5
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/dat-freight.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/dat-freight.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dat.com/api-integration
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dat.com/resources/shipper-api-integrations
- aid: dat-freight:dat-freight-tracking-api
  name: DAT Freight & Analytics Tracking API
  description: Shipment location and status visibility.
  humanURL: https://developer.dat.com/
  baseURL: https://identity.api.dat.com
  tags:
  - Tracking
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dat-freight-tracking-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dat.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://one.support.dat.com/9-troubleshooting-2734b01a/service-accounts-and-restful-api-faq-7c689bc5
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/dat-freight.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/dat-freight.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dat.com/api-integration
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dat.com/resources/shipper-api-integrations
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/dat-freight-capability-edges.yml
  name: DAT Freight & Analytics Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/dat-freight-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dat-freight-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/dat-freight-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dat-solutions
- type: Website
  url: https://www.dat.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.dat.com/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.dat.com/api-integration
- type: Plans
  url: plans/dat-freight-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/dat-freight-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/dat-freight-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.dat.com/blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

DAT Freight & Analytics API — frequently asked questions

Does DAT Freight & Analytics have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from DAT Freight & Analytics, including DAT Freight & Analytics BookNow API, DAT Freight & Analytics Freight Posting API and DAT Freight & Analytics Identity API, and 3 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the DAT Freight & Analytics API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for DAT Freight & Analytics, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the DAT Freight & Analytics API?

DAT Freight & Analytics uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as DAT Freight & Analytics Authentication.

How much does the DAT Freight & Analytics API cost?

APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for DAT Freight & Analytics, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the DAT Freight & Analytics API ready for AI agents?

DAT Freight & Analytics has a Kin Score of 28.1 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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