Descartes Systems Group

aid: descartes
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/descartes/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Descartes Systems Group
kind: company
description: 'The Descartes Systems Group is a global logistics and supply chain software company whose cloud-based Global
  Logistics Network connects manufacturers, distributors, carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders. Descartes delivers its
  capabilities across a large family of products - real-time freight visibility and carrier sourcing (Descartes MacroPoint),
  customs and regulatory compliance and trade content (Descartes CustomsInfo, NetCHB), global trade intelligence (Descartes
  Datamyne), routing and mobile, and B2B connectivity and messaging. Descartes exposes APIs on a per-product basis: the MacroPoint
  visibility, capacity, and carrier integration APIs are publicly documented (customer credentials required), while trade
  content, trade data, and B2B connectivity APIs are provisioned through the Descartes API portal or a sales/contract engagement.
  Most API access is customer/partner-gated rather than open self-service signup.'
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Logistics
- Supply Chain
- Freight Visibility
- Shipment Tracking
- Customs Compliance
- Global Trade
- Trade Content
- Carrier Sourcing
created: '2026-07-05'
modified: '2026-07-05'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: descartes:descartes-macropoint-visibility-api
  name: Descartes MacroPoint Visibility API
  tags:
  - Freight Visibility
  - Shipment Tracking
  - Real-Time Tracking
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.macropoint.com/
  baseURL: https://macropoint-lite.com/api/1.0
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.macropoint.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.descartes.com/solutions/logistics-technology-platform/real-time-shipment-tracking-visibility
    type: ProductPage
  description: 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).
- aid: descartes:descartes-macropoint-capacity-api
  name: Descartes MacroPoint Capacity Integration API
  tags:
  - Carrier Sourcing
  - Capacity Matching
  - Freight
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://capacitydocs.macropoint.com/
  baseURL: https://macropoint-lite.com/api/1.0
  properties:
  - url: https://capacitydocs.macropoint.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://macropoint.com/
    type: ProductPage
  description: Intelligent carrier sourcing and capacity matching. An Import API pushes available-capacity and load data into
    MacroPoint Capacity, and an Export API returns carrier matches back into the customer's system. Documented at capacitydocs.macropoint.com.
    Exact endpoint paths are provisioned to customers; specific operations here are modeled from the published integration
    guides (endpointsModeled). Access is gated behind a MacroPoint Capacity account.
- aid: descartes:descartes-macropoint-carrier-api
  name: Descartes MacroPoint Carrier Integration API
  tags:
  - Carrier Integration
  - Telematics
  - Location Updates
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://carrierdocs.macropoint.com/
  baseURL: https://macropoint-lite.com/api/1.0
  properties:
  - url: https://carrierdocs.macropoint.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.postman.com/macropoint-telematics
    type: PostmanWorkspace
  description: Carrier-facing integration for the MacroPoint Visibility network. Lets carriers and telematics/ELD providers
    supply location updates as lat/long coordinate sets or addresses, plus load event updates (arrival/departure) and tracking-method
    assignment. Documented at carrierdocs.macropoint.com with public Postman collections under the macropoint-telematics workspace.
    Specific endpoint paths are modeled from the published guides (endpointsModeled). Access requires carrier/partner onboarding
    (gated).
- aid: descartes:descartes-customsinfo-trade-content-api
  name: Descartes CustomsInfo Trade Content API
  tags:
  - Customs Compliance
  - Trade Content
  - HS Classification
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.customsinfo.com/knowledge-center/trade-content-apis-streamlining-classification-and-enhancing-business-integration/
  properties:
  - url: https://www.customsinfo.com/knowledge-center/trade-content-apis-streamlining-classification-and-enhancing-business-integration/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.descartes.com/solutions/customs-and-regulatory-compliance
    type: ProductPage
  description: Trade content and classification for customs and regulatory compliance. Delivers Harmonized System (HS) codes
    and product classification, current tariff and duty rates and preferential-tariff details, binding rulings, import/export
    restrictions, licensing and safety-certification data, and origin/destination trade-agreement content, in JSON or XML
    for embedding in ERP, GTM, WMS, and TMS systems. No public self-service endpoint reference is published; operations are
    modeled from the CustomsInfo trade-content API materials (endpointsModeled) and access is arranged via contract with a
    Descartes global trade content specialist (gated).
- aid: descartes:descartes-datamyne-trade-data-api
  name: Descartes Datamyne Global Trade Data API
  tags:
  - Global Trade
  - Trade Data
  - Market Intelligence
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.datamyne.com/our-product/global-trade-data-api/
  properties:
  - url: https://www.datamyne.com/our-product/global-trade-data-api/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.descartes.com/solutions/customs-and-regulatory-compliance/global-trade-intelligence
    type: ProductPage
  description: Programmatic access to Descartes Datamyne's global import/export trade data - bill-of-lading and customs records,
    trade flows, and company/commodity intelligence - for embedding market and supply chain intelligence into internal applications.
    No public self-service endpoint reference is published; operations are modeled from the Datamyne product materials (endpointsModeled)
    and access is arranged via subscription/contract (gated).
- aid: descartes:descartes-b2b-api-connectivity
  name: Descartes B2B API Connectivity
  tags:
  - B2B Connectivity
  - Global Logistics Network
  - Messaging
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://api.descartes.com/
  baseURL: https://api.descartes.com
  properties:
  - url: https://api.descartes.com/
    type: DeveloperPortal
  - url: https://www.descartes.com/solutions/b2b-connectivity-and-messaging/api-connectivity
    type: ProductPage
  description: Real-time B2B connectivity over the Descartes Global Logistics Network, complementing traditional EDI. Provides
    synchronous request/response integrations for marketplace connectivity (exchanging listings, orders, payments, and reports
    with retailers such as Amazon and bol.com) and multimodal carrier connectivity (rates, shipment details, bookings, and
    waybills). APIs are discovered and keys acquired through the Descartes API portal at api.descartes.com, which requires
    sign-up and approval; specific endpoints are modeled from the portal and product materials (endpointsModeled).
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/descartes-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.descartes.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://api.descartes.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.macropoint.com/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/descartes-systems-group
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/macropoint-telematics
- type: Plans
  url: plans/descartes-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/descartes-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/descartes-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com